Review of Warm Bodies (2013) by Rowdy M — 20 Feb 2014

A unique twist on the zombie genre which recently has become rather stale with most movies simply opting to copy the formula George Romero laid down with his Night Of The Living Dead movies.

This movie is told from a zombies point of view and instead of depicting people turning into zombies, it had zombies turning into people. Nicholas Hoult plays one of the undead who still has emotions and thoughts he struggles to express, he can't even remember his own name, only that it begins with an R, and all he craves is companionship. On a routine flesh hunt, he kidnaps Julie and takes her back to his home (an aeroplane filled with clutter) where he begins to feel again and starts to remember what it's like to be human.

The movie completely tears up the rule book on what a zombie actually is, but I can forgive this transgression because it works very well. There's many references to Romeo & Juliet as well which are clever in parts but a little TOO obvious in others.

Nicholas Hoult does a good job as R but more inpressive is Teresa Palmer as Julie, a role which could easily have gone to zombie Kristen Stewart and that would have made this movie absolutely terrible.