Zombieland MovieRevue
Zombieland stars Woody Harrelson the Hollywood hippie and environmentalist amongst other things not commonly linked with the average Hollywood movie star! Jessie Eisenberg also stars in this film as Woody's sidekick, "Columbus" (Jessie recently starred in another favourite of mine, the teen flick "Adventureland"). Young actress Abigail Breslin (best known for her performance as the cute youngster in "Little Miss Sunshine") also stars in the film.
The premise of this film is fairly simple and what you would expect from the typical Zombie movie, basically Zombie's have taken over the world and there are few humans left apart from our heroes Columbus, Woody Harrelson's brilliantly named "Tallahassee" and two girls who are Abigail Breslin's "Little Rock" and Emma Stone's "Wichita". The great thing about this film is the wit and humour used to tell the story. A great example of this wit is the running list of do's and dont's to survive in Zombieland as concocted by the main character, Columbus. His list includes thing's such as "alway's check the toilet's before entering" and my favourite and most poignant "enjoy the little thing's in life" (perhaps some words of wisdom for those who have suffered as a result of the global financial crisis, this could be their new motto). But the fun doesn't end there folk's, the best part of this film is the cameo performance by Mr "BM" himself. Now I'm not going to explain who "BM" is, for those of you who haven't guessed it can be a little surprise for you and a pleasant one at that.
Overall the film at first glance is your typical Zombie flick with the storyline revolving around "man" fighting Zombie's and a small dose of romance, however within this mix the director is able to add some extra spice in the form of clever humour and a fable for all about the importance of friend's as substitute family's when there is no-one else left on earth but yourselves (and the aforementioned Zombie's!)
I rate this as a definite for the movies and look forward to it's release on DVD, as I will certainly watch it again!
Check out the Trailer on the IMBD movie website on the link below:
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