Shaun Of The Dead - Film review

I have never really liked British comedy, as I have never actually found it funny, but Shaun of the Dead is something very different. It provides laughs in a clever way through its chaotic and gory storyline.
Shaun Of The Dead is about an appliance salesman who lives with his best freind Ed, on the road to nowhere. Shaun's girlfriend, Liz, thinks she should spend more time with him rather than visiting “The Winchester” pub every day, forcing Shaun to promise changes in their lives. But the change comes when he notices people fainting on the street and other strange occurances, resulting in an unexplained outbreak of zombies. Shaun and his best friend think up a plan to rescue Liz with her flatmates, as well as his mum and stepdad to safety in the one place they know so well, The Winchester. The rescue is not a very successful one resulting in Shaun’s mum, stepdad and Liz’s flatmate, David, getting killed as well as Shaun’s best friend Ed getting bitten. They eventually get rescued by the British army but Shaun decides to keep his zombie freind Ed, in his shed playing videogames.
What I enjoyed about this film was the often casual approach Shaun and Ed had towards the zombies. When confronted by zombies in the back garden, Shaun and Ed empty out the shed and start hurling vinyl’s at the zombies’ heads. At times it was almost like a gory videogame as Shaun went around the streets armed with a cricket bat, killing zombies. As well as the traditional gory methods used to kill or avoid zombies, you also see unconventional approach to dealing with the monsters. They imitate the zombies in order to reach the Winchester pub and once inside, they end up beating a zombie with cue sticks to the rhythm of the Queen Song “Don’t Stop Me Now.”
Overall the film was gory, chaotic and comical. The contrast in personalities of the different characters and how they each dealt with the zombies in their own way worked well. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone.