Nerdy and scared-of-everything college student Columbus has survived the plague that has transformed mankind into flesh-eating zombies. But the fall of humanity has left him alone and unfulfilled. So he goes on the road to his hometown to try and find his family. Along the way he meets the gun-toting, twinkie-loving, and scared-of-absolutely-nothing Tallahassee and two sisters, Wichita and Little Rock, who have also survived, and together they face their most horrifying challenge yet: surviving each other’s company.
What a bizarre film this is. The entire thing is really just a cross-country trip with the added drama of being chased by zombies and having a showdown in an abandoned amusement park. To be truthful, it wasn’t a bad or un-entertaining movie, but I wouldn’t say that it’s “the funniest comedy since The Hangover” which the back of the cover claims it to be. Look, at the end of the day, I would say that this film is not bad and it’s worth having a look at, especially if you have a hard-on for mindless violence and bloodshed, but it’s really not all that.
Nerdy and scared-of-everything college student Columbus has survived the plague that has transformed mankind into flesh-eating zombies. But the fall of humanity has left him alone and unfulfilled. So he goes on the road to his hometown to try and find his family. Along the way he meets the gun-toting, twinkie-loving, and scared-of-absolutely-nothing Tallahassee as well as two sisters, Wichita and Little Rock who have also survived the plague, and together they face their most horrifying challenge: surviving each other’s company.
Yeah, ultimately, this movie was nothing more than a cross-country trip embarked upon by completely different characters who have zombies chasing after them.
By no means being a great cinematic phenomenon, the film does harbour some intriguing and slightly intellectual and funny moments, mainly manifesting themselves in the form of Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson’s performances. The complete character clash really works in this film, and I do also like the fact that a more meaningful and family oriented story comes in play against the violence and gore.
It has to also be said here that it was interesting to see zombies actually have some life in them: seriously, these creatures were unlike the slow-moving and mindless masses that we saw in Shaun of the Dead, but desperately starving and ravenous, fast-moving, dead people with blood all over their faces and flesh in their teeth. It was actually rather intriguing and added some more fear to the whole thing as these creatures could actually keep up and outrun their prey. I liked it.
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, and Bill Murray, Zombieland was a weird, but not entirely unfunny movie filled with violence, horror, zombies, guns, romance, and family. If you like the actors and don’t mind the occasional bit of weird and “what-the-fuck”, then this movie might be one to consider having a look at.
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