Leader of the zombie resurgence

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2004)

Shaun of the Dead (2004) is the best zombie movie ever made, and is leader of the zombie film resurgence of late. In the most recent years we have had Resident Evil (bad), Resident Evil 2 (worse), Dawn of the Dead (unresolved ending but good), 28 Days Later (mostly good), Bio-Zombie (good in a funnier, and Chinese, Night of the Living Dead way) and now, the cult jewel classic, Shaun of the Dead. Thank you guys that produced this film, you have answered prayers.
First off, this film begins as a comedy with some seriously kick butt montages where the camera zooms in and things happen in a quick succession. Shaun is a loser with no direction and loses his girlfriend. He continues on moaning and drinking, as usual, while hell has literally broken loose and he continues to gloss over most stuff in life like work until he can resume playing video games.Then he gets his act together to prove to his girlfriend that he will take control of his life. Then he and his mate, Ed (a total slob) leave his zombie infested house to retrieve his girl, Liz, and her knuckle head friends, and his mom. This movie has it all in terms of style, like I said earlier, the quick zoom montage and some cool tracks including a scene when they beat a zombie while grooving to Queen "Don't Stop Me Now."
The movie has a undeniable sense of reality and hopelessness then the greatest finish in the history of zombie films, much to the likes of the Resident Evil video game (much better than the RE movie). The ending involves Biohazard (Resident Evil props) militants blasting zombies, rage infected monkeys mentioned in a blip on the TV (28 Days Later props), and the naming of a Z-Day in remembrance (like D-Day in Normandy). Finally a zombie movie where everything turns out to be okay in that universe whereas other films such as Resident Evil and the new Dawn of the Dead turn out lonely and undead.
By the way, the zombie makeup rocked and I appreciate that this movie did not have the "action movie" feel such as RE and DOTD do where the zombies are relentless during outrageous explosions. 9/10