Film Review: Zombieland

Director: Ruben Fleischer

The zombie movie genre is always a popular one and that is also why we've seen so many zombie films over the years with their own take on things. Zombieland is a comedic version where the zombies are able to run which adds to the debate that raged last year about whether the un-bitten should lose their main advantage. But the zombies are only the back-drop that creates much of the comedy between Eisenberg and Harrelson.

Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) and Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson)

A mutated strain of mad cow disease has turned most of America into zombies leaving just a small few who are not infected. People know use the names of places that relate to them rather than their real names, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) and Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) team up as Columbus hopes to finds his parents whilst Tallahassee hopes to find twinkies. They run into Wichita (Emma Stone) and her sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) who Columbus knows from high school and fight the zombies whilst trying to get where they are going.

Wichita (Emma Stone)

Jesse Eisenberg is impressive once again playing a geeky teenager whilst Woody Harrelson must also have felt at home playing a tough talking drinker who doesn't seem to like anybody. Harrelson is an actor it's hard not to like for his deadpan humour whilst Emma Stone sizzles as the women that Columbus desire throughout the movie. Unfortunately Abigail Breslin still left me feeling only contempt as she played another annoying character.

The comedic approach pays dividends as Columbus at different points in the movies relays his rules for surviving Zombieland whilst the cameo by Bill Murray is also excellently played. The short run time of the movie helps to keep the pace quick and ensure that there are very few lulls in entertainment although I think the producers were unsure quite how to end it.

3/4 funny and well crafted zombie movie