Zombieland: being dead can be funny

Zombieland is a well-executed, guilty-pleasure film that simply invites the viewer to be amused and entertained.

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Zombieland

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone

Zombies have taken over the US. We're not exactly sure how, but America is overrun with a plague of the crazed, flesh-eating blighters.

The sweetly nerdy Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is an unlikely survivor and an even more unlikely hero, but it seems that his obsessive compulsive tendencies and neurotic fear of social interaction have aided him well thus far. He forms an unlikely (but beneficial) partnership with Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), a redneck whose thirst for killing zombies is matched only by his love of the American snack, Twinkies.

The mismatched couple soon encounter two sassy, savvy sisters, who have survived up to this point by cashing in on the good looks of Wichita (Emma Stone) and cute charm of Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). The four embark on a cross-country crusade, evading their bloodthirsty enemies and ultimately forming a functional new family unit for the zombie age.

Zombieland is a really enjoyable horror-comedy; it is gory, over the top and fun, but at no point does the action dissolve into senselessness. This is a well executed, guilty-pleasure film. It isn't intended as a piece of satire, nor as a social commentary; it simply invites the viewer to be amused and entertained. Look out for Bill Murray, who all but steals the show in an unexpected, bizarre and very funny cameo.