Zombieland is an American zombie comedy horror, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and directed by Ruben Fleischer. The film is distributed by Columbia Pictures (a Sony Pictures company) and was released today. The film is rated R for horror violence/gore and language. The film takes place within a post-apocalyptic context, beginning with a narrative from Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), a college student from Austin, Texas, who is on his way to Columbus to see if his parents are alright, who explains a few of his “rules” for surviving the zombie apocalypse. After surviving a few zombie attacks, he encounters Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), whose life goal is to find the last Twinkie on Earth.
As they are searching a grocery store for Twinkies, they meet two girls, Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). Through a con, the girls get their weapons and car. Later, the girls use their own weapons to get another car they found. After a small fight, Columbus convinces them that it’s better to stick together. Wichita informs Columbus that Columbus, Ohio is destroyed and completely overrun by zombies. They decide to drive towards Pacific Playland, an amusement park that is supposedly zombie-free. on the way, they go to Hollywood, and decide to sleep at the house of Bill Murray. They meet Murray, who at first seems to be zombified, but it’s just make-up so that he can fit in with the zombies and play golf. Murray decides to scare Columbus and Little Rock, but Columbus doesn’t know it’s a joke and shoots Murray, killing him. After a proper funeral for Murray, the girls leave for Pacific Playland. Columbus decides to go after Wichita, who he has developed feelings for, and Tallahassee joins him. When the girls arrive at Pacific Playland, they turn on all the rides and lights, unintentionally attracting all the nearby zombies. A huge battle ensues, and as the girls are about to run out of ammo, Tallahassee and Columbus arrive and help them kill all the zombies. After all the zombies in the area are dead, Little Rock finds a Twinkie and gives it to Tallahassee, making Columbus realize that this is the only family he needs.
Reviews have been favorable, with a 89% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert gave the movie 3 out of 4 stars. Here’s another trailer I found:
