Could Ishak be next on the list, or is he the man responsible? Tracking down his more ‘unsavoury’ allies, Serena is shocked to encounter a familiar face: that of her grieving ex-partner, former Malaysian ICD officer Megat Jamil (Bront Palarae). As Serena and Heri work together to catch the killer, their inquiries lead them to industrialist/kingpin Datuk Ishak Hassan (Wan Hanafi Su), whose prominent family and known associates all have some connection to the victims. Seeking answers, Heri finds a way to insert himself into the Malaysian investigation. Meanwhile, in Jakarta, for ICD Lieutenant Heriyanto Salim (Ario Bayu), the case turns personal when his brother is found murdered in similar circumstances. Called in to investigate, Singaporean International Crimes Division (ICD) officer Serena Teo (Rebecca Lim) takes charge of a case across the border where a family has been slaughtered aboard a luxury yacht in Johor. So all in all, this movie is good in my book.A series of brutal murders, each sharing a signature MO, takes place across Malaysia and Indonesia. And we also got an unexpected plot twist just as hope seemed to be lost near the end of the movie. And we do get a great climatic 'battle' near the end. More than a bunch of selfish assholes to make good people's lives harder just to survive. And of course like in Busan, there ARE assholes in this movie as well. And it's amazing how the survivors made use of the sensitivities to light and sound to try to divert the zombies around in order to make their escape. It's so fun that I felt like screaming in fear but it's still fun. Heck, I enjoyed this movie a whole lot better from Rampant and that's saying something. And what'll happen when the efforts to curb the zombie pandemic did not show any results as other nations decide to abandon the people still trapped in the zombie-ridden country because they find it pointless to help an already fallen country?Īnd to be honest, this isn't the first zombie movie that does use CGI for some of the zombies (like seriously, you don't run actual people down with high-speed cars so how else you wanna film THAT correctly?) and that never stopped people from enjoying movies like Silent Hill or Resident Evil. And the story still has a similar theme how fear and desperation will affect the people trying to escape from the virus that will turn you into an undead. Certainly, you can't expect the situation to unfold exactly the same as the people on that particular train. And the setting for the movie was focused on the other surviving people who had to try to escape the zombies by other ways BESIDES taking the KTX to Busan. And even then, the situation was already chaotic. I mean face it, the setting was four years after the escape to Busan. Because yes, the movie was quite fast-paced but it was exactly due to that what made any kinds of CGI barely noticeable. in fact, that a bidding war for English-language remake rights ensued not. I mean, I watched this in the cinema and regardless of how much CGI had been used in this movie compared to Busan, I haven't even had time to think about that. Train to Busan (Train), a huge box-office hit in Korea, generated major buzz. If you dived into this movie without any set expectations you might surprise yourself to realise that you actually enjoyed this movie. If you're expecting Peninsular to go exactly as Train to Busan did, you might as well go rewatch the first movie and not have your high expectations be dashed. Surprise! I actually liked and enjoyed this movie.
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