Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another glowing SHAUN OF THE DEAD review. This film is getting raves all over the place... and you'll be hearing a lot more about it in the next couple months as the publicity machine gears up for the US release. I call for Simon and Nick to appear on THE DAILY SHOW!!! How could would that be? Here's Uncapie's opinion on the rom-zom-com!
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have made one of the funniest, creative zombie movies of all time. "Shaun Of the Dead" presents everyman, Shaun(Played by Pegg), who is struggling with the personal crisis of being a 29 year old slacker spending all his free time drinking at the Winchester pub, a stepfather who looks down on him, quarrels with his yuppie and loser roommates and if that isn't enough, the girl of his dreams breaks up with him as he battles the living dead.
In-jokes pop up throughout the film as references to a character named "Ash" and an Italian restaurant named "Fulci's" are just a few that horror fans will catch.
The supporting cast is topnotch. Kate Ashfield, plays Shaun's girlfriend, "Liz" who decides that she wants to move on without him has some funny lines and looks great, but its Nick Frost who steals the show as the lazy and unemployed, "Ed" who gets the funniest moments. After an all-night drinking binge at the Winchester pub to drown out Shaun's sorrows, they discover what they think is a drunk girl in their backyard in the morning as Ed tries to set Shaun up with her. Little do they realize its a zombie.
Then there's the Goblin score from "Dawn Of the Dead" in one scene that presents itself with three different scenarios which is priceless.
Pegg and Wright know their stuff. Being fans of the Romero trilogy and the late Italian horror film maker, Lucio Fulci, they've created a film with believable characters and a solid plot that horror fans will be happy to go along with them for the ride.
Uncapie
