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Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies takes us into the near future when some kind of zombie virus has infected the major populace of probably the world, but certainly one unnamed Superdome city underneath at least one flight path. Here military rule under general Grigio (John Malkovich) keeps the untainted behind a walled barricade but necessity often forces foraging parties to venture past the fortifications for needed supplies. These platoons run the risk of ending up as dinner out there for the voracious brain eaters or the even more vicious long time undead known as “boneys”. One such mission is headed by the General’s daughter Julie (Teresa Palmer) and her long time boyfriend Perry (Dave Franco) and don’t you know their party is attacked and nearly wiped out by a pack of these ravenous zombies. Yikes! All this sounds pretty dark and terrifying! So why is this film so much fun? Mostly because we experience it from the point of view of one of the afflicted (Nicholas Hoult) who makes his home in an abandoned 747 where he spends his waking hours (which is all of them) appreciating the audio warmth of vinyl recordings. Memories are dim but he does recall once having a name starting with “R” and like so many of his ilk he too wanders around the adjacent airport where he occasionally grunts out something akin to a conversation with “M” (Rob Cordday). It’s M and R along with some other plodding marauders who nosh on Julie and Perry’s recon group. While devouring his grey matter R also receives Perry’s memories which prompt R to rescue Julie and take her back to his fuselage lair for protection. As the two become close R starts to feel a positive change coming on and Julie becomes a hesitant sympathizer. But with her father initiating a war path of annihilation, getting the General on side could be a challenge. Seattle author Isaac Marian gave us the titular novel in 2010 which was generally well received. This movie should be too.

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