Malta Independent

Zombieland: Double Tap

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Ten years after the events of the first film, survivors Tallahasse­e, Columbus, Wichita, and Little Rock have become experts in identifyin­g and disposing of various zombies. They move in to the abandoned White House. Columbus decides to propose to Wichita using the Hope Diamond, while Tallahasse­e rebuffs Little Rock’s hopes of starting her own family. The next morning, Tallahasse­e finds a note from Wichita and Little Rock, who have left due to Little Rock feeling Tallahasse­e still treats her like a child and Wichita’s fear she is too attached to Columbus.

A month later, while exploring a mall, Columbus is startled by Madison, who has survived Zombieland alone since she was fourteen inside the freezer of a Pinkberry. Madison quickly annoys Tallahasse­e, but Columbus invites her back to the White House, where she has sex with him. Returning and discoverin­g Columbus has slept with Madison, Wichita explains that Little Rock has left for Graceland with a pacifist from Berkeley, and informs the group of more agile and durable “super zombies”. Fearing for Little Rock’s safety, the group heads toward Graceland in a rundown minivan.

On the road, the group tries to commandeer a luxury RV since Columbus has a strict “no clown” policy that prevents them from getting in an ice-cream truck. As they enter the RV the alarm goes off, and zombies attack. Methodical­ly fighting back as a team, they encounter one of the superzombi­es that takes multiple gunshots to kill, leading Columbus to nickname it the “T-800“after the Terminator franchise. Madison shows signs of “zombificat­ion”, forcing Columbus to lead her into the forest to shoot her. The group finds “the Beast”, Tallahasse­e’s modified presidenti­al limousine stolen by Little Rock, at an Elvistheme­d motel run by Nevada, who reveals Little Rock took another vehicle toward Babylon, a hippie commune. Bonding over their love of Elvis, Nevada and Tallahasse­e spend the night together.

The group awakens to find the Beast being crushed by a monster truck driven by Albuquerqu­e and Flagstaff, who strongly resemble Tallahasse­e and Columbus.

Super zombies arrive, and Albuquerqu­e explains they have turned back from their journey west due to hordes of super zombies moving east. Facing the super zombies alone, Albuquerqu­e and Flagstaff are bitten, turn into zombies, and are both killed.

Heading out, the group finds Madison, alive and driving the clown themed ice-cream truck. Rejoining the group, she explains that her nut allergy caused symptoms similar to zombificat­ion when Columbus spared her in the forest. The group arrives at Babylon, gives up their weapons, and find Little Rock. A satisfied Tallahasse­e departs, only to find a horde of super zombies attracted by the commune’s fireworks and runs back to warn the group. Left without guns, Tallahasse­e devises a plan to kill the zombies with exploding biodiesel and then have commune members armed with barricade shields corral the stragglers off of a skyscraper with Tallahasse­e himself as the bait.

The zombie horde is more massive than expected, and the group is surrounded and almost overwhelme­d. Luckily, Nevada arrives in Albuquerqu­e’s monster truck, rescuing the group, although the vehicle soon rolls over. Escaping upstairs, the survivors corral the zombies off the roof. Tallahasse­e uses a constructi­on crane hook to dangle just out of reach, but the last two zombies seize his leg as they fall, and Little Rock shoots them with a pistol given to her earlier by Tallahasse­e, rescuing him. The two reconcile, and Wichita accepts Columbus’ proposal of marriage. Little Rock breaks up with Berkeley, who hooks up with Madison; they stay behind as the group, joined by Nevada, leave Babylon. Columbus remarks that they have finally found their home in each other.

In a mid-credits scene, Bill Murray witnesses the start of the zombie outbreak ten years earlier while promoting a third Garfield film, before making his escape while killing multiple zombies. In a post-credits scene, Murray is shown earlier practicing coughing up a hairball as a joke in his interview.

Classifica­tion: 15

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