Silliness and the Undead - Zombieland: Double Tap
'Zombieland: Double Tap' was entertaining and fun at times, but not very evolved. It had poorly developed female characters and stereotypical characters of color.

It’s the summer of 1998 in New York City; Sayo, a soulful nightlife photographer and small-time drug dealer, is invited to a party upstate by his longtime friend and unrequited love, a movie star on the rise: Vince Marlowe. Together with their rowdy friend Ross, they drive to a remote, bucolic manor in hopes of some summer debauchery. But when they arrive, they discover that the promise of a party is actually three mysterious women — Billie, Wren, and Cata — whose disturbing agenda draws the boys into a dark web of seduction and terror.
'Zombieland: Double Tap' was entertaining and fun at times, but not very evolved. It had poorly developed female characters and stereotypical characters of color.
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