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'Peninsula' ('Ban-do'): Film Review

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Who knew a zombie film could be so prescient? When Train to Busan surprised everyone in 2016 with its simultaneously fresh and familiar spin on the zombie apocalypse, it did so because co-writer and director Yeon Sang-ho splashed blood and guts all over characters we grew invested in, whose tragedies came like a punch to the gut and whose redemption felt earned.

It helped that the $100 million grossing Train had a laser focus and could rely on the tension inherent in a confined space; it was a haunted house on rails.

A sequel was inevitable, and despite some truly white-knuckle car chases and creative lighting, Peninsula, like many films that jump on the surprise hit bandwagon, proves lightning in a bottle happens only once.

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