Zombieland

03.15.10
Zombieland
(2009)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin


Zombieland is a bizarre, entertaining take on the (as some would purport) the impending doom of the zombie apocalypse. Each of the four main characters we meet along the way maintains an alias of a city where they are from or planning on heading to. Jesse Eisenberg plays the role of Columbus, the typically awkward Michael Cera role that he's monotonously typecasted as. Woody Harrelson plays the Cadillac-driving-Twinkies-obsessed-gun-slinging-cowboy that really carries the film along. Later we meet Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, who go as Wichita and Little Rock, two sisters who have conned their way to safety since the infection. The movie creatively uses text on screen to integrate Columbus' rules on how to avoid being murdered by zombies. The movie was incredibly gory, and even though it's expected some of it really grossed me out, maybe I'm just a wimp. But overall, Zombieland, most especially Bill Murray's cameo, was extremely entertaining.