Runtime:
93 minutes
Release
Date: October 30, 2015
Rating:
R
Director:
Christopher Landon
After
seeing Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, I officially have a
new favorite zombie/horror/spoof movie.
Ben,
Carter, and Augie are best friends and scouts together. While Augie
still loves being a scout, his friends actually hate it and are ready
to quit, especially Carter who thinks they'll never have a chance
with the ladies if they stay in the group. Scout Leader Rogers hosts
a recruitment day designed to get new boys to join up, but even
though it fails miserably, he plans to take them out on a group
camping night.
Unfortunately,
a janitor working in a biology/medical lab nearly accidentally
releases a man infected with a zombie virus. Scout Leader Rogers
discovers this for himself when he encounters a zombie deer in the
woods and then an infected doctor. The three guys show up for the
camp out and think it's weird that he never showed up but go ahead
with it anyway. Ben and Carter try to sneak out in the middle of the
night after receiving an invitation from Carter's sister's boyfriend
to hit up the hot senior party. Augie catches them and seems sad but
lets them go.
When the
two boys arrive back in town, they find everything practically
deserted. Carter thinks this is the perfect time for them to sneak
into the strip club, which only ends up with them getting attacked by
a zombie stripper and bouncer. Luckily Denise, a hot former student
who dropped out of their high school to work at the club, is there to
help. The new group of three then meet up with Augie and find
themselves tasked with saving the world from the zombies trying to
take over their town.
Scout's
Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is a movie that you really need to see
for yourself. It's almost as funny as Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and
exactly what I would expect to see in a movie where Tucker and Dale
have to fight zombies. There were so many funny scenes that I thought
it wouldn't hold up well to a second viewing. After watching it with
the roommate one night, I watched it with the boyfriend the next
night and loved it just as much.
Some of
the more hilarious scenes revolve around Scout Leader Rogers who
evidently cannot be killed. Augie accidentally sets him on fire and
then leaves him tied to a chair in his basement, and he still
survives. Oh, and did I mention that he has an obsession with Dolly
Parton? I never thought I would see a movie with a teenage scout
running from a zombie while 9 to 5 played in the background, but I'm
glad I did.
The only
real issue is the crush that Ben has on Carter's sister. She seems
like a nice enough character but there's nothing really memorable
about her. When he meets Denise and has clear chemistry with her –
they even share a kiss – it's hard to see why he would waste his
time trying to save a girl who basically never looked twice at him
before and has a boyfriend.
Other
highlights include Cloris Leachman as the neighborhood's crazy cat
lady, the infection taking over her cats, and a teenage girl having a
sexual encounter with a zombie. All in all, Scout's Guide to the
Zombie Apocalypse was just plain good fun.
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