Zombieland [Blu-ray] (B002WY65W4)

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Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Binding: Blu-ray
Published: 2010-02-02

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Zombieland [Blu-ray]

Editorial Review:

Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he's scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other's company. Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin co-star in this double-hitting, head-smashing comedy.
If there's been a zombie apocalypse and you're road-tripping alone though the wasteland, you could do worse than run into Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), a bourbon-swilling bad-boy butt-kicker with a really cool car. This is where the careful hero of Zombieland, a kid nicknamed Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), finds himself early in the film, and you can hardly blame him for hitching a ride with this swaggering Alpha Male. Still, they have their hands full not only with gibbering zombies but also with two sisters (Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin) who will stop at nothing to reach a Disneyland-like amusement park in L.A. Although Zombieland gets off to a rocky start with Columbus's overly-cute narration (he's got a list of rules for surviving in the zombie world), it settles into an amusing comedy, regularly interrupted by bouts of blood-letting. The road-trip stuff is enough fun that when the movie does arrive at its version of Disneyland, the air goes out of it a little; sure, there's a giant zombie blowout, with entrails flying, but it's not quite the same. Director Ruben Fleischer keeps the gags coming, although the movie is often funnier in its odd little asides (both Eisenberg and Harrelson are expert at this) than in its official jokes. Comic high point: an interlude at the home of a very famous movie star, who plays himself--and we'll leave the spoiler unspoiled, in case anybody hasn't heard about this funny extended cameo. --Robert Horton
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Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Puts the fun back into horror movies:

My son is an avid horror fan and has a collection of probably 2000 horror movies. I can't bear to watch most of them, but I did watch Zombieland with him and I actually liked it! The actors and acting had a lot to do with it, but the script and humor was what really brought me around. I did cover my eyes a few times, but I laughed a lot!

zombie killing fun:

What a fun movie this is, very entertaining, but a bit short. Zombies are little pukes. "Time to nut up or shut up" 5 Twinkies!

Watch Shaun of the Dead instead:

I heard it said the makers of this movie were inspired by the success of SHAWN OF THE DEAD.
Uhhmmmm ....... well......... they should have looked for more inspiration
While SHAWN OF THE DEAD is excellent and sets the 5 Star Standard for a Zombie Spoof movie, this movie (Zombieland) shows glimpses of potential but falters and instead relies on too much simple stupidity to try and be funny.
It fails to have the kind of creative wit and dark humor that made SHAWN OF THE DEAD so good.
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better than I thought it would be: