Zombieland

Genre : DVD ( DVD )
Release : 2010/02/02
Price : $19.99

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If there's been a zombie apocalypse and you're road-tripping alone though the wasteland, you could do worse than run into Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), a bourbon-swilling bad-boy butt-kicker with a really cool car. This is where the careful hero of Zombieland, a kid nicknamed Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), finds himself early in the film, and you can hardly blame him for hitching a ride with this swaggering Alpha Male. Still, they have their hands full not only with gibbering zombies but also with two sisters (Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin) who will stop at nothing to reach a Disneyland-like amusement park in L.A. Although Zombieland gets off to a rocky start with Columbus's overly-cute narration (he's got a list of rules for surviving in the zombie world), it settles into an amusing comedy, regularly interrupted by bouts of blood-letting. The road-trip stuff is enough fun that when the movie does arrive at its version of Disneyland, the air goes out of it a little; sure, there's a giant zombie blowout, with entrails flying, but it's not quite the same. Director Ruben Fleischer keeps the gags coming, although the movie is often funnier in its odd little asides (both Eisenberg and Harrelson are expert at this) than in its official jokes. Comic high point: an interlude at the home of a very famous movie star, who plays himself--and we'll leave the spoiler unspoiled, in case anybody hasn't heard about this funny extended cameo. --Robert Horton


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What a fun movie this is, very entertaining, but a bit short. Zombies are little pukes. "Time to nut up or shut up" 5 Twinkies!

I heard it said the makers of this movie were inspired by the success of SHAWN OF THE DEAD.

Uhhmmmm ....... well......... they should have looked for more inspiration

While SHAWN OF THE DEAD is excellent and sets the 5 Star Standard for a Zombie Spoof movie, this movie (Zombieland) shows glimpses of potential but falters and instead relies on too much simple stupidity to try and be funny.

It fails to have the kind of creative wit and dark humor that made SHAWN OF THE DEAD so good.

If you like people breaking things, cursing as much as possible and simply acting stupid you might like Zombieland ...... but if you only have enough time in life to see one Zombie-spoof movie, then watch SHAWN OF THE DEAD instead.

The plot is good and it's pretty funny, not as gory as it could have been, but I'm not a big fan of gore.

Very bad acting with no plot and lots of repetition. Watch this at a friends house, preferably while having sex or a good time doing something else. Do not....repeat do not buy this flick. Dumb and embarrassing for actors that should know what movies to turn-down.
Don't be fooled by the trailer which is better, by far, than the movie.

I'm not a big fan of splatter in general, but here it works. The blood and guts are always somehow ironic and goofy, befitting the tone of this spoof. Woody is good, Jesse does his best Michael Cera impression as always (seaparted at birth, those two?), and it's nice and short, moving quickly and never getting dull.

Bill Murray's bit is quite funny if not hilarious, but make sure to watch past the credits at the end to see a very funny bit with him reprising his Caddyshack Carl in zombie makeup.

Looks good in blu-ray; all things considered, Zombieland is a bright send-up of the zombie/thriller genre, and worth seeing if you feel like some bloody laughter.