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Spoiler Alert!   Definite spoilers ahead.   You have been warned.

I finally got around to seeing Zombieland and I'm most definitely not disappointed.   Well, I'm a little disappointed due to it being less than an hour and a half in length, but the rest is all gravy.

As far as zombie films go, it's pretty great.   It follows a pretty basic central driving force of trying to get to a place of security and comfort.   It follows 4 protagonists, all of whom are identified by their hometown to avoid sentimental attachments:   Columbus (also called Ohio), Tallahassee (also called Florida), Wichita and her little sister, Little Rock.

Columbus is trying to head home to his parents.   Wichita is taking Little Rock to an amusement park outside of LA (no, that's not a character) because there are supposedly no zombies there and "she hasn't been able to be a kid in a long time" or something to that effect.   It's never explained why Tallahassee is trying to get to Florida, just that he is; in fact, he changes his course a couple times.

The zombies in the film take after the recent trend of elevating some form of disease that would otherwise not affect humans in such a manner.   This time it's mad cow disease, which causes the aggression and lack of humanity due to swelling of the brain.   It doesn't really explain why they've turned into cannibals, but then again no film ever does.   What sets the zombies apart from those of other films is that they retain more of their humanity.   Their motor skills are greatly improved, allowing them to perform simple tasks such as opening doors.   They can also die from blows to the body and even feel pain.   They even seem to almost have reasoning skills, as Columbus' neighbor seemed to almost understand what he was saying to her, even if she did disregard his pleas; or perhaps it's just a more advanced predatory instinct that prevented her from just lunging at full force like zombies usually do.

The climax of the film occurs at the previously mentioned amusement park, and it was almost like a live action Left 4 Dead 2 reenactment.   Or would have been if the game came out first.

Wichita, proving the inferiority of logic in the female mind (that's right, I said it), turns on everything at the park, attracting the horde from miles around.   Well, no, I get that it's supposed to be like it's miles around, but it's actually a very small group that shows up--definitely less than a hundred.   As always, it's up to the men to rescue the girls from the park, stuck near the top of a ride that's a significantly smaller version of the Drop Zone with the horde amassed at the bottom and beginning to climb the tower.

Similar to L4D2, there's even a "rail shooter" sequence on a roller coaster, but they get to ride in the cars.   Lucky bastards.   There's even a zombie clown, though it looks more like the zombie clown from House of the Dead: Overkill.   Columbus takes it out with a strength test hammer (L4D2 would be great with that!) and even honks its nose with a double tap.The film does the comedy well and is more than competent with keeping it all zombie-ish.   I'd love to see a sequel made, but I think it'd have to be über fantastic, or else it'd lose that "new friends, ragtag" charm that helped make it so much better.   I think a sequel would need to depict things going worse for them to keep said charm.