'Chainsaw' lollygags

For a game that’s all about zombies, chainsaws and sucker-sucking cheerleaders, “Lollipop Chainsaw” sure is boring.

I blame “Grindhouse,” the 2002 movie from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino that tried to re-create the glee of old exploitation films. This, of course, is an impossible task. These movies are fun to look back on because they were done earnestly, so their ridiculous content is a surprise. Modern genre homages like “Machete” and “Hobo With a Shotgun” (both based on fake trailers in “Grindhouse”) are meant to be ridiculous, so they aren’t. Irony that’s expected is unironic, ironically.