Shaun of the Dead (2004) IMDb
Categorization |
Mostly coming-of-age with a bit of romance and a few walking dead. As the title implies, it operates on Romero principles (just not permanently) and parodies the zombie genre heavily, in a more focused way than films like Bio-Zombie (1998) or Wild Zero (1999). |
Subject |
London, Z-Day: A wimp and a deadbeat realize at a very late stage what is happening around them. Their attempt to save the people they can is frequently put on hold for sitting down in sofas. |
Commentary |
Like all good zombie parodies, it gets serious occasionally, inserting the harsh conflicts of empathy and living disembowelment of Dawn of the Dead (1978) in a very English put-the-kettle-on environment. It takes its premiss of ordinary protagonists to extremes: Nobody is remotely accurate with any kind of ranged weapon. Thank the Queen for cricket bats and the heinous motor skills of the undead. |
References here: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009), The World’s End (2013). |
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