Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2012

Zombie comedy (zomedy?) with a love story attached (rom-zom?) changes the time-honored parameters of the genre by having its two buddy-zombie protagonists able to do such unzombielike things as run, think and talk. No explanation is offered for their uniqueness, and I ain’t asking. Mike, un-living in a research lab for the last three years, and Brett, a more experienced flesh-eater who actually thinks it’s kind of cool, decide to find and say goodbye to Mike’s girlfriend (OMG! It’s a road movie, too!) Amiable and not too gross, but also not all that funny. Don’t be expecting Shaun of the Dead.