Shaun Of The Dead: Review

British humor takes a cricket bat in the right direction, straight into a zombie's head. Shaun of the Dead delivers romance, comedy, and of course, flesh eating zombies. This film is guaranteed to give you a horrifying good time.

Recently dumped, Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a Mummy's boy whose job and love life are as dead as a zombie. Ed (Nick Frost) is his lazy, unsophisticated closest friend and roommate whose brain is as lifeless as the undead. Together they would rather sit on the sofa, drink beer, eat a Cornetto and play video games, or head to their favorite pub, The Winchester, for a night of beer and darts than take any kind of responsibility in their lives. This quirky pair is the comedy duo of the film's impending apocalypse. These ne'er-do-wells are sidesplittingly and comically clever in their inept attempt to save the two women that Shaun holds dearest to his heart.

The story and screenplay is crafted and executed to perfection; conceived by the cunning collaborative minds of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. Reanimating the lifeless genre to perfection; the king of the zombies, George A. Romero, calls Shaun Of The Dead "An Absolute Blast!"

Take car, go to the theater, buy popcorn and your favorite beverage, and enjoy zombie induced, throat ripping laughter in the zombie comedy that is breathing fresh life into the horror comedy genre. Shaun of the Dead creates a new standard for all horror comedies, or as the British say "how's that for a slice of fried gold?"

4 Stars