This is not a review of the movie. It's a review of the Amazon Streaming series. I'm referring to it as a TV series for the sake of continuity, but rest assured this is not about the movie. This is only this series.
What a hunk of crap.
I have watched all four Lake Placid movies and six Universal Soldier movies, so I know crap when I see it. Here's the thing - I really liked the Zombieland movie, and I'll probably review it at some point in the future, but this series sullies the name Zombieland beyond recognition. As it sits now, this series has a three and a half star rating on Amazon, and I have no idea what those people are thinking.
It's like they decided to make the horror/drama with comedic elements that was the film into a sitcom. It just happened that the situation was a post-apocalyptic world. The characters are horribly cast, the jokes simply aren't funny, and there are basics of the horror/survival genre that are ignored completely. Most notable for foolishness is the fact that the OnStar still works. After all, why wouldn't it? It only relies on a cellular infrastructure that has been decimated.
Amazon, what were you thinking? This is not how you're going to compete with Netflix.
1.0/5