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n 2016, sensational South Korean zombie movie
Train To Busan
made virtue of meagre means by depicting a breathless zombie outbreak inside a single locomotive. For sequel
Peninsula,
returning writer/ director Yeon Sang-ho is expanding the horizons of his zompocalypse. “At first, we questioned it ourselves: ‘Can we really bring post-apocalyptic visuals to an entire city?’” Yeon chuckles.
LIGHT IT UP The zombie action is ramped up a few levels in Peninsula.
STUDIOCANAL
Set in the port city of Incheon, this standalone sequel unfolds four years after the events of its acclaimed predecessor, but doesn’t feature a single returning character. Instead the film follows washed up marine Jung-seok (Gang Dong-Won). With little to live for, Jung-seok accepts a suicide mission to retrieve $20m from an abandoned truck in Incheon, where the ferocious undead roam the streets alongside sadistic militia Unit 631, and survivors like Min Jung (Lee Jung-hyun).