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Review - Zombieland (2009)

 I will only be considering the First 'Zombieland' (2009) movie. All events from the sequel movie as far as narrative is concerned, will not be considered.           When Zombieland braced screens, I was twelve years old. I was roped into the experience of watching it by a friend whose imagination was equally inspired by what might take place if our hometown was beset by zombie contagion and more importantly, the total collapse of civil society. What kitchen knives might be fashioned into a weapon of some sort or how a bus might be converted to a mobile home-turned-battering ram.           Zombieland came slightly late to the host of zombie-apocalypse movies that rather defined alternative horror in the 2000's. Audiences were already well-seasoned with 'Dawn of the Dead' (2004) , 'I Am Legend' (2007) and five 'Resident Evil' movies that set the post-apocalyptic precedent. This zombie renaissance in media wasn't strictly...