All the zombie movies are very similar. The zombies are dumb and slow, and in every movie they look the same. But, the first thing I asked myself was - why don't the main characters get into a car and drive off somewhere where it is supposed to be safe? The guy ends up enjoying the apocalypse. They have electricity, water, food. No more getting up early, wearing suits, meeting boring clients, paying bills, morgage, etc. Kind of reminded me of the global lockdown during Covid - we all spent a lot of time at home and had a lot more free time than usual... We tried to discover our inner talents, so the guy, for example, wanted to paint. So, while the woman wants to get out, the man seems to enjoy it. Of course, as the electricity and water become unavailable, and as there is less food, it becomes harder to live, and as the number of zombies increases, it makes it harder to leave. I am not going to say how it ends. Compared to all the zombie movies out there, this one at least gives a different approach to the situation. So, I thought it was actually an interesting movie. If you like zombie movies, this one is no better and no worse than the rest of them. But, it gives a different view of how this situation could be handled.

Lazy and laidback thirtysomething slacker Guy is perfectly content to spend all his time sitting around his house doing as little as possible in the wake of a zombie outbreak due to the fact that he's got a fence around his home to keep the undead out. However, his nagging fed-up wife Paige isn't too keen with this idea.

Director Travis Stevens relates the enjoyable story at a brisk pace, maintains a deliciously dry'n'deadpan tone throughout, and delivers some neat bits of gore. Amy Tofte's witty script nicely captures the overwhelming blend of tedium and frustration the main couple feel about their hopeless situation as well as points out the more positive aspects of a zombie pandemic (no more debt or student loan worries, for example). Moreover, Christine Woods and Graham Sibley make for sturdy and appealing leads; their constant bickering is often funny while the mutual affection they have for one another adds a good deal of depth and poignancy. The surprise bummer ending packs a jolting punch. A total hoot.

I stumbled upon the 2018 movie "Better Off Zed" here in 2021, by sheer random chance. And with it being a zombie movie, of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch it.

And while "Better Off Zed" was watchable, it was by no accounts a particularly outstanding into the zombie genre, not even for a horror comedy. So why was that the case? Well, the storyline was just too mundane and uneventful. Very little happened throughout the course of the movie. And the characters in the movie weren't all that well-written or detailed. So writer Amy Tofte just didn't really bring much of anything to the game.

So it was somewhat of a prolonged ordeal to sit through "Better Off Zed", yet I managed to do so. I wanted to see if the movie got better, or if director Travis Stevens opted to make the movie more interesting. That is a big, fat no to both those things.

"Better Off Zed" is a zombie movie that came and went without as much as a groan, much less pack any bite. So don't get your hopes up for this particular 2018 movie, should you happen to sit down to watch it.

My rating of "Better Off Zed" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.