Jim Jarmusch’s late entry into the zombie genre may first appear to be a restrained retreading of anti-consumerist tropes and fears of humanity’s auto-obliteration. But, Sean Kitching asks, if such warnings are obsolete, then why do we still fail to heed them?
Co-scripted by James Ellroy, the second film from writer/director Oren Moverman (Oscar-nominated for 2009's The Messenger) stars Woody Harrelson and a heavyweight supporting cast in a fictional character study set amid the actual corruption of the late '90s LAPD. Our Walthamstow crime correspondent Steve Jelbert investigates