Shaun of the Dead is about a guy named Shaun who tries to win back his girlfriend and also has to deal with the zombie apocalypse that is happening at the same time.
Most zombie movies go for style over substance. By that I mean that quite a few zombie movies are gratuitously gory but the story is lazy. Shaun of the Dead is both violent and frequently hysterical.
Simon Pegg plays Shaun and I am really like the movies that he is in. He always adds great comedic timing to the movies that he stars in. He was one of my favorite characters in Star Trek Into Darkness because he can deliver lines with that aren't flat-out hilarious, but when he says them they make you laugh because in comedy, timing is key. Not many people know that.
Edgar Wright, the writer and director of this film, is one of the most original breakout film-makers. I would go on record saying that in no particular order, Edgar Wright, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson, Gore Verbenski and Duncan Jones are five of the most promising break-out film-makers of the 21st Century.
I'm a stickler when it comes to comedies of the 21st Century. They are either far too crude for my taste or just unfunny to me. This film has humor that I find very funny. The humor in this film is very dry and dry humor would fail in the hands of almost any other director other than Wright. Since he writes his movies, he makes sure that the material is delivered by the actors in the way he planned it to be.
If you aren't sold on this movie yet, Bill Nighy becomes a zombie. How can you not be intrigued by now?
Final Report: Shaun of the Dead works as both a witty English comedy and a solid zombie movie. You can't go wrong either way.
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