Zombieland—creative
and different—plays out as one of the better movies of 2009. This film creates a
surprisingly good acting team of Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg. The single faux pas in the storyline comes toward its conclusion with a manipulated scenario where Wichita and Little
Rock make their way to a carnival in California, deliberately start all the
lights and carnival machinery while in the middle of a Los Angeles-sized Zombie
population. The audience, at this point, asks, ‘Really?’ The scene, 'a little fun' in trade for 'a sure death wish', comes off as a thinly disguised story manipulation to allow Tallahassee and Columbus to save the day and
win their girls. That artifice costs film enjoyment. However, Zombieland still creates interest in
Director Ruben Fleischer’s (producer and writer of Rob & Big on MTV) creative work and asks for a sequel
that involves Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg cast together.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
Mad
cow disease infects Americans and leaves few survivors. Four survivors, Columbus
(Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little
Rock (Abigail Breslin), find each other and travel together to Los Angeles, a supposedly
Zombie-free zone.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Ruben Fleischer for directing efforts.
Thank you to Executive Producers Ryan Kavanaugh, Rhett Reese, Ezra Swerdlow,
and Paul Wernick for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: 406 (Amber Heard), Bill
Murray (Bill Murray), and Clown Zombie (Derek Graf).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
It’s quirky and fun. Video Critique available at:
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