Peninsula, a live-action movie from Korea’s iconic zombie trilogy, will be leaving Netflix’s streaming library next month. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, the sequel follows a former soldier and his team as they return to a zombie-infested peninsula to retrieve money from an abandoned truck.
Peninsula is leaving Netflix with Train to Busan next month
As a part of its monthly tradition of refreshing its catalog, the streaming giant will delist Train to Busan and its standalone sequel on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
Both movies are part of Sang-ho’s zombie trilogy, which also includes an animated prequel movie titled Seoul Station, which was released after the original. However, the live-action movies focus on different characters and their struggle to survive in a world overrun by zombies following a virus outbreak.
Similar to the original, the third installment, Peninsula, had a limited release in the United States on August 21, 2020. However, it ultimately fell a little short of the series’ legacy. Critics gave it mixed reviews, resulting in a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience, however, had a better opinion, giving it a score of 76%.
Moreover, at the box office, the sequel grossed $42.6 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo). The cast of Peninsula includes Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-jae, and Koo Kyo-hwan, among others.
Meanwhile, the original movie, Train to Busan, premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 13. It was later released in South Korea on July 20, 2016, followed by a limited release in the United States on December 6, 2016. The movie ended up being a global success on both the critical and commercial fronts.
On review-aggregator sites, such as Rotten Tomatoes, it boasts a near-perfect score of 95% based on 129 critics, and an audience score of 89%. Meanwhile, Metacritic shows a weighted average score of 73 from critics, and a user score of 8. Additionally, the movie ended its theatrical run, earning more than $95 million globally against a modest $8.5 million budget.
Interestingly, The Conjuring director James Wan will reportedly co-produce a Hollywood remake of Train to Busan (via Deadline). Although news about the project surfaced online in 2021, the remake has yet to materialize.
