Mild Spoof

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2009)

In this spoof of "Dawn of the Dead," London is under siege by zombies as a sales clerk heroically attempts to lead his family and friends to safety. The film wants to have it both ways - be a gory horror film and be a comedy, with the result being mild amusement. The funniest moments are the TV reports about zombies and the best way to deal with them. While the concept is initially somewhat funny in that understated British humor style, it soon runs of steam and goes on far too long. Pegg, who co-wrote the screenplay, makes a good nerdy hero. Somehow this middling comedy has achieved the same kind of cult status as the film it is spoofing.