Zombieland (dir. Ruben Fleischer)
Runtime: 88 minutes
Taking advantage of the fact that zombies stopped being scary years ago, Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland takes an entirely different approach to the subject, and this one is (intentionally) hilarious. The movie’s narrated by a nerdy survivor named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), who keeps a list of rules to surviving the apocalypse. He runs into another survivor, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), who teams up with him and they soon find two healthy women: Wichita (Emma Stone) and her little sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin).
Essentially, Zombieland becomes a road movie threatened by the undead. Columbus wants to return to Ohio to see his parents; the sisters are heading to a Los Angeles amusement park; and the brave Tallahassee is in the search for a Twinkie. On their way, they kill countless zombies with an arsenal of inventive weaponries, and even run into Bill Murray. At a brisk 88 minutes, it’ll have you laughing and howling the whole way through, providing a very enjoyable watch that holds up on repeat viewings.
Quote to remember: “The first rule of Zombieland: Cardio. When the zombie outbreak first hit, the first to go, for obvious reasons were the fatties.” – Columbus