Shaun of the Dead
This British film takes the comedic route in dealing with zombies. Shaun (Simon Pegg) has enough problems to deal with as his home deteriorates into a battle between his best friend Ed (Nick Frost) and his other flatmate Pete (Peter Serafinowicz) while his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) threatens to break up with him. But in the course of the night, most of the town has suddenly turned into zombies. It isn't evident at first to Shaun but soon, reality hits him head-on and so he gathers his group together and goes to where they usually hang out: the pub of course. It is there where they make their stand.

Overall, the film is amusing but it lacks the comedic bite to make it a laugh-out riot. Everything we know about zombies is taken by the film, twisted around, and spit back to us in funny ways. Their mimicking of zombies in order to walk down the street is well-conceived. But the ever-changing relationship between Shaun and Liz somewhat drags the film down, bringing with it the problem it shares with the latest update of the Dawn of the Dead: the zombies seem to disappear for large chunks of the film, leaving us uninterested until they show up again. 2.5 stars