Better than Shaun of the Dead

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2007)

I wasn't expecting too much from this film which is why it's taken me this long to get to see it - I thought Shaun of the Dead was good but not great and I was expecting more of the same.
What a great surprise! After a slightly slow, scene setting, start the jokes just kept coming in a steady flow that kept a smile on my face throughout the entire film that was broken only by several moments of outright belly laughter and a few cringes at some gratuitously icky murders. IMHO what makes a great comedy is not a few great jokes but a sustained momentum as achieved in this film.
Towards the end you start suspecting the usual, rather anticlimactic sort of ending; But NO! Suddenly the film lurches into a new gear and your rushed through a roller-coaster ride of action that keeps you engrossed until the closing credits and everyone walks out arguing over which was the best bit.
For me the gag the got the biggest laugh was Frost's notebook - Typically for the film it just wouldn't be very funny describing it but the timing and presentation were perfect.
What I can't understand is why Pegg gets all the credit when Frost is the real funny-man.
Can't wait for the next one.