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Love bulging biceps and ax-wielding? How about an undead romcom? Well, if so, you're in luck: "Warm Bodies" and "Bullet to the Head" hit theaters this weekend. Starring Nicholas Hoult, "Bodies" takes zombie tropes (flesh eating, slow, lurching walks) and gives it a twist: romance. It's a "Romeo and Juliet"-inspired tale of forbidden love between a beautiful human girl (Julie) and the undead "R." But, if you want a little more muscle for your money, "Bullet to the Head" serves up Sly at his best. From Walter Hill, Sylvester Stallone plays a hitman who partners up with a New York cop team up for blood-lusted revenge.
Before you make your selection at the cinema this weekend, take a look at our review roundup below!
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Gallery | Weekend Movie Reviews 2/1
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Manohla Dargis (New York Times)
No one here seems to notice that there's not much going on, including Mr. Stallone, which somehow makes it easier to watch. -
James Verniere (Boston Herald)
A nasty, if also amusing, piece of work. -
Robert Abele (Los Angeles Times)
"Bullet to the Head" is an adrenaline shot to your movie memory if the blunt, gleefully dumb, no-nonsense ways of '80s-style action flicks are your nostalgia drug of choice. -
Ann Hornaday (Washington Post)
Plays like such a floundering exercise in macho overcompensation that you almost feel sorry for it. Almost. -
Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
Entertaining if nonsensical ... -
Mary F. Pols (TIME Magazine)
There are so many clever lines and bits of physical comedy worth revisiting that the movie seems like a likely cult classic, but it's more inclusive than that. -
Michael O'Sullivan (Washington Post)
Fans of "The Walking Dead" can keep moving; there's nothing to see here. -
James Verniere (Boston Herald)
Are you, at least those of you not sick to, uh, death of the undead, ready for the 'Romeo and Juliet' of zombie movies? -
Andrew O'Hehir (Salon.com)
"Warm Bodies" sounds a lot better in theory than it turns out to be in practice. -
Betsy Sharkey (Los Angeles Times)
In doing a little genre bending of romantic schmaltz and horror cheese - some fundamental zombie mythology is turned on its head - the film breathes amusing new life into both.
