This half-hour pilot unfortunately did not get picked up for a TV series.It's a sequel to the popular movie Zombieland starring Eisenberg, Stone, Harrelson and Breslin. Unfortunately, they did not manage to get any of the original actors on board, so they added a completely new quartet of actors that all have done some TV work before, but not too known. The most famous of the bunch may be Maiara Walsh, who had a recurring character on "Desperate Housewives" for example. However, what was maybe lacking with the cast, got put right with the crew. The writers from the movie also wrote this short film and the director is the one from "Tucker and Dale vs Evil".
All in all, it was an entertaining 30 minutes that had me hooked quite from the start because Tim Bagley is always a welcome presence for me. I wasn't really fond of Walsh's performance, but everybody was pretty okay with what they were given. I don't believe it was a lot worse than the film it is based on, here and there acting-wise maybe, but the story was equally good. It had weaker parts like the count, but I could bear with these thanks to the funnier highlights like for example how everybody they run into gets massacred by the zombies somehow. The skyscraper window cleaner particularly had me in stitches. It's unlikely somebody will ever watch this if he hasn't seen the film, but if you liked it, this one's definitely worth a watch, also thanks to the zombie seniors near the end. It's maybe hurt a bit by the lack of romance aspect and that the whole story obviously is no longer as innovative before the movie and The Walking Dead, but it can still make for an entertaining 30 minutes.
All in all, it was an entertaining 30 minutes that had me hooked quite from the start because Tim Bagley is always a welcome presence for me. I wasn't really fond of Walsh's performance, but everybody was pretty okay with what they were given. I don't believe it was a lot worse than the film it is based on, here and there acting-wise maybe, but the story was equally good. It had weaker parts like the count, but I could bear with these thanks to the funnier highlights like for example how everybody they run into gets massacred by the zombies somehow. The skyscraper window cleaner particularly had me in stitches. It's unlikely somebody will ever watch this if he hasn't seen the film, but if you liked it, this one's definitely worth a watch, also thanks to the zombie seniors near the end. It's maybe hurt a bit by the lack of romance aspect and that the whole story obviously is no longer as innovative before the movie and The Walking Dead, but it can still make for an entertaining 30 minutes.