Despite a pretty standard opening with the walking dead lurching through a demolished city looking (and finding!) humans on which to munch, this gradually evolves into a laugh-out-loud comedy and a sweet romance. You'll just have to trust me! (The tag line is: Cold Body, Warm Heart.)
We see:
- Nicholas Hoult ("About a Boy") is R, for lack of a better name; he just can't remember... He seems to have the right instincts (I want to protect her, not eat her), but is extremely confused (How do you talk to a girl?).
- Teresa Palmer ("I Am Number Four") is Julie. Their balcony scene made me wonder if his full name was Romeo. This actress bears an uncanny resemblance to a blonde Kristen Stewart.
- John Malkovich ("RED") is Julie's father, General Grigio, who heads the human defense forces in their walled fortress, fighting those zombies and skeletors.
- Dave Franco ("21 Jump Street") is Perry, one of the armed defenders of the besieged humans. Yes, he's James Franco's younger (handsomer) brother.
- Analeigh Tipton ("Crazy, Stupid, Love") is Nora, Julie's friend. She offers her cosmetics when they try to disguise our hero as a human, not a corpse. She says, "I know it's hard to get a boy- friend, what with the apocalypse and all, but..."
- Rob Corddry (Lots of TV) is M, R's best friend, if there even IS such a thing in the zombie world.
Expect a circumspect courtship, lots of gunshots and blood, very little vehicular mayhem or profanity and NO blowie uppie stuff.
Just suspend disbelief and have a good time!
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Here is a preview:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3679364121/
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Here is a preview:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3679364121/
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