Zombieland from Jonathan Our first review

The film Zombieland which came to DVD a few months ago, stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin.  The movie is basically about a boy (Columbus) who has been living alone while trying to avoid getting killed by zombies.  He has created a set of rules to survive by.  Seeing as most of the people have been turned into zombies, he believes he may be the only human left.  He meets up with Woody Harrelson's character, Tallahassee and they soon meet up with Abigail Breslin (Little Rock) and Emma Stone (Wichita).  The four of them band together and are trying to get Little Rock to an amusement park whilest trying to avoid getting killed by the zombies.  This is a horror/comedy and is rated R for horror, violence/gore and language.  There is also some brief drug use. 
   First, let me say that for a horror/comedy to work is very tricky.  Either the jokes are great, but there is nothing scary about it, or the horror is there and there is very little funny about it.  The last time I saw one I liked was the first Final Destination.  This one has the same demented sense of humor, some of the funniest scenes are the ways zombies are killed.  The chemistry between the characters is believable and you really feel for them as they run for their lives.  Jesse and Woody have a great love/hate relationship and the girls hate both of them.  At one point, they come across a certain celebrity's house and the encounter is laugh out loud funny.  All of the movie is leading up to the showdown at an amusement park.  Throughout the movie, various survival rules will appear on screen showing how a character should respond to survive.  The movie is unrelentlessly violent and also consistently funny.  Yet, somehow, there are some very frightening scenes. 
  As for the content, it is very gory, the bloodshed is graphic.  There is some language in it, but it is not constant.  Again, there is some brief drug use, but it fits the scene it's in.  I would say, if you have an aversion to some course language or violence, steer clear of this.  If you like your zombies with a dash of humor, rent it.  My only complaint was that the very beginning of the film wasn't quite as strong as the rest of the movie, otherwise, it was a lot of fun. 
  Zombieland rates as a 3 1/2 out of 4.