Zombieland: Double Tap
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 18, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
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15
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19
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoOct 22, 2019
Zombieland: Double Tap winks and nudges its way through a long-time-coming sequel, but earns its survival badges when cracking wits around new casts of characters. Read full review
60
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 18, 2019
Turns out a double dip of Zombieland goes down easy when you see it for the irresistible escapism it is. Read full review
60
CNNBrian LowryOct 18, 2019
A movie that offers gore, comedy and just plain silliness, but falls somewhat short of a complete meal. Read full review
60
VoxAlissa WilkinsonOct 17, 2019
As with most comedies, your mileage may vary wildly. It’s more of a celebration of its own existence than anything terribly fresh, but the jokes are solid and I laughed a lot, which I can’t say for most studio comedies of late. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfOct 16, 2019
Heroically, Double Tap’s new actors, rare though they are, save it from being completely brain-dead. Read full review
60
Total FilmNeil SmithOct 16, 2019
Gore and guffaws go hand in weapon-wielding hand in a belated follow-up that struggles to replicate the original’s winning formula. Read full review
60
EmpireChris Hewitt (1)Oct 16, 2019
It’s often enjoyable, occasionally very funny, and has an energy and verve sorely lacking from Fleischer’s last few films. So, while it’s simply, plainly, not as good as the first movie, Zombieland is no longer the odd one out on Fleischer’s CV. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandOct 16, 2019
Despite the good vibes and amiable callbacks to the previous film, “Zombieland: Double Tap” is only ever amusing when it’s breaking new ground. That just doesn’t happen nearly enough. Read full review
55
The VergeJesse HassengerOct 17, 2019
At times, Double Tap does recapture the original film’s tossed-off delights. It’s been revived with so many of the original actors and filmmakers for that express purpose. But this particular sequel suggests that in another 10 years, there won’t be much left to reanimate. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireOct 18, 2019
Zombieland: Double Tap is more of the same, but also much less. The cast is larger, the carnage is gnarlier and the comedy is even more meta than before. But while individual moments and action sequences might be amusing, the endeavor as a whole feels like a tepid retread. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenOct 16, 2019
As sequels go, Double Tap delivers the goods, but exists in a realm that feels more like a second serving than a new taste treat. It still tastes good, but nothing ever replicates the joy of the first bite. Just ask a zombie. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 16, 2019
There are some funny bits and a welcome shot of new blood, but there’s not a lot of overwhelming evidence for this movie’s need to exist. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeOct 16, 2019
Unfortunately, the decade that passed between the two films was long enough for the approach to grow tiresome. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeOct 16, 2019
Humor turns every kill into a sick punchline, and while the writers do a fine job of making them funny, like macabre cartoons in which Wile E. Coyote can rebound from unthinkable injuries, the movie’s tone negates a fundamental respect for human life. Read full review
42
The PlaylistCharles BarfieldOct 16, 2019
A repetitive, uninspired, and ultimately braindead sequel. Read full review
40
Paste MagazineDom SinacolaOct 17, 2019
The sequel feels compromised, lumped with easy lessons about family and community, piecemeal and cobbled together from bigger ideas and the ever-nagging intuition that the sell-by date on the franchise has long expired. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreOct 16, 2019
The sequel is a string of callbacks and remember-this moments that ask an awful lot of something whose charms and cultural impact were modest at best — a feature-length effort at congratulating the audience for having shown up for the original film a decade ago. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeOct 16, 2019
As dated as its slow-mo zombie-killing opening credits, at times Zombieland: Double Tap feels like it was made directly after the original yet carelessly forgotten about. It’s rushed and dusty, a film more belonging on Crackle than the big screen, more expensively budgeted than the first yet mostly creatively bankrupt. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 16, 2019
Though it coasts on some wildly uneven star charisma, there’s nothing particularly objectionable about Double Tap, finally. It’s fine? It’s just a time-killer we didn’t much need, a decade after we hardly needed the first one. Read full review
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