Like everyone else in Zombieland, Wichita has a solid foundation and honest arc. Thankfully, Wichita’s part is far more than the typical “way too hot for the main character but since he’s the only one on screen even close in age to the babe then they are totally gonna’ get together” character. Zombieland gives us both with Emma Stone as Wichita.
But, this is an American film and if we’ve learned anything with American cinema it is this: any form of horror movie needs a babe and a love story. Were Zombieland simply about this post-apocalyptic odd couple, the movie would fall into the “win” column. He walks right up to the parody line, but never crosses. Whenever Woody is on the screen, you will be laughing and cheering at his antics.
(Okay, he has a bit more heart and compassion for his fellow human being, but not much… At least not anymore, but to tell would be to spoil). Just imagine Mickey Knox living in a world filled with the shambling dead and you’ve got Harrelson as Tallahassee. Tallahassee takes real pleasure in braining, grinding, driving, crushing, shooting, punching, and frying the flesh-hungry masses. Another, albeit more militant, survivor of the zombie apocalypse. Well, maybe not, as a self-identified coward with bladder control issues Columbus does need the help of Woody Harrelson doing what he does best.Īcting bat crap nutso in the role of Tallahassee. With his set of “Zombie Rules”, rules like Maintain Cardio or Double-Tap, Columbus is that guy you want getting your back. Truly a main character we can identify with.
Playing video games till the wee hours of the morning. Columbus survives the undead through proper training that only we Geeks understand. Thankfully, Eisenberg can finish a line of dialog without lowering into unintelligible mumbles. I know, it isn’t fair to pigeon hole an actor, but you gotta’ roll with the dice. Jesse “don’t call me Michael Cera” Eisenberg plays Columbus, aka George Michael after the zombie apocalypse. Most of humanity died off like ill prepared chumps, leaving only a few to fend off the cannibal hordes. The story, like so many a zombie flick, is pretty dang simple. But with so many a Geek already writing the flick off as a Shaun knockoff, I’m pleased to say Zombieland doesn’t pull any punches and delivers the goods and gore. Is it flawless? Hell no, very few films are. Well, to all you zombie purists I say to you, too bad. By now you’re probably expecting, after a few sentences of positive build up, for the bait and switch and I tell you to avoid Zombieland at all costs. Doesn’t matter what side of the pond you shoot your undead laugh-in, a good zombie flick is a good zombie flick. I mean, before SofD, we Geeks all rallied around the cheesy goodness that is Return of the Living Dead. But, before you raise your finger with a hearty and self-righteous “I knew it” making a zombie flick with a desire to generate laughs doesn’t mean you gotta’ have Simon Pegg and a love of Cricket. Let me get this out of the way right now.
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