Zombie films are a dime a dozen. They come in practically every form available: from full-blown horror to love stories and human drama to comedies and crossover versions with well-known literary classics. A film has to be special qualities to achieve true cult status.
Qualities such as infinitely quotable sayingsuniquely quirky characters and a cast that confidently turns a potentially silly concept into pure entertainment. All of this is the case with Zombieland, which, along with its sequel, Zombieland 2: Double Tap, is now available to stream on Amazon Prime with a subscription.
In Zombieland on Amazon Prime, the last living people go on a deadly road trip
The world has come to an end. About two months ago, in the classic way, due to a mutated virus. The earth is now mostly populated by zombies, with a few survivors making their way through. One of them is Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), who is mainly affected by his fears. strict rules could survive.
Despite all his fear, Columbus wants to try to reach his possibly still living family in Ohio. To do this, he reluctantly teams up with amateur psychopath Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson). The latter is a fearless daredevil with an obsession for Twinkies.
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Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in Zombieland
On the way, the two pick up Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). Together they continue to struggle through – and learn along the way how to act like real people again. to work together and live.
Zombieland is a perfect mix of everything that is fun
First and foremost, Zombieland is of course one thing: funnyHere, people are satirized, made fun of and ridiculed. Be it in the form of unexpected cameos, the setting of priorities by the characters or the preparation of survival guides. Many sayings have rightly become forever etched in the collective brains of the Internet due to their humor.
Despite everything, Zombieland is not just a stupid comedy or parody. The best parodies are known to be a perfect representative of the ridiculed genre – and that’s exactly what’s true here too. It has everything that a zombie lover needs: action, shocking moments, authentically disgusting makeup and honest fear for the characters.
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Zombieland 2: Double Tap
Speaking of which: Without the central characters, nothing would work here. After all, we are supposed to root for the protagonists. How emotional and touching the whole thing can become is almost unexpected. Here comes a Surrogate family together, which really grows on you and carries everything that makes the films what they are.
You can currently watch both Zombieland parts on Amazon Prime with the streaming flat rate.
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