a fantastic zombie film that is now a cult hit

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2014)

At least here in Britain this film is seen as a coming of age film, meaning if you haven't seen this film you can't really comment on zombie films. This film sees Shaun a guy contempt with his boring average life going to the pub with his beat friend ed. However, when a zombie apocalypse hits town Shaun, ed and a few others must attempt to survive in their favourite pub the Winchester. Now I believe Simon pegg is a great comedic actor and in this film he truly proves it, he is the perfect person to play Shaun. He is funny, he is relatable and sometimes heroic and exactly what a film like this truly needs. Nick frost is hear as usual as his best friend ed and he also does a really good job, obviously the chemistry between pegg and frost is insane and it truly carries the film. I thought the actress who played Shaun's girlfriend did a good job as well with some really good dialogue, but the rest of the characters were pretty paper thin and not interesting at all. Now this is your typical zombie apocalypse, but, it does have a good story of a character who is down and average rise up and become a hero and I liked it a lot. Also I liked the way that the story made out that the zombies represent every day life and that was a good stylistic option. There is some plot points just shoehorned into the film but I forgave this because of the overall story with Shaun. The script is just excellent with the dialogue being really quick and snappy and also the jokes didn't feel forced and they flowed incredibly well into the narrative where there was a few heartfelt moments. Obviously to me the style is really cool as the film is completely British and I liked the setting and also the way the zombies acted was cool. Overall I think Shaun of the dead is fantastic and it should be seen by all.