That movie, stylish as it was, spent a lot of time grounding the action in reality, but Zombieland takes place in an unabashed fantasy world where little old ladies can crush zombies with grand pianos, Looney Tunes-style, and where the zombie apocalypse is merely an excuse for four characters to have the run of America, driving around like they own the place, wallowing in luxury mansions and – occasionally – bumping into, and summarily dispatching, some zombies.īut, despite the title, the zombies don’t really matter in Zombieland. Thankfully, what precedes and follows The Y’Know is arguably brilliant, and worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as the genre-leader, Shaun Of The Dead. As The Star gamely takes the piss out of his (or her) career and the perceived egocentric nature of celebs, indulging in knockabout recreations of his (or her) most-vaunted blockbuster, Zombieland – a movie that had seemed, for all the world, like just another zombie comedy – is inarguably brilliant. Still, just to be on the safe side, we won’t spoil the identity of The Cameoer, but otherwise it’s true: halfway through Ruben Fleischer’s absurdly assured debut, Zombieland, there’s a ‘surprise’ appearance from a major comedy star that is so daffy, so self-effacing and so perfectly pitched that it virtually shuts the book on any other celebrity cameos from hereon in. By now, you’ve probably heard about The Cameo.

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