Saturday, October 31, 2020

Spook Out! Day 31 ~ Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

Amazon Says...
"Through comic mayhem from the White House to the heartland, four slayers face off against new kinds of evolved zombies and new human survivors."

I Say...
And how!!!!!

Horror Type...
Zombies, Horror Comedy, Post-Apocalyptic

Main Players...
Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee (Gnarly Elvis Lover)
Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus (Puppy Dog Rule-Maker)
Emma Stone as Wichita (Bad-Note-Leaver)
Abigail Breslin as Little Rock (Restless Teen)

I liked...

***SO FRIGGING MUCH***
  • the shoot-em-up opening credits, that really set the tone for the rest of the movie
  • the laughs, the gags, the bits, the throwaways, the visual jokes--man, this mfr was even funnier than the first Z-land flick, but also,
  • the zombie scares, which are played straight and, in some scenes, legit scary
  • the new zombie classifications
  • how relationships, both romantic and familial, are explored and developed
  • the doppelgängers! (so to speak)
  • the specTACular zombie battle in the third act, DANG!

The Meh...
The only "meh" for me is that I don't know if we're getting another movie in this franchise. PLEASE OH PLEASE LET THERE BE ANOTHER ONE!!!!!

Would I recommend it...?
HECK to the YEAH! Lah-lah-lah-LOVE THIS MOOOVEEEEEEE! For me, it's the perfect combination of action, romance, comedy, and horror, with exactly the right amount of violence and gore to give it some Halloween bite (pun intended!). Not sure if sensitives will mind the aforementioned violence and gore--IMO, it's not gratuitous (for the kind of movie this is) and while it has scary moments, they're not terrifying, just...pleasantly chilling. (That's a thing, right? Pleasantly chilling?) (Well, it is for me...)

Miscellany...
  • I've gotta shout out Zoey Deutch (Madison), Rosario Dawson (Nevada), and Luke Wilson (Albuquerque) for their work here--bravi, y'all!
  • Watch the end credits all the way through. Trust me on this.

Ratings...
My Grade: A
Rotten Tomatoes Scores: Tomatometer=68%, Audience Score=88%

Details, Schmeetails...
I Watched Zombieland: Double Tap on Amazon (the Rotten Tomatoes page linked above provides links to other streaming platforms)




This concludes Day 31
(and indeed, the blogfest!)
of


Thanks to all who joined me
on this year's journey,
and please do come back next year...

IF YOU DARE


3 comments:

  1. I can rent Zombieland on Amazon, so I think I'll start with that one. Maybe this one will be available for rent in a few years. Hahahahaha. I have all the time in the world.

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    1. I know, so weird it's only available for purchase on Amazon right now, though there's always the free trial!!! 😜 (Full disclosure: I purchased it!)

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    2. It's new-ish. I figured if I like Zombieland, then I can think about buying Double Tap. I'm not opposed to buying things like that. I have a small library of things I've purchased from Prime video.

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