With vampires and werewolves running rampant onscreen, it was time for a good old-fashioned zombie movie. Of course, Zombieland is not your average zombie movie, with the director (Ruben Fleischer) and two writers (Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick) being hip MTV alums.
Zombieland begins with a narration by an introverted nerd who tells the story of how the world came to an end when an unknown virus turned everyone into zombies, except the four main characters and the celebrity cameo.
The characters are known either by where they are from or where they are headed. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg from The Squid and the Whale) tells the audience his rules of survival in the United States of Zombieland, where being a recluse and outcast has helped him survive. He meets Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson, reprising a more relaxed version of his role in Natural Born Killers) and the sisters Wichita (Emma Stone from Superbad) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin from Little Miss Sunshine).
The mismatched quartet hits the road to reach an amusement park in Los Angeles. In Columbus’ words, everyone is an “orphan in Zombieland,” and the four turn into a dysfunctional family of their own as they head toward Hollywood. Trying to spot celebrity mansions, they befriend Bill Murray, in one of the funniest cameos in movie history. Set in a world filled with zombies, this bizarre road movie surprisingly warms the heart.
Originally published in Hürriyet Daily News on 25 Dec. 09
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