Nostalgia came back for the weekend with Zombieland: Double Tap. It’s like ten years never even passed (except for maybe Abigail Breslin) on this quest to survive hoards of zombies.
The film shows our quartet killing all different breeds of zombies on their way to their new home: the White House! Columbus feels like this may be their forever home, so he asks Wichita to marry him, to which she replies with a note and skipping out with Little Rock. Columbus is devastated until they come across super-ditz, Madison, at the mall. Soon after, Wichita comes back saying that Little Rock left with Berkeley (a musician), which irritates Tallahassee to no end.
On their way to find Little Rock, they unsuccessfully high-jack an RV, Madison turns into a zombie, Graceland is rubble, and then come across an Elvis shrine inhabited by Nevada (Rosario Dawson). There, they encounter Tallahassee and Columbus’s doppelgangers, Albuquerque and Flagstaff, who are almost immediately turned by T-800 zombies (so many Terminator references) and then promptly killed.
The gang finally locates Little Rock at the equivalent of a hippie commune, Babylon. Soon after the gang’s arrival, and the melting of all their weapons, a hoard of T-800 zombies attack the commune. The gang are pretty resourceful in fending them all off, especially with the help of revived Madison and Berkeley. Riding off into the sunset, Columbus realizes that home isn’t where you are, but who you’re with.
I should have gone back and watched 2009’s original Zombieland, just to re-familiarize myself with the tone. I feel like I could have made a better comparison that way. What I didn’t need any help realizing was that Jesser Eisenberg looks exactly the same, and he’s so awkward that seeing him kiss anyone is just odd. Either way, the gang seemed as tight-knit as ever, and that made for a really enjoyable ride. If you liked the first, then by all means, let nostalgia into your life!