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Peninsula

Peninsula

Horror · Action · Thriller · 2020

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

Movie details

Peninsula

“Escape the apocalypse.”

2020 Horror · Action · Thriller 1h 56m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Peninsula?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

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Resident Evil

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When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

#Alive

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Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Horror · 2004

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Yeon Sang-ho

Written by

Yeon Sang-ho · Ryu Yong-jae

Gang Dong-won

Gang Dong-won

Han Jung-seok

Lee Jung-hyun

Lee Jung-hyun

Min-jung

Lee Re

Lee Re

Joon-yi

Kwon Hae-hyo

Kwon Hae-hyo

Kim Noh-in

Kim Min-jae

Kim Min-jae

Sergeant Hwang

Koo Kyo-hwan

Koo Kyo-hwan

Captain Seo

Kim Do-yoon

Kim Do-yoon

Chul-min

Court is in session

Put Peninsula on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Momentum is a formal choice.”

The velocity sharpens instinct and tension, making every beat land before self-importance can settle in.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Speed as an alibi.”

The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.