Show zombies Zombie ies Get the I Humorous Treatment I Allen Johnson Movie Editor Do we really need another zombie movie Yeah why not Cant be any worse than Resident Evil 2 Shawn of the Dead is a humorous satire of Gorge Romeros Romero's classic zombie thrillers in the Dawn of the Dead series Drawing heavily heavily heavily ily on Romeros Romero's notion of zombie behavior and stereotypical stereotypical stereotypical stereo stereo- typical British lifestyle director Edgar Wright turns a wide city-wide infestation into a gore splattered lark Shawn is a typical guy in his late twenties stuck in a dead end job with a girlfriend who still has dreams of life being more exciting than their daily trip to the Winchester a a local pub Suddenly their whole world flip flops into a survival fight against flesh eating zombies that have taken over London Shawn takes his buddy Ed the ultimate slacker and armed with a cricket bat and anda a shovel the two bash their way to rescue Shawns Shawn's mother moth moth- er and girlfriend Sounds way too typical to be any good goodright goodright goodright right Well the one thing that allows this film to be swallowed swallowed swallowed lowed is the fun British humor that keeps you in chuckles throughout If you have trouble with accents and British slang most of the jokes will be lost on you Much of the quick pace editing editing editing edit edit- ing and cinematography seems to be inspired by the talented writer director Guy I Ritchie- Ritchie which is never a bad thing The entire cast is made up of unknowns Its It's refreshing to see a movie cast with normal normal normal nor nor- mal people as opposed to the I typical unflawed beauty of Hollywood People are already calling this a cult classic Personally I dont don't see how anything can be considered a classic in the first week of its release I Iguess Iguess Iguess guess that's why Im I'm not on the committee Regardless for those who I think its it's funny to see a guy bludgeon a zombie with a cricket bat this is for you Personally I would have chosen chosen chosen cho cho- sen a pointed stick but either way its it's pretty funny 6 10 |