Shaun of the Dead
Movie: Shaun of the Dead
Language: English
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Romance
Director: Edgar Wright
Year: 2004
Watched on: 05 May 2006
Rating: *** (3/5)
Review:
Shaun of the Dead is a British horror comedy. Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 29 year old electronics shop sales man whose life is going nowhere. He has no real goals and ambitions and he just amuses himself by making daily trip to his favorite pub Winchester, playing console games and watching TV with his childhood lazy bum friend Ed (Nick Frost). His girlfriend of many years Liz (Kate Ashfield) who is somewhat ambitious and sane decides to dump him after realizing Shaun’s hopeless condition. At this juncture, the city of London is under Zombie attack. As the dead wake up, Shaun too wakes up and realizes that he has to race against the time and save his mother and girlfriend. With his childhood pal Ed by his side, Shaun makes the expedition of his life to his favorite pub Winchester, but with his loved ones. Despite gore and blood the movie is not scary but is funny. Positives of the movie are its well shot, edited and the performances of leading characters are good. The many negatives include clichés, unfunny scenes (like people trying to walk like zombies etc), lack of wit etc which one might find tiring. After going through several positive reviews and a desperate wait, I found this movie quite disappointing.
Language: English
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Romance
Director: Edgar Wright
Year: 2004
Watched on: 05 May 2006
Rating: *** (3/5)
Review:
Shaun of the Dead is a British horror comedy. Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 29 year old electronics shop sales man whose life is going nowhere. He has no real goals and ambitions and he just amuses himself by making daily trip to his favorite pub Winchester, playing console games and watching TV with his childhood lazy bum friend Ed (Nick Frost). His girlfriend of many years Liz (Kate Ashfield) who is somewhat ambitious and sane decides to dump him after realizing Shaun’s hopeless condition. At this juncture, the city of London is under Zombie attack. As the dead wake up, Shaun too wakes up and realizes that he has to race against the time and save his mother and girlfriend. With his childhood pal Ed by his side, Shaun makes the expedition of his life to his favorite pub Winchester, but with his loved ones. Despite gore and blood the movie is not scary but is funny. Positives of the movie are its well shot, edited and the performances of leading characters are good. The many negatives include clichés, unfunny scenes (like people trying to walk like zombies etc), lack of wit etc which one might find tiring. After going through several positive reviews and a desperate wait, I found this movie quite disappointing.