Peninsula (film)
Peninsula (film)
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| Directed by | Yeon Sang-ho |
| Produced by | Lee Dong-ha |
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| Music by | Mowg |
| Cinematography | Lee Hyung-deok |
| Edited by | Yang Jin-mo |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | $16 million[1] |
| Box office | $38.2 million[2][3] |
Peninsula (Korean: 반도; Hanja: 半島; RR: Bando; marketed in the United States as Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula) is a 2020 South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho.[4] It is a standalone sequel to the 2016 film Train to Busan and follows a soldier who is sent along with his team to retrieve a truck full of money from the wastelands of the Korean peninsula now inhabited by zombies, rogue militia and a nice family.
Peninsula was selected to be shown at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was shown in panorama section of 25th Busan International Film Festival on October 21, 2020.[5]
The film was released in South Korea on 15 July 2020. It received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $38 million worldwide.
Plot
Marine Captain Jung-Seok is driving his elder sister, his nephew Dong-Hwan, and his brother-in-law Chul-min to a ship to escape a zombie outbreak in South Korea. On the way, he encounters a family with a young child, but he ignores the family's pleas for help and keeps driving. Later, in the cabin of the ship, an infected man turns into a zombie and infects numerous people, including Dong-Hwan. Jung-Seok's sister refuses to leave her son, so Jung-Seok is forced to block everyone, including Chul-min, from accessing the cabin.
Four years later in Hong Kong, a guilt-ridden Jung-Seok and Chul-min are recruited by Chinese mobsters for a mission with two other Koreans to return to the quarantined peninsula and retrieve an abandoned food truck which contains US$20 million in bags; if successful, they would receive a split of half of the money. The team arrives at the peninsula at night by boat and find the truck after some searching. They escape with the truck as zombies began chasing them.
On the way back to Incheon Port, they are ambushed by a rogue militia Unit 631, led by Sergeant Hwang. Jung-Seok is thrown out of the truck and Chul-min hides inside. The two other members of the team are killed, one as a result of the crash, and one by Sergeant Hwang. Jung-Seok is rescued by two sisters: Joon and her younger sister Yu-Jin. Joon drives to a hideout where the children live with their mother Min-Jung and grandfather Elder Kim. Jung-Seok realizes that Min-Jung is the lady who pleaded for his help four years ago.
Meanwhile, the Unit 631 soldiers take the truck to their compound and imprison Chul-min upon discovering him in the back, forcing him to take part in a series of timed survival games between prisoners and the infected. Private Kim and Captain Seo discover the cash in the truck and secretly hatch a plan to escape the peninsula with the truck, keeping their plans a secret from Sgt. Hwang and the rest. Meanwhile, Min-Jung learns from Jung-Seok that there is a ship at Incheon Port waiting to extract him and the truck. She decides to steal the truck from the compound so that the five of them (her family and Jung-Seok) can escape.
The following evening, near Unit 631's compound, as Joon, Yu-jin, and Elder Kim wait in the car, Jung-seok and Min-jung sneak inside, where they discover the truck and encounter Private Kim. While holding Private Kim at gunpoint, Jung-seok learns that Chul-min is alive in the compound and goes to rescue him. He almost succeeds, but Chul-min is killed by Hwang while saving Jung-seok from being shot. Jung-Seok is saved by Min-jung, and the two quickly escape the compound with the truck. Numerous Unit 631 soldiers, led by Hwang, give chase in their vehicles; Captain Seo, failing to commandeer the truck, shoots Private Kim dead and pursues the group separately in another vehicle. In the ensuing chase, Jung-Seok deliberately shoots and shatters a glass tunnel, freeing the horde of zombies inside, which overwhelm Hwang's vehicle.
The five reach Incheon Port when Seo rams his vehicle into Joon's car, then holds her at gunpoint. Yu-jin manages to distract Seo enough to allow Joon to escape, but he shoots Elder Kim as the latter tries to protect Yu-jin. Min-jung promptly attempts to shoot Seo, but is shot in the leg. Seo flees with the truck and arrives in the cargo hold of the ship, but he is betrayed and shot by the mobsters, who had no intention of honoring the deal to begin with. As he bleeds to death, Seo reverses the truck to prevent the cargo hold's gate from closing, which causes the zombies outside to enter and kill everyone inside the ship.
