quite enjoyable, but not as funny as i thought

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 2008)

First of all, i REALLY enjoyed this film, it is the first Simon Pegg outing that i have seen and i thought he was absolutely brilliant, the film was well directed and the actors all did quite a good job. However, it was not a laugh-a-minute comedy that its portrayed to be, quite the opposite actually, the humour in it is VERY subtle and this i like but for some, it might seem a little boring.
The purposefully ridiculous storyline and over-the-top action and dialogue is what keeps this movie in the comedy genre and out of the crime/thriller genre. However, i think this is where the movie triumphed cause you don't see many movies quite like this one out there and the few obvious jokes in the dialogue were quite good and very British tongue-in-cheek. All in all, a very enjoyable movie but don't watch it expecting to be on the floor laughing cause you might be a little disappointed.