Darkly humorous romp through a zombie-infested America.

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2011)

Having not seen "Zombieland" on it's first day of release, I decided to watch it on DVD this night and I was pleasantly entertained yet strangely surprised at how touching and warm it could be.
Jesse Eisenberg plays Columbus, an average Joe who has always wanted a family and to score with a girl. Eisenberg as well as Woody Harrelson(especially Harrelson) give great performances throughout the whole course of the perilous trek with a dash of dark comedy and zombie bashing. There's very little visual effects, but that it's used sparingly is really effective as it lets the audience focus on the great aspects of this film: characters and a well-written and darkly witty script. The story's a bit thin but in the context of the whole film, it works unlike some other films that try to be fun and smart, but end up failing in all levels.
I really missed out on this film on it's theatrical fun but fortunately I watched recently and I got to say that Zombieland simply rocks. Black comedy mixed with well-written dialog, zombie bashing, and some touching moments, Zombiland is a blast.