This weekend it was off to the pictures--a week late, as has become my norm--for Zombieland: Double Tap.
Spoiler level here will be mild, nothing you wouldn't know from the trailers.
The makeshift family from Zombieland soldiers on in the post-zombie apocalypse world.
Ten years on from the first Zombieland, and with many a zombie offering in between, it's remarkable how fresh Double Tap manages to be. Certainly the personalities from the first film remain the same, and there are a fair few nods to the original, but there are enough new faces and new happenings that Double Tap never feels like a warmed-over cash grab.
Zombieland: Double Tap retains its predecessor's sharp sense of humor, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments tempering gruesome kills. The terrific cast--Jessie Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin-- falls right back in step, and the couple new additions are a good fit, each adding something fresh to the mix. The movie is well-paced and doesn't outstay its welcome, a feat that seems a more and more pleasant surprise on the rare occasions it happens these days. Double Tap serves both as an entertaining continuation and a satisfying conclusion (if it is one?) to a fun series. Be sure to stick around for amusing mid- and post-credits stingers.
Zombieland: Double Tap clocks in at 99 minutes and is rated R for "bloody violence, language throughout, and some drug and sexual content."
Zombieland was my number-one movie of 2009, and, ten years later, Double Tap proves a worthy follow-up.
Of a possible nine Weasleys, Zombieland: Double Tap gets eight.
Until next time...
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