If you see one horror film this Halloween season, see Zombieland. If you see one comedy, see Zombieland. If you see one action flick, see Zombieland. Basically, just go see Zombieland. This film truly is a gem of dark comedy, horror, and drama all mixed together. Director Ruben Fleischer makes his directorial debut with enough slash and thrash to make every reasonable person utterly disgusted and completely uncomfortable, yet tempers it with absolutely hilarious comedy mixed with thoughts on how difficult life can be no matter what is out there chasing you. His end result is a film that will not only make you double over in side-splitting laughter but will also make you reflect upon life and the way we live it and leave you feeling that even amidst the most ridiculously horrific of situations, all can be right in the world depending on the company you have surrounding you.

After one of the best zombie montages I have ever seen, the film begins with a young man deep in the heart of Texas. There is no longer a United States of America because, as our lead character points out, "You can't have a country without people, and there are no people here." The world has been taken over by zombies. The young man in Texas is one of the few (if not the only) real human beings left in the world thanks entirely to a list of rules of survival he has developed. They are specific rules that, should they be broken, lead directly to death by zombie. The first four are the most important, and then are followed by a lengthy list of new ones, formulated after more than a few brushes with near-zombie. Using these rules, this young man is attempting to travel from Austin, Texas to Columbus, Ohio to see if by some miracle his parents have survived the zombie attack and be together with his family once again. His goal destination and his hometown eventually lends him his name, Columbus.

Columbus has always been kind of a loner, so life as the lone human in a world of zombies is not terribly different for him. He rarely left the house for human interaction before and doesn't see any benefit to making friends in this new world, considering mostly everyone else is more interested in eating him than getting to know him. He follows his own rules as he goes through Zombieland of traveling light and trusting no one. This all changes, though, one day when, in an inevitable twist of fate, a wild and crazy, Escalade-driving, gun-slinging, machete-waving zombie killer from Tallahassee comes crashing into his path.

Tallahassee is a unique fellow, with hatred for zombies and a love for busting things up. Against both of their better judgments, they join forces and start heading east. Along the way they encounter one very untrustworthy girl named Wichita and her young sister Little Rock. They are headed to the zombie-free destination of Pacific Playland, California, a place where they can forget about Zombieland and Wichita can help her little sister reclaim all the lost moments of joy that her childhood should be. Through no small amount of cunning and trickery Wichita manages to steal the boys' car, guns, and all their supplies from them, not once, but twice. Apparently the rule of survival to trust no one applies to more than just Columbus and Tallahassee.

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