Hey! Nut up or shut up! This is the tagline from the 2009 film Zombieland directed by Ruben Fleischer starring Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee: the world’s quintessential tough guy. We find our hero and his son, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) and their modest carnival overrun, with you guessed it, Zombies! Fleischer delivers a high flying shooting and tooting film full of danger and edge of your seat excitement.
When zombies show up at the “Guess your Weight Booth” instead of yuppies, the only thing left to do is smile and shoot them in the face. What else is Columbus supposed to do; he has to protect his love interest, Newark (Emma Stone), whose performance is scary and dirty, just like the city she is named after. The zombies can move buildings with their minds and coordinate their attacks through Blackberry instant messaging. Steinmart (Charlie Sheen) gave me horrible nightmares as the amorous, flamboyant zombie general, though; the Sherriff of Nottingham in Costner’s Robin Hood is the most evil of evil. “I’ll cut your heart out with a spoon!…But why a spoon cousin?…Cause it will hurt more you twit!” Wow, I just scared myself.
Our heroes are rounded out in the role of Amsterdam (Abigail Breslin) who plays a mystical witch, who has the power to cure hangovers with sorcerous bong water. The action is non-stop, in fact there is no dialogue at all, only fist pumping, adrenaline producing, sweet, sweaty, pulsing, arousal. I could watch this shit all day.
(The Doctor of Style has not seen this film.)
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