Although the premise had promise, a formulaic script, and an uninspired Jesse Plemons make for a dull viewing.
How many times are we going to sit through a film where an evil entity is revealed through the spastic scrawlings of a dysfunctional child?
Scott Cooper sheds light on, but fails to scratch the surface of the subject matter, be it child abuse, the opioid crisis, or the effects of industrialism on the environment.
Even the indigenous folklore that it's based…
Train to Busan 2: Peninsula is sadly a post-apocalyptic popcorn flick, lacking the depth and character development of its predecessor, trading substance and tension for blatant CGI, Hollywood heroics, and bad for the sake of being 'bad' bad guys. Not to mention an SUV that is somehow more impressive and indestructible than Elon's Cybertruck, driven by a child with the driving skills of Paul Walker (pre-lamp post)
Peninsula takes the 'always attacked, never bit approach' with obviously choreographied fight scenes…
