Zombieland Review

I was not expecting this to be good. I was certainly not expecting it to be one of the best films of the year!

From the trailer I saw a second rate Shaun of the Dead knock off, but American.... and it really is a shame because the film itself is very, very sharp. Just as much as Shaun. And in fact it's only a whisker not as good as Shaun, purely because a) it is really taking the same basic zom-com idea, and b) I connect to the dry humour of the English version slightly better and more affectionately. I think anyone who has seen both films and is English (or lived in the UK for any length of time) will essentially came away with the same thought.

The writing in Zombieland is fantastic and you care for the characters, and that they live. This is important because despite the "rules" theme that Columbus has devised for staying alive, the movie doesn't really follow the standard zombie film "rules" i.e all of the good guys survive. So good character development and knock-out performances are essential for this to work.

The 4 leads are all brilliant, these are great comedic performances. Woody Harrelson just embodies Tallahassee so well it's frightening. At one point he's on top of some American Chevy 4x4 or something, and twatting the shit out of it with a baseball bat, looking like he's getting into that role a little too much! But I'm not gonna spoil it any more!

There are so many legendary quotable lines from this movie that you will be googling them when you get home just to remember before you can get back to the cinema to watch it again.

To sum up, this film is very funny, genuinely scary, and also charming and heart warming. Oh did I say absolutely hilarious?! Go see it!