good movie with some surprising feeling at the end

Rating: 8/10 (23 July 2007)

I have to say that this was an excellent zombie film. The biggest problem I have with most zombie movies is that everyone in them is just a cliché, but this movie manages to give each character a pretty well developed entity to work with. Simon Pegg's character is the most rounded and I have to say very well acted. I felt as if I were attacked by zombies this is basically how I would act. The scenes where brevity was needed it was actually well done and that is because the characters were real. When Simon shoots his mother is a surprisingly moving scene. The standoff where funny is actually pretty heart felt. In most movies where a lot of people are going to die I don't care who lives or dies, but I actually cared with Simon Pegg dies nor not. For a while there I thought he was actually going to die, but the ending was good. I think the movie may have been a little more moving if they did actually die, or just leave them going up the elevator. Nick's and Simon's relationship was very well done and Simon's relationships with just about anyone were pretty well rounded. That are not that many times that I mention the special features, but I must say that I loved the plot holes part. It was very funny and it added to the whole attitude that the movie makers took to this movie. This zombie movie succeeds where a lot of other films failed, but putting real people in a silly situation and making them real.