I don't really get the point of
the comic zombie film.
Not exact matches
Attacks come fast and furious now, setting a frenzied pace that later
zombie films like Evil Dead II and Dead Alive will utilize to infinitely more
comic effect.
The
film is holding its NYC premiere today and I caught up with Doug this past weekend at New York
Comic Con to discuss his ongoing collaboration with Del Toro and, seeing as it's the Halloween season, the enduring appeal of the Disney classic Hocus Pocus in which Jones was the benevolent
zombie, Billy Butcherson.
Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the
comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular
films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more
zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).
Synopsis: The Dark Horse
comic R.I.P.D. is adapted by Universal Pictures with this fantasy crime
film focusing on a newly deceased cop (Ryan Reynolds) who's drafted into a squad of
zombie cops that battle the supernatural.
Though Eisenberg's excessive voiceover narration bogs down the first act, the
film quickly evolves into a crackling
zombie romp powered by a clever script, goofy physical comedy — the filmmakers get a lot of mileage out of Harrelson's amusingly over-the-top means of dispatching the undead — and the yin - yang
comic chemistry of the eternally adorable Eisenberg and good - ol» - boy Harrelson.
The lessons are obvious, going over undead identification and useful melee weapons, but who knows, maybe there's someone out there that hasn't already picked up these tips from hundreds of
zombie films, shows, games,
comics, etc..