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Few years ago the British cinema came up with an idea of doing some spoof on zombie movies. Have you seen Shaun of the Dead? I'm not sure if it was released here in the Philippines but I'm pretty sure it was released in Quiapo. Just kidding! Simon Pegg is in that movie and it is really one of the best horror-comedy ever.
They set a new trend called zom-com (zombie-comedy). Now, it's time for America to try this formula via Zombieland. Oh my word!!! 
From start to end, this movie never fails to amuse me. The humor is just spot on. Zombieland may not surpass the greatness of “Shaun” but it made history as the #1 Zombie movie in history box office wise. It is also one of the funniest violent movie I've seen in years. 
FILM PREMISE: In zombie-infested USA. Columbus is trying to get from his Texas college town back to Ohio, in hopes of finding his parents alive. On his way, he teams up with Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), whose only quests are to kill more zombies in creative ways – and to track down a “Twinkie” that hasn’t passed its sell-by date. Eventually, they cross paths with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), who turn out to be a sister team of con artists. The four of them head for California, where the girls have heard that Pacific Playland amusement park is actually a zombie-free zone.
Zombieland plainly tells a simple story.
The movie is all about survival in the apocalypse. Our main character Columbus is just telling some rules on how to survive. Believe it or not these digital rules being displayed on screen actually serves as one-liners already. It's really funny reading his rules. The movie is briskly paced. It's not boring and there's no need to think deep. It's all about fun!It is packed with uproarious jokes from start to finish. The main highlight is a wonderfully self-referential cameo by a certain comedy legend playing himself. I won't name him. His presence here made my day. What a smashing cameo performance! I almost died from laughing. Most of the laughs actually are from the confabulations of our four survivors. But most of the funniest stuff isn’t about zombies. "Zombieland" is relentlessly blood-and-guts and atrociously graphic that way, even if it falls short of being super scary. The movie has squeezed in some romantic stuff by the way. I find it cheesy this time but it kinda works in the script. 
Columbus' virginity is such a treat. For me, the humor here is like the combination of Little Miss Sunshine, Juno and Shaun of the Dead. Please don't expect some spoof jokes like what what we've seen in Scary Movie franchise. 
The casting is pitch-perfect. I think I'm a fan of Jesse Eisenberg now.
Recently, I just saw him in Adventureland and now we've met again in Zombieland. These two movies feature an amusement park too. He is awesome here. Woody Harrelson too deserves a special mention.
He knows how to pick his films, and he delivers a very memorable “Twinkie” performance here, too. Emma Stone, whom I remember from Superbad, once again shows her talent in witty delivery. Her expressions are precise and she's a superbad chick!
Jesse and Emma have zero chemistry unfortunately. Lastly, my fav here is Abigail Breslin. She's just having fun and her timing is awesome.
They've got very different survival styles -- Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee is all about muscle, Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus is all about brains, while Emma Stone as Wichita and Abigail Breslin as Little Rock are great on disarming men. 
If you're expecting scary zombies here, I'm sad to say that you'll be disappointed. Zombieland is just a hilarious comedy with a brilliantly laughable script and terrific comic performances from its four leads.
Zombies are only here for our entertainment. Horror comedies are rarely pure and I'm so glad that the movie is finally released here. I've been waiting for this ever since. This should've been shown last Halloween here in the metro. But to watch this after the ghastly MMFF, I think it's awesome too. I'm really recommending this one. I personally believe that everyone will enjoy the bloodfest gore in Zombieland. 
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