Movie Review: "Shaun Of The Dead"

"Don't say the zed-word."

Oh Bollocks, there are zombies in the yard. However, the Brits know how to take care of them..........just pop down to the pub for a pint.

So tonight's review is for the movie "Shaun Of The Dead." What? Never heard of it? Sure you have.....it's the Zombie-Comedy (Zomedy) that came out earlier this summer and swept the nation with good reviews. (At least Peter Jackson was quoted as saying it was "The most entertaining film of the year") Well.......it finally came to Tupelo. I don't think foreign films are received well here. Wait, it's a fucking British movie......you don't have to read subtitles.

Anyway on to the movie: Slacker Shaun has just been dumped....mostly b/c his life is going nowhere. On top of that, he has a dumpy roomate who barely leaves the flat ('Apartment' for you Americans).....unless they go to Winchester's Pub. (The owner was in the mafia, I swear. Oh, and dogs CAN look up.) I will add here that Ed, the roomate is just plain cute. He's the guy in the preview who was all like "Yeah, boyeeee." He just kills (no pun intended), and is the only Brit who can walk into a room and say "What's up, niggas?" Even though he's lazy, I would love to have him as a flatmate.

Well, after a strange phenomenon turns almost the entire town into Zombies, it's up to Shaun and his friends to save the day. By the way.......we're never really told exactly what caused the zombie status, mainly b/c they keep changing the channels on the television that provides the exposition. Here's a tip: when there is a life-threatening weird event....don't channel surf. Still funny, though.

Anyway, there's really not alot to say about the plot, b/c when you've seen one zombie movie, they all follow the same pattern. However, this one takes the step of blending humor. However, it's not cheesy one-liners given to the token black guy. It's classy Brit humor. (Which in fact turns out to be giving one-liners to the token black guy....hahahahha but I kid. No seriously.....there weren't any black people.) I was chuckling the entire way through. Also, it's great to comment on music by simply having the main characters thumb through a record collection, in order to pick the records to throw at the xombies. In case of xombies, ALWAYS throw your Batman soundtrack and your Sade record. Though the blood and gore was a bit disturbing, it was a pleasant afternoon at the movies and more or less a feel-good movie.

OH OH OH.......when the first thing heard in your film is "Ghost Town" by the Specials, you know it'll be good. Also, excellent use of Zombie Nation as well.

So, go see "Shaun Of The Dead" or just wait a few weeks and it'll come out on DVD.