After Elder Kim dies from his wounds, the remaining four spot a United Nations CH-47 (Chinook) helicopter flown by Malaysian UN troops and draw its attention. An injured Min-jung requests that Jung-Seok bring Joon and Yu-jin to the helicopter, while she clears the path of zombies. Min-jung then traps herself in a truck and presses on the horn repeatedly, intending to attract the zombies to her so that the three others can escape. Recalling an angry claim Chul-min made in Hong Kong that Jung-seok did not do his best to save their family four years ago, Jung-seok rescues Min-jung by dispatching some of the zombies that have trapped her in the truck. She quickly makes the run to the helicopter, while Jung-seok covers for her by shooting the zombie horde. The four then board the helicopter and escape the peninsula.
Cast
- Gang Dong-won as Jung-seok[6]-a former South Korean military Sergeant, who feels guilt for not saving his nephew and sister
- Lee Jung-hyun as Min-jung- a mysterious lady who had seen Jung-seok 4 years back while attempting to get out of Korea.
- Lee Re as Jooni- The eldest daughter of Min-jung, who drives an armored car to help survivors
- Kwon Hae-hyo as Elder Kim- The father of Min-jung, and grandfather of Jooni and Yu-jin, who attempts to radio out of Busan
- Kim Min-jae as Sergeant Hwang- the co manager, of an underground fight club, who leads alongside Seo
- Koo Kyo-hwan as Captain Seo- The Cynical head of an Underground fight club, who went insane years after the virus ravaged Korea
- Kim Do-yoon as Chul-min- The brother in law of Jung-seok, who helps Jung-seok get the cash
- Lee Ye-won as Yu-jin- Youngest daughter of Min-jung, who uses loud toy vehicles to draw out zombies and kill them
- Jang So-yeon as Jung-seok's elder sister- The older sister of Jung-seok, who, refusing to leave her infected son behind, succumbed to the virus four years back
- Moon Woo-jin as Dong-hwan- Nephew of Jung-seok, who was infected four years back, and who Jung-seok regrets for not saving
- Kim Kyu-baek as Private Kim- The Vice leader of the underground fight club, and Seo's right hand man
- Bella Rahim as Major Jane- The Malaysian UN soldier who is the first to rescue the four
Release
Peninsula was selected to be shown at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.[7][8] The festival was eventually cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[9] It was theatrically released in South Korea on 15 July 2020, and in the United States on 21 August 2020.[10] It is scheduled to be released in India on 27 November, 2020.[11]
Reception
Box office
As of 12 November 2020, Peninsula has grossed $1.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $37 million in other territories (including $28.7 million from South Korea), for a worldwide total of $38.2 million.[2]
In South Korea, the film made $2.4 million from 2,338 screens on its opening day, the best total of 2020, and $4 million through its first two days of release. It also opened in Taiwan and Singapore, making a combined $905,000 on its first day.[12] The film went on to debut to $13.2 million over its first five days in South Korea, and a total $20.8 million (including $750,000 from 45 IMAX screens) worldwide. It was the first time since mid-March that the global box office totaled over $1 million.[13] After ten days of release, the film had totaled $19.3 million in South Korea. In its second weekend the film also made another $265,000 from 51 IMAX screens in six countries, becoming the highest grossing local-language title ever for IMAX in Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam with $1 million.[14] By August 7, the film had grossed nearly $27 million in South Korea.[15] The film made around $100,000 from 47 theaters from its Canadian debut,[16] and $213,415 from 151 theaters the following weekend from its United States opening.[17]
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 52% with an average rating of 6/10, based on 100 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads: "Although a disappointing sense of familiarity threatens to derail Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, fans of the original may find it a thrilling enough ride."[18] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[19]
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