Zombie invasion made fun

Rating: 5/10 (17 April 2019)

Shaun of the dead is a classic that have aged well. Not too dependent on effects, it feels like it could have been made last year (instead of 15 years ago). One of the first movies of what has now almost turned into an genre (World war Z, I am Legend and son on) it still has a unique and what still feels like a fresh perspective on the zombie apocalypse. Instead of being scary, Simon Peggs Shaun intends to do so well, but it never works out as he wants it to, often with quit fun implications. He and his friend Ed, not the brightest men around, try to rescue Shaun's (ex-)girlfriend and mother, evacuating them from their homes to take refuge in the Winchester pub. And if you can't outrun the zombies, you need to fight them. And if you can't fight them, you migt as well try to blend in...
It is a good idea, a fun story, with quite a lot of good scenes and moments with a lot of laughs. However, a few of the characters are just too much. They are too ignorant, too stupid, just too much. I think of Ed and Shaun's mother Barbara. By exaggerating the characters they go from fun to annoying. And that ruins quite a few scenes unfortunately. It would have been better if the would have managed to balance the characters traits better.