![]() Tap” stars Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. It is easily one of the funniest movies of the year. I’m still not quite ready to say the L word about “Zombieland: Double Tap,” but I really like “Zombieland,” though I wouldn’t say I love it. Here, as the basic premise of this film is to take what worked and turn it up aĬouple notches. Those who enjoyed the original film will find plenty to like Fortunately, those moments are brief and followed up ![]() The filmmakersĭo try to get some heart in the picture, but it feels forced and like theyĭon’t care about it. Was originally present in this universe is basically absent now. The film also suffers slightly because whatever poignancy Joke about the stupidity of ridesharing services. Of Breslin’s scenes, some of the jokes with the Madison character or an extended Of course, there are some bits that do not work, like many Rooted in what the audience knows about these characters, making the humor Parody zombie movie conventions and they aren’t just vulgar. Many of the jokes here aren’t too cutesy, they don’t just Part of the reason the comedy works so well is it is allĬharacter-based. Never a stretch of more than a scene or two with multiple, big moments of With “Deadpool 2” by making everything more ridiculously over-the-top. Reese and Wernick, aided by Dave Callaham, turn in an evenīetter script than they did for “Zombieland.” The screenplay is moreĬonsistently funny here, as the screenwriters do what Reese and Wernick did Movie violence, using slow motion and over-the-top violence that is both funny Fleischer is once again having tons of fun playing with zombie Screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick returned for the sequel, and they doĪ fine job. In addition to the leads, director Ruben Fleischer and Little too clichéd and over-the-top even for this world. She manages to get a few funny moments out of character who is a Nicely, with the best and most substantial performance coming from Zoey DeutchĪs Madison. There are some newcomers this time around who contribute Breslin is the weakest link and she does not get much screen time by comparison, but she is still OK. Stone may be phoning this one in a little, but she’s such an excellent actress that she still gets some great laughs that imbues a little heart in her character. ![]() ![]() Eisenberg is doing his nerdy, insecure thing well. The other returning players also do some great work. More to do and he’s electric, giving a hilarious performance that’s The cast, with the standout being Harrelson. Similar adventures, traversing through a zombie-inundated America and figuringĪs with the original, one of the best parts of this movie is Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). Set 10 years after the original, the film follows theįamiliar foursome of Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), That finally happened this weekend, and “Zombieland: Double Tap” is worth the wait. In the 10 years since, the film has become something of a cult classic, with its avid fans longing for a sequel. Plot-wise, it’s little more than a series of loosely connected sketches, but ‘Zombieland’ is Friday night multiplex fodder of the highest order.After it premiered in October 2009, “Zombieland” earned a mostly positive critical and audience response on its way to making over $100 million at the box office. Hardened genre fans (those who aren’t laughing) may feel short-changed by the film’s loose approach to horror convention – it’s more of a droll B-picture like ‘Tremors’ than, say, Romero’s ‘Dead’ films – but there is plenty of gizzard-chomping mayhem to see them through the brisk runtime. Zombieland: Double Tap director talks doppelgangers, time gap and more. He also manages to work in a film-stealing A-list cameo which leads to arguably the funniest scene you’re likely to see in cinemas this year. It’s clear from the off that director Ruben Fleischer has his eyes trained on the comic jugular, and he attains an astronomical laugh count from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernickat’s fizzing, pop-savvy script. A mysterious ‘no-names’ policy means all the characters are identified by the places they’re headed to: Eisenberg is Columbus, Harrelson is Tallahassee, and along the way they are joined by a pair of juvenile femme fatale siblings called Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) and Wichita (Emma Stone). It’s a foolproof set-up that allows an army of the undead to attack this tooled-up twosome from all flanks as they spit golden zingers at each other amid a slow-mo cascade of cartridge cases and blood. Drop a loaded 12-gauge into the trembling mitts of a bubble-permed dweeb (Jesse Eisenberg), partner him with a bald, Bourbon-swilling Southern wildman (Woody Harrelson), then have them drive stolen muscle cars across the country formerly known as the United States of America, now a post-apocalyptic wasteland dubbed Zombieland.
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