I really loved Train To Busan which was an unexpected surprise. I immediately bought it on blu-ray. One of the best aspects about it was the characters and how the movie made me care about them in such a confined and hazardous space.
Unfortunately Peninsula doesn't really have any characters I could warm up to or care about. It felt like a thoughtless rushed shallow sequel to pander to more of a wider audience.
It started off well enough. They got on a ship and if only the film had stayed on the ship (not sure if there has been a zombie film on a ship) but nope, it quickly jumped to four years later in Hong Kong where we follow the survivors of the South Korean outbreak trying unsuccessfully to blend into society but they get the offer by some criminals to go back to South Korea and recover millions of US dollars from a truck. From then on it turns into an action movie with zombies.
This isn't a terrible film if you watch it at face value but if you were hoping for the same outstanding quality as the first movie then you will probably feel disappointed. There were some fun scenes and watching zombies getting blasted is always satisfying. I watched this with my Fiancee and near the end she mentioned that it had turned into Mad Max which I can't disagree with. The ending seemed a bit forced and cheesy too.
Worth a watch if you seen the first one or even just like zombie movies but you may just file it under 'just another zombie movie'.
Oh and after four years I thought the zombies would have looked a bit more decayed!
Unfortunately Peninsula doesn't really have any characters I could warm up to or care about. It felt like a thoughtless rushed shallow sequel to pander to more of a wider audience.
It started off well enough. They got on a ship and if only the film had stayed on the ship (not sure if there has been a zombie film on a ship) but nope, it quickly jumped to four years later in Hong Kong where we follow the survivors of the South Korean outbreak trying unsuccessfully to blend into society but they get the offer by some criminals to go back to South Korea and recover millions of US dollars from a truck. From then on it turns into an action movie with zombies.
This isn't a terrible film if you watch it at face value but if you were hoping for the same outstanding quality as the first movie then you will probably feel disappointed. There were some fun scenes and watching zombies getting blasted is always satisfying. I watched this with my Fiancee and near the end she mentioned that it had turned into Mad Max which I can't disagree with. The ending seemed a bit forced and cheesy too.
Worth a watch if you seen the first one or even just like zombie movies but you may just file it under 'just another zombie movie'.
Oh and after four years I thought the zombies would have looked a bit more decayed!