why? The trailer shows scenes we have seen in the original and it's sequels. Oh, yeah! Secondly, stick it out through the end credits, for a cute bit featuring that 'guest star'.Īs usual, there were over half a dozen trailers before the film and this time around the some choices fit with the main feature.
What a is worse than a puking zombie? One puking directly into the cameralense. If the blood & guts there don't bother you you won't have a problem with what is to come. Two warnings: Many of the most shocking and gory scenes in the film, as well as some of the funniest, appear during the opening credits. Thankfully the appearance of the mansion's owner (a well-known star who I won't give away as many have)turns the film back into the delight that it was in earlier reels. I know we are expected to care and things lead up to this moment, but the scene goes on way too long in my book. As much as I loved the movie, and would gladly see it again, there are some scenes that take place in the Hollywood home of a celebrity that all but stop the film dead in it's tracks (perhaps appropriate in a movie about the undead). In many ways this is the strongest and most fun part of the film, until the predictable final confrontation at the park. The first half of the film introduces the characters, give some background and eventually has them teaming up for the great road-trip across Zombieland, which is what Columbus has come to call what is left of the U.S. While Tallahasse's only goal is to find the last box of Twinkies, the girls seek an amusement park they visited in California as children in the idealistic belief (which it is apparent Wichita doesn't really believe) that there are no zombies there. It is Columbus who narrates the film and it is through his neurotic eyes that we see the other survivors, "Tallahasse" (Woody Harrelson in his best role since NATURAL BORN KILLERS) who seemingly mourns only the death of his puppy and two sisters "Wichita" (Emma Stone) and "Little Rock" (Abigail Breslin) who were together and without supervision (not explained) prior to the plague. He has gotten by so far by creating a "list of rules" that he follows, many of which we get to see as the 'rule' actually appears on the screen during the action. 'Columbus' (played by Jessie Eisenberg) is a videogame playing nerd, who is trying to get to Ohio to find if his parents have survived. When the film starts it has obviously been several months since the plague hit and we eventually meet four 'normal' folks who have thus far survived.
ZOMBIELAND, if you haven't seen all the ads, takes place in a post-apocalyptic America where a plague (never really explained) has wiped out almost everyone. Not a perfect film, but certainly as good as I hoped and better than I would have expected. I'm going to start right out by giving my ratings and then my review: The first half of this movie gets *** 1/2 Stars and the second half *** stars.
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