Zombieland

Zombieland begins in a more original and thoughtful way than is expected from a zombie flick. It's funny. We meet Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), a loner who has been making his way through zombie-america because he has a specific set of rules that he follows in order to survive. This is unique, this is funny. The filmmakers then pile on three more characters: a bad-ass zombie killer Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and two younger girls with more brawn than you would have expected, played by Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. Every character here is entertaining and has something unique and amusing about them. The film starts very strong and then unfortunately begins to flounder as it realizes that it has nowhere to go but into clichés given its genre. The end is quite satisfying, and a middle portion with a cameo from Bill Murray is also amusing, but the zombie genre being what it is, the film probably did the best it could. It's a decent film, not great.
Zombieland: ✰✰✰