Friday, April 19, 2013

Zombieland (2009)

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Year of first release: 2009
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Country: USA
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Conditions of visioning: 10.02.2013, DVD
Synopsis: A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and a tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America. 
Review: What about watching a zombie movie before breakfast? This was not the first time I saw Zombieland, but this was the best match. Something light, funny and with action, to wake up in a good mood. 
The consumption society are a reason to be moved and to laugh at: obsession on a product, idolation of a movie star, appetite and pleasure for destruction. Only some rules for surviving help. The way the rules are presented, numbered, with a living example, some right at the beginning and others along the movie makes it funny. The suspense is coming from the slow gathering of the small group of protagonists and the milestones on the way to the park. The actors are perfect in their roles and make the caricatures realistic. It is a very good zombie comedy, at the same level as Shaun of the dead.
Rating: 7 /10

1 comment:

  1. Sorry but I cannot agree with you here. For me stands far behind Shaun of the Dead that is a masterpiece of horrific comedy and cannot be matched. I like Woody Harrelson, the fantastic appearance of Bill Murray as himself and the rules for surviving, but I laughted only a little. American redneck humour can't beat the British one. 4/10

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