Rule 4: Double Tap

That’s actually good advice no matter who you’re shooting at. If John McClane had double tapped Karl in Die Hard, he wouldn’t have come back at the end and pointed that gun at Holly. But I digress.

Zombieland is actually Number 1 at the box office with $25,000,000 this weekend and it deserves it. I checked the flick out Friday night and it was an all around fun time.

Jesse Eisenberg plays “Columbus” – who I guess you could call the hero of our tale. Columbus isn’t his real name, though. We never learn his real name because when he runs into Woody Harrelson’s character “Tallahassee” they insist on using only their destinations to identify themselves instead of names. Columbus is one of the only survivors of a worldwide human transmittable mad cow disease epidemic that turns people into zombies. Columbus meets Tallahassee on an abandoned highway and they decided to go it together if only for a little while. The two make an unlikely pair, but actually kick a little zombie ass together.

Columbus is on his way his parents home in Ohio to see if they survived although he admits he has never been that close to them. He learned of the outbreak early on when his hot, female next door neighbor turns and attacks him. So he forms a set of rules for himself and hits the road with a wheeled suitcase and a double barreled shotgun. He has 32 rules but we only learn a handful of them on screen.

Rule 1: Cardio – The undead in this flick can run, so you need to be able too as well. The first people taken out were the fatties and this has made me hit the treadmill at the gym even harder.

Rule 2: Beware of Bathrooms – When else are you at your most vulnerable?

Rule 3: Seatbelts – Can save your life in a normal world but in Zombieland getting tossed through a windshield may not kill you but it makes you helpless for when they feeding frenzy comes.

Rule 4: Double Tap- Don’t be stingy with your ammo. After you knock a zombie down with the first shot, put one more in their head to be sure.

Rule 17: Don’t be a Hero – Unless the only girl your age left alive in Zombieland is in danger… Then be the biggest fucking hero you can be!!

Rule 31: Check the Backseat – Columbus writes this rule the first time we meet him on screen.

Rule 32: Enjoy the Little Things – Tallahassee teaches this to him when he takes out his frustration on an abandoned SUV with a crowbar.

Columbus’ traveling partner is Tallahassee - a man who may not like Zombieland, but he’s going to kick a little ass and take a few names as long as he’s in it. Oh and he’s looking for the last Twinkie in the world. He says it will remind him of an easier, simpler time.

Woody Harrelson really sells the character to you. After all, he assaulted a photographer at an airport claiming he was still in character and thought the photog was a zombie. There’s even a moment when Tallahassee’s hatred of the zombies is explained and while it could have come off a little cheesy, you buy it. I also identify with Tallahassee when he says "My mother always told me, one day, I'd be good at something. I bet she never thought that thing would be zombie killing."

Along the way the two pick up Wichita (played by Emma Stone) and Little Rock (played by Abigail Breslin) two sisters who have heard that the “Pacific Playland” amusement park is zombie free. Actually "pick up" is too nice a term – "get fucked over by" is more like it.

Why is this flick so good? Because they clearly spent a few million dollars on a B movie and didn’t care. It’s junk food for your brain – good in small doses so the 88 minute runs time is perfect. There’s just enough character development to keep it from being totally devoid of heart but the focus is obviously the zombie kills. Just check out the trailer below for the Zombie Kill of the Week. Also, there is an A list celebrity cameo that will have you laughing so hard at certain points that it will be hard to breathe.