"Zombieland Double Tap" Review
(8/10)
Making a sequel to a hit movie is hard enough. Making a sequel to a movie that went on to be considered something of a cult classic is even harder. Fortunately, for those of you who only want to know whether Zombieland: Double Tap is as good as the first, the answer is, just as great as the first Zombieland. While it has been a long wait to reunite with Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock, the time is right, and the results are wildly satisfying, picking up 10 years after the first film. Once again, the original cast works together flawlessly, and the schtick and chemistry are no less engaging or entertaining. Every single one of them nails it, but snarky Stone is a particular delight. That said, Zombieland: Double Tap belongs to newcomer Zoey Deutch. Her performance as Madison is absolute comedy gold and uniquely her. It is worth the price of admission on its own. How she makes a character that should be insanely annoying so utterly irresistible is genius. Recapturing, replicating, and improving on everything the original movie brought to the table was never going to be easy. However, director Ruben Fleischer and the film's writers have succeeded where others have failed with sequels to great original movies. Zombieland: Double Tap is a more than worthy sequel and companion piece to the original movie. It licks along at a brisk pace, which ensures that it is tight, lean, and the laughs and thrills come thick and fast. Zombieland: Double Tap is two hours of occasionally gruesome diversion that didn't force me to think too hard, with a lot of callbacks to a film, and a time, that I kind of miss. (If you decide to go see it, stick around for a mid-credits sequence that evokes one of the original film's most famous moments.)
Making a sequel to a hit movie is hard enough. Making a sequel to a movie that went on to be considered something of a cult classic is even harder. Fortunately, for those of you who only want to know whether Zombieland: Double Tap is as good as the first, the answer is, just as great as the first Zombieland. While it has been a long wait to reunite with Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock, the time is right, and the results are wildly satisfying, picking up 10 years after the first film. Once again, the original cast works together flawlessly, and the schtick and chemistry are no less engaging or entertaining. Every single one of them nails it, but snarky Stone is a particular delight. That said, Zombieland: Double Tap belongs to newcomer Zoey Deutch. Her performance as Madison is absolute comedy gold and uniquely her. It is worth the price of admission on its own. How she makes a character that should be insanely annoying so utterly irresistible is genius. Recapturing, replicating, and improving on everything the original movie brought to the table was never going to be easy. However, director Ruben Fleischer and the film's writers have succeeded where others have failed with sequels to great original movies. Zombieland: Double Tap is a more than worthy sequel and companion piece to the original movie. It licks along at a brisk pace, which ensures that it is tight, lean, and the laughs and thrills come thick and fast. Zombieland: Double Tap is two hours of occasionally gruesome diversion that didn't force me to think too hard, with a lot of callbacks to a film, and a time, that I kind of miss. (If you decide to go see it, stick around for a mid-credits sequence that evokes one of the original film's most famous moments.)