He's far more serious (duh) about his work than Harrelson's Tallahassee, who prefers to freestyle his zombie zapping. In his secondary role of narrator, he lists the survival rules he's developed to evade and eliminate zombies (rule No.
Someday thesis papers will be written about why American zombie comedies are more violent than British ones.įor now, though, let's just say that if you can't "nut up or shut up," then you're not even as brave as Woody's travelling companion, who is played by Jesse Eisenberg with his usual neurotic nerd intensity (see: Adventureland, The Squid and the Whale).Įisenberg's character, Columbus, can't make it with the ladies, even undead ones, but he's learned how to handle a shotgun (he's a crack shot, too). It's a point worth underlining, maybe even in blood, because the film Zombieland most resembles is Shaun of the Dead, which wasn't anywhere near as gory. Once again, a mutant virus has infected the world and only a few humans are left to battle the ravenous undead. This means a lot of gnawed limbs, exploded skulls and things that go "ick" in the night – and day. This is a road movie and a buddy comedy, but it's first and foremost a horror thriller about killing zombies. "Nut up or shut up," is the most quotable of Woody Harrelson's cowboy maxims in the genre mash-up Zombieland, and squeamish moviegoers should take it as gospel.
Starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin.