I have been told that for a gal, I have boyish taste in films. My all-time favourite director is Paul Verhoeven, I believe Snake Plissken is probably the coolest character in the history of cinema and nothing makes more happy than an over-the-top Steven Seagal’s action flick. It is true that I am a bit of tom-boy in this aspect but there is one thing that prevents from being the ideal male geek partner: I cannot bear horror movies. Well, I can watch them but I avoid doing it as I know the consequence: months of insomnia. I won’t tell you what became of my life after seeing The Exorcist. You would conclude that I am a basketcase. I feel alright though sharing with you what happened when I saw the remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004).

Alright, alright, alright! I know what you are thinking: the title of this review is not very imaginative considering that “Assemble” is the catchy motto of THE AVENGERS. I always try to come up with something original but this time, I could not think of a better one for two reasons. The first is that “Some assembly required” is of an episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the cult-classic TV show created by Joss Whedon. Beyond the fact that I find very amusing to sort of create a bridge between his past oeuvre and his last production, it also gives me an occasion to tell you that I am a Whedon fan. Although there are probably more hardcore Buffy and Angel aficionados out there than me, I am a pretty intense scoobie: I watch the integrality of Buffy every year, I sleep in a Sunnydale High School t-shirt, I have a figurine of the Master, I quote the show on a daily basis and when things get tough, I always wonder what Buffy would do.