The only person he can trust is yourself

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2012)

The world has been overrun by zombies and has few survivors ... that tells Ruben Fleischer in "Zombieland" (2009), his new film that proposes a new comedy about the undead, which is about the trust in others and how we always need the other to survive.
It is narrated in a linear fashion and from the point of view of the protagonist: Columbus, played by Jesse Eisenberg, who is presented as a guy insecure, paranoid and unsociable. Throughout the story, he and the other survivors will help them stay alive and risk the possibility of being betrayed. We do not know who is good and who is bad, the only thing we are sure of is that they are dominated by the fear of knowing that if a zombie bites become one ... they are afraid to stop being themselves, what they want is to survive, find stability and move on, which leads them to fight for their lives and face whatever it takes.
Everything that happens directs the viewer to worry about who will die and who will survive, even remains some mystery about people who know Columbus, do not know if you can trust them, do not fully know who they are, and that helps keep the suspense and retention.
The touch of comedy is interesting, because it is a film that could be scary, but the funny thing helps make the film what it is: intelligent, knowing balance between entertainment and the depth and seriousness of the story that is counting because it makes the viewer laugh at the moments that must laugh, keeps the suspense and the story moves on naturally.
It is a film that is entertaining because it is about zombies, but finally, the great thing about the film is not due to the zombies, is due to the protagonists, the story itself and the good performances.