Statesman

Issue date: 10/28/09 Section: Variety

Let us start with you being the only student at UMD who has survived a pandemic of a zombie-transforming disease, i.e. H1N1. Just kidding. In the plot of the film Zombieland your name would become Duluth and instead of carrying your backpack, your only accessory would be a shotgun. While living in Zombieland there are a number of rules you would follow in order to stay alive.

The person who makes up these rules is called Columbus, a young man from Columbus, Ohio, whose first kiss from a girl is on the same night she tries to eat his brains.

Along with the blood curdling Zombie monsters and startled jumps, there always seems to be a gut-busting laugh just right around the corner. Bill Murray makes his best cameo appearance yet, and while it has nothing to do with story, it's good for a laugh.

If Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead were people, I think they would be best friends. Both contain violent scenes of Zombie killing, a nerdy boy trying to get the girl and a sidekick that brings the comic relief among all the blood and gore. So if you liked the dry-witted British Zombie flick, Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland will also be entertaining to watch.

I'm extremely biased because of Woody Harrelson, but I'll have to give this one an A.

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