even if you didn't like Shaun, you will love this

Rating: 9/10 (12 November 2007)

Seemingly one of the very few who did not think 'Shaun of the Dead' particularly funny, I was not expecting too much from this. How wrong can you be? I won't go into my reservations about the earlier film but it struck me as a bit juvenile at times, whereas this, despite its slightly off putting title is a very fine piece of comic cinema. It barely puts a flat foot wrong, with its witty and effective soundtrack, its fine performances all round and its funniness. This is a most assured and knowing work. From the ferocious and daring opening, in which Simon Pegg's character is fully illustrated in a matter of seconds to the great effects and twists and turns, we are engaged throughout. For me the ending is just a little too drawn out but it is such fun I feel churlish to complain. Many have declared that if you like Shaun you'll like this and just for those very few out there like me I say, even if you didn't like Shaun, you will love this.