Double Tapping

Rating: 7/10 (12 January 2014)

Zombieland is set in a USA where zombies are on the rampage.
Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is a geek who has a lot of rules of survival from zombies like checking the back seat of a car, not using public toilets, wearing a seat belt, running very fast and double tapping which is always back up once you hit a zombie by car.
These rules keeps him from being eaten by zombies. Each time he states one of his rules, you see an example of it in action.
He decides to go home to see if his parents are still alive and encounters a redneck zombie killer Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) with a penchant for Twinkies and a sad history.
They become a duo and later have an uneasy alliance with two women. Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). They have to rely on each other to survive as they may be the only humans alive.
Zombieland is a cracking horror comedy. Eisenberg is a charming but vulnerable lead using his speed and zombie survival rules to his best advantage.
Harrelson on the surface is a redneck who just blasts zombies, misses his dog and loves Twinkies but later shows pathos and real vulnerability at his loss.
Bill Murray makes one hell of a cameo appearance in a scene set in a Hollywood mansion and his demise is very funny with his biggest regret being The Garfield movie!
The weak point is the film drags when they encounter the ladies where they play games of trying to outhustle the only nice humans they seem to have encountered.