Great (British) take on the zombie genre.

Rating: 8/10 (29 January 2005)

The rise of the zombies is upon us! At least, it's occurring in this great zombie parody movie about one man, Shaun, who is trying to protect his 2 friends, his girlfriend's 2 friends, and his mother from becoming another part of the zombie race.
This movie came out right after Dawn of the Dead left the theaters (the remake), and I give them props for the remake in the style that they made. It's set in England so you get the cultural change (the flagrant use of a cricket bat, the different style of cars, a kid playing with a soccer ball, the frequent going to the pub, etc) from the real Dawn of the Dead, which I thought was a great addition. There was a slight humor to the situations that were involved, which was the main point of this movie because any obvious, "Airplane"-like gags would've probably been seen as over-the-top. Also they love music in this movie; Queen's songs are being played almost every 5th scene it seems, and there's pretty good underground culture being recognized (sining "White Lines" with an accompanying zombie, an aphex twin poster in the hall, etc.) This movie's very entertaining, especially for parties and the like because of the frequent action and humor. There are some touching points being made between Shaun and his parents, for example, but after wards, that turns around a full 360 degrees when he's got the responsibilities to kill them off because they've been made into zombies. (that's a little too much given away, but there's more to the movie.) Anyways, I gave it an 8/10. It had a few parts that got away from the action and everything (the romantic element), but otherwise, it's fantastic. Run out and buy it today.