Thanks to the premiere of a shiny official trailer last week, Ruben Fleischer's third go in the director's seat (
after Zombieland and 30: Minutes or Less) now ranks high on many film geeks» lists of most anticipated titles for the last third of 2012.
After Zombieland was a hit, director Ruben Fleischer and star Jesse Eisenberg made a second goofy... Read More
Not exact matches
More details on that, as well as what Rhett Reese has to say about
Zombieland 2 and Deadpool,
after the break.
Helming Venom is director Ruben Fleischer, who made his name known
after the successful action - comedy
Zombieland.
Written and directed by Jeff Benna, Life
After Beth has nothing particularly new to add to a rather tired and hackneyed genre, and for example is nothing like as funny as Ruben Fleischer's 2009 film
Zombieland.
There is none of the visual panache that Fleischer brought to
Zombieland, and
after The Social Network, it is disappointing to see Eisenberg revert back to his stuttery caricature.
While some may debate this, less than a half decade
after Shaun of the Dead set the standard for recent zombie comedies (Dead Alive / Braindead is the reigning king, in my opinion),
Zombieland sweeps past Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with seeming ease.
Zombieland (R for profanity and gory violence) Horror comedy about a hardy band of survivors (Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone) who seek sanctuary in an amusement park
after America is overrun by man - eating zombies.
The comparison to Shaun of the Dead is inevitable, so let's get it out of the way:
Zombieland is kinda sorta Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's comic masterpiece of mayhem
after the undead apocalypse done up American style, so instead of cricket bats as weapons and jokes about tea, it's shotguns as anti-zombie devices and a quest to find the last Twinkie.
After career revivals in
Zombieland and HBO's megahit first season of True Detective, Harrelson once more showcases his acting chops in the difficult role of Rex.