Zombillénium

Government inspector Hector has brought his daughter Lucie to check on monster theme park Zombillenium before its opening. He finds a lower level and uncovers a vast underground for illegal monster workers. The vampire owner kills him and turns him into a zombie. Hector has to escape with help from other underground monsters in order to see his orphaned daughter again.

The animation is a little old with obsolete CGI. The premise of the monster theme park is interesting. The story is a little clunky especially the girl. The division among the monsters is an interesting idea but it needs more clarity. This has a cool outline for a fun animated movie. The execution is a bit muddled.

My 9 year old son and I watched this not expecting much but we laughed and cried which to me is a pretty good sign of a great film.

This movie is a little gem. I really hope it eventually ends getting a sequel because the setting has a lot of potential for new stories and the animation style is pretty nice.

If you like movies like Hotel Transylvania, you may also end enjoying this.

This a very unusual movie that can be great fun for entire family. The story, characters and setup are all very provocative, yet fun and positive in the end. We watched it with our 7 yro and it was great.

If you are a metalhead, I am pretty sure you will like this one. :-)

Zombillenium is a European animated movie based on a series of graphic novels. Being unfamiliar with the comics, I can't compare them. In the movie, a health inspector dies while inspecting the titular amusement park, at the hands of the park manager. He is then turned into a zombie, joining the cast or monster employees at the park: vampires, zombies, werewolves, etc.

He leaves behind a daughter who is convinced he's not truly dead. Why? I'm not sure. A kid's imagination? It wasn't made clear. This daughter is set to reunite with the dad. At the same time a worker's revolt is happening at the park, as well as rebranding efforts, as they are struggling to draw customers.

This all feels like it really goes nowhere, and does nothing to draw in the viewer. As an adult it was dull, and the kids didn't seem interested in the movie either. The dialogue isn't humourous, nor is it realistic and dramatic. It's just kind of there. The acting is similarly subpar. Not terrible, but not quite hitting ok standards.

The one positive to be said is the animation style. While not the same as Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse it instantly stands out as something different, though even that wears off.

At only 80 minutes, it is mercifully short, but feels like it's 2+ hours.