Zombieland

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2010)

I was told by many people that this was a brilliant horror comedy, so I decided that I should try it, and I really hoped I would agree with them all. Basically Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is a big wuss that has survived the virus, related to mad cow disease, which has infected the whole human race, and changed them into blood and flesh hungry zombies. He has survived with his twenty-seven survival rules (which pop up on screen every so often), such as: fasten your seat belts, check back seats, double tap (kill again if not dead), travel light, (don't) be a hero, limber up and many more. On his way back to his home town (to find his already dead parents), he meets gun loving and zombies slaying Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), in search of a Twinkie. They have their car stolen (twice) by independent gun-toting girls Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin), but they eventually all join forces to fight off their foes. They are heading for the one place there is rumoured to be salvation from the zombies, theme park Pacific Playland. They quickly stop off in Hollywood and enter the house of actor Bill Murray, who comes in dressed as a zombie, and as a result gets killed in defence by Columbus. So they reach the theme park, and it does seem quiet, but as soon as the rides are up and running that changes, and they are fighting and killing for their lives against the fast acting monsters. The cast is good, the zombies are nasty, Murray's longish cameo is funny, and the gory effects are fun, it is certainly a very watchable horror comedy. Good!