This is how to do it. With a cricket bat and a pint!

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2005)

SPOILERS Zombie films are the corner stone of so many childhoods. Constantly terrifying children since George Romero's 1968 classic "Night Of The Living Dead", the notion has experienced a bit of a revival in recent years. Like so many different topics though, it's always been a curiosity how the rest of the world would cope other than America. In wonderful spoof "Shaun of the Dead" we finally learn how your every day Brit deals with the impending threat of the walking dead.
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a hopeless 29 year old who works at an electronics store, spends all his time in the pub and has just been dumped by his girlfriend. Now, just when things feel like they can't get any worse, the dead are walking.
A masterful idea, the entire notion of "Shaun of the Dead" is pure genius. Transplanting the story of zombies to a typical London flat and it's occupants, there are so many potential ideas and it never ceases to exploit them. Whether BBC Coverage, T4, playing on the Playstation or pub fruit machines, the film is wonderful at poking fun at countless different aspects of the British lifestyle.
Led by a solid performance by main star Pegg, the film has the cream of modern British comedy involved with it. With Dylan Moran, Martin Freeman, Lucy Davis, Jessica Stevenson and countless others, the film's casting is perfect.
There are so many quality lines in this film too, there are times you find yourself laughing at the most random of times. Then again though, this is what you want for comedy.
All in all, "Shaun of the Dead" is amazing. Starring a solid cast and with some classic lines, this film is a brilliant portrayal of how your typical Brit would deal with a zombie threat. A wonderful idea which is played out superbly. Well worth a watch.