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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Zombieland (2009)

Set in a post apocalyptic world where mankind has been decimated by a disease that has turned them into zombies, a young college student (Jesse Eisenberg) travels to California with a twinkie loving yokel (Woody Harrelson) and two sisters (Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin). Directed by Ruben Fleischer (GANGSTER SQUAD). I love movies that are both scary and funny together! This one is neither. It's rather dumb actually but fortunately, it has an immensely likeable quartet of actors in the leads and it moves fast (it runs under 90 minutes) so it's not too painful to sit through. Filled with blood and gore and guns and vomit, it seems aimed at the 14 year old male audience (I can't imagine grown men being taken with it). There's a bit of uncomfortable body shaming that was still acceptable in 2009 that doesn't play well today. Not quite as clever as its film makers seem to think it is. With Bill Murray and Amber Heard.

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