Zombieland

Zombie apocalypse, human population plummeting and undead rising, the basic premise of every zombie movie not a big surprise “Zombieland” followed suit as well. But unlike other zombie movies before it, “Zombieland” takes a more humorous look 4 people trying to make it through everyday life, enjoying the little things while they’re at it. This action-comedy contains the talents of Tallahassee-Woody Harrelson (“Cheers”), Columbus-Jesse Eisenburg (“Adventureland”), Wichita-Emma Stone (“Superbad”) and Little Rock-Abigail Breslin (“Little Miss Sunshine”)-each being named after where they came from. Tallahassee and Columbus start off in Texas, traveling together. The duo, of Harrelson and Eisenburg, work very well together playing off each other’s personality and balancing the other out perfectly. Harrelson’s character being the crazy shoot ‘em up and Eisenburg the more apprehensive but can still, barely, get the job done way of surviving, added to a decent dose of clumsiness. Columbus working to get back home to see if his family has survived and Tallahassee who is just in search of an ever-elusive Twinkie. They are later joined by Wichita and Little Rock who are trying to make their way to a theme park in Cali. The four-some fight, disagree, laugh, travel and most importantly kill zombies together, all while enjoying the little things.
The comedy that runs throughout the movie is something that has not yet been seen mixed with zombies using American comedy (the closest thing to it being “Shaun of the Dead” which uses British humor). The actors and the characters that they play all tie in very well together allowing for humorous interaction and a revival of Harrelson’s career, showing the movie world that he still has funny left in him. Along with rising comedy younglings Eisenburg and Stone have weird interaction with the gender roles almost flipped in the way that they act. Judging from previews you wouldn’t think much of this movie but it’s definitely worth a watch and I guarantee that going into this movie with an open mind you will find yourself laughing, remember you got to enjoy the little things.



Over all rating: 7 out of 10