DOUBLE TAPPING ZOMBIES AFTER TEN YEARS

Well folks, 10 years after the first “Zombieland” came out, “Zombieland: Double Tap” is now in theaters, and is an excellent example of how some things really do improve over time.

The original cast is back in action and it’s almost like they never left. 

The movie starts out with Tallahassee, Columbus, (played by Woody Harrelson, and Jessie Eisenberg, respectively), Wichita, and Little Rock (Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin) living it up in the White House. The audience is reminded almost instantly of all the reasons they loved the first movie as we see the characters sitting down to have Christmas in the middle of August, made all the better by witnessing Tallahassee dressed in a home-made Santa costume.

Unfortunately, the pleasantry was not meant to last, and Little Rock ends up on the road to Memphis, the hometown of Elvis, with a boy from California named “Berkeley” (played by Avan Jogia).

What ensues is a comedic adventure easily on par with the original, filled with guns, laughter, “zombie-kills-of-the-week”, and a killer impersonation of “The King” himself – that would be Elvis – by Tallahassee. In essence, it’s worth every penny. 

It takes a fair amount of skill to turn a zombie movie from a horror film to a comedy, but the makers of the “Zombieland” movies have managed it not just once, but twice. The latest film takes a situation which would ordinarily be dark, horrifying, and anxiety-inducing, and turns it into a movie that keeps the audience laughing from start to finish, while also managing to have it on the edge of its seats the entire time.

If you have some time to spare, or even if you don’t, give Double Tap a watch. It’ll keep you entertained even after you’ve left the theater. If you will pardon the pun, this movie has really killed it.