No Z's in Zombieland!

Rating: 8/10 (17 October 2010)

The witty "Zombieland" definitely did wake me up from my zombie state and was a real eye-opener. The film is set in the future where a deadly plague that converts people into zombies has set its mark in the USA. "Take A Bite out of Slime" has superseded "Take A Bite Out of Crime", sorry McGruff. Jesse Eisenberg stars as pseudo-name Columbus, a gabby, jittery unzombie who has set his own "zombieland security" rules in order to defend himself against zombie attacks. Woody Harrelson co-stars as pseudo-name Tallahassee, a bad-ass "zombie exterminator" who plays by his own "zombieland security" rules which are more of the destroyer mode than Columbus' ones. The two coincidentally meet up in trying to search for locations that are "zombie free". In their journey, they meet up with a con-artist sister duet in Wichita and Little Rock, also pseudo-names, who are conniving in stealing property and dollars of the what's little left "male zombie-free" population. Eventually, the fearsome foursome do converge in most of the narrative of "Zombieland". Director Ruben Fleischer revitalized the zombie genre with some juicy, sharp bites in his orchestration of the movie. Rhette Reese also did a credible job in instilling his reese's pieces in the amusing scribe of the flick. I don't want to be a "plotbuster" but there is a cameo appearance of a comedic legend in "Zombieland" that does earn the film its "stripes". Cheers to Woody Harrelson for his enigmatic performance as Tallahassee, and to Jesse Eisenberg for connecting quite well as Columbus in the "Zombie Network". Emma Stone continues to impress as a startling young actress, and her performance as Wichita was one I was wishing I could see more of. Abigail Breslin as Little Rock was no "little miss sunshine" here, but she also delivered a fine performance. Hey, can't forget the Zombies! Kudos to those thousands of zombie extras that zom way had to make them believable. Hey, you just read a corny pun review of the film "Zombieland"! What are you going to do now? I am going to "Zombieland"!!! Or at least I am hoping you will. **** Good