Movie Review: Shaun of the Dead

Bollocks! Rising up through the seemingly endless supply of zombie movies comes this one. Shaun of the Dead is an interesting movie to say the least. One of the features that sets this movie apart from all the others is that it is a ROM ZOM COM. This means that not only are their zombies, but there is also comedy and romance. The movie begins with the underachiever Shaun seeing things that seem a little odd but lacking the motivation to investigate, he quickly dismisses them. Not until he and his flatmate, Ed, come across a girl they believe to be drunk to they realize what is going on around them. Then with total disregard for the instructions issued by tv anchors and a few revisions to their plan, they set out on a half cocked mission. They plan to get Shaun’s mum, his ex-girlfriend and then find shelter from the zombies. Along the way, they get trapped in a car with a zombie, pretend to be zombies themselves and even end up hitting a zombie in a bar to the beat of a song by Queen. This movie was quite amusing. Full of reference to zombie movies of the past, it is a must see for any fan of the walking dead film genre.