Language - English
Director - Jonathan Levine
Run Time - 1 hour, 38 minutes
Genre - Romance/Comedy
Amongst the run off the mill, clichéd zombie movies, emerges this gem of a movie, Warm Bodies. This movie explores where no zombie movie has, and that is the emergence of feelings in a zombie and its transformation- back to human. I admit it defies logic, but hey, we're talking about zombies here. Jonathan Levine has followed up his good work in 50/50 with Warm Bodies. With a unique story and the good cast, this movie hits the right chord.
As always, in a zombie movie, a deadly virus has struck the world, and has turned the majority of the population into zombies. Among these, there is 'R [Nicholas Hoult]', who is not your usual zombie. He THINKS and wonders answers to the questions such as how did he get here and listens to music records, etc. The humans stay in a base behind a huge wall made to keep out the zombies. They have to get to the city to collect resources from time to time. Enter Julie [Teresa Palmer] who is one of the people sent to collect some medicines. And BOOM! R falls in love with Julie. How would the romance of this ludicrous couple progress?
Add to that some hilarious comic routines, and a brilliant soundtrack [Note ; Guns n Roses, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, The National, M83, etc] and you've got a fairly pleasant movie. Nicholas Hoult and Rob Corddy make for some amazing zombies and I must laud their splendid performance. Also, thumbs up to the makeup department. Not until I googled the cast, did I realize 'R' is the same actor who plays 'Beast' in the latest X-Men movies.
Something new, this movie is a must watch.
My Rating - 7.8/10
