Zombieland: Tiro Duplo

Em termos de conteúdo, é um filme totalmente mau, cujo esquema, fraca e descuidada história sobre a viagem dos personagens do ponto A ao ponto B serve apenas como um elo necessário para uma série de sketches de comédia e cenas de ação com zombie de qualidade oscilante. Compreensivelmente, copia o primeiro Zombieland, só que desta vez é tudo muito mais simples, mais direto, mais previsível, e simplesmente um pouco pior em todos os sentidos. Além disso, após dez anos os personagens principais degeneraram em irritantes caricaturas unidimensionais, de cuja insuportável natureza o filme tem plena consciência, mas em vez de fazer algo a respeito, utiliza-a como fonte de humor (e constrói à sua volta um panótico de personagens secundários deliberadamente insuportáveis e exageradamente estúpidos, sob a forma de estereótipos personalizados para fazer com que os personagens principais pareçam mais simpáticos a seu lado). A única coisa que o salva parcialmente é o nível de comédia bastante divertida e, por vezes, os atores que claramente gostaram de filmar e isto pode-se ver. Apenas a cada terceira ou quarta piada é bem sucedida, mas com a enorme cadência dos gags, não importa muito. (23/10/2019)

Estaríamos bem com este grupo (incluindo a loira cor-de-rosa!), mesmo que eles ficassem apenas a conversar na paragem do autocarro. Os escritores da segunda Bem-vindo a Zombieland também não se a esforçaram propriamente. O filme é um road-movie com três paragens onde tudo é feito apenas por diversão momentânea, não para fazer avançar um enredo bem-pensado ou, Deus nos livre, para enriquecer convenções de género. Até a imaginativa fundição pacifista das armas na Babilónia é morta pela solução tola dos escritores do problema final através do exército zombie. OK como sobremesa, no entanto. (26/11/2019)

The talented Ruben Fleischer serves up the Comedy of the Year, the Ride of the Year and the Zombie Movie of the Year! I have to admit I didn't have much faith in the film after the trailers, but from the opening minutes it was set to be a heartwarming affair and it was! It's been 10 years since the first Zombieland and the world and characters have changed, especially the zombies, who have evolved and now split into different species, which I found terribly fresh and novel. Of the cast, Woody Harrelson obviously rocks the most, stealing most of the scenes for himself, but the nerdy Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone are also awesome. The only bland one is Abigail Breslin, who both looks awful and is more of a by-the-numbers character, so the new characters are a much welcome. The sexy Rosario Dawson and the adorable Zoey Deutch, who plays the naive silly Barbie to perfection and made the whole cinema laugh out loud during every scene with her. (“You know why she's still alive? Because zombies eat brains and she ain't got none.”) Apart from the perfect humour, the action is also a good, nicely shot, brutal, original and entertaining, including the climactic finale. The highlights definitely include the annual awards for Zombie kill of the year. One of those films where you say "I want to see that again!" when it's over. A big surprise this year and it will be fighting for the top spot. P.S. The post-credits cameo scene is perfect. 90%. (20/10/2019)

Whereas some lenient reviews assert that the second Zombieland offers essentially the same thing as the first one, that is not entirely true. While watching the film, you repeatedly say to yourself that specific scenes and shots are a variation of something from the first film, whether that is slow-motion splatter shots or the characters pushing each other around. But that is merely just mechanical fan service and thus basically the exact opposite of the very essence of the first Zombieland, which became a sensation in its time because it came up with a fresh approach to zombie flicks and managed to transform them into clever entertainment by means of a detached view and genre reflection. The second film, on the other hand, is shocking in its failure to offer anything fresh or original. It is as if the returning filmmakers had suffered a severe case of dementia over the preceding decade and are thus merely repeating what they did last time. Furthermore, whereas the first film had a certain degree of causality and, above all, it managed to build a functional and coherent world, here everything falls to pieces. The result is an unwanted travesty in which the characters find themselves outside of their world, while the new reality lacks any cohesion (which is most apparent in the absolutely dysfunctional and interchangeable environment of the climax). Everything could almost be saved by claiming that this time the filmmakers came up with a brilliant meta concept which, following the example of typically insipid direct-to-video sequels, offers a deliberately cheaper and more shoddily made variation of the original hit, but nothing in the film indicates such a degree of detachmentand conceptuality. (09/11/2019)

The four heroes are back, still killing man-eating monsters and still trying not to kill each other. But now one of the girls has disappeared and the rest must find her and possibly save her. And as they make their way across zombie-infested America, they encounter not only the undead, but also other survivors, Elvis and hippies. The sequel to Zombieland could be considered a carbon copy of the first one, as it doesn't bring much new stuff, but it's still just as fun and if you enjoyed the disposal of the undead and the antics of the survivors last time, the second one won't disappoint. (26/12/2019)