If you were like me, you saw the other reviews and thought, ' kinda rude to compare this to one of the greatest zombie films of all time just because it's british '. Turns out, they were right to.
It's not a line-per-line recreation, but it sure walks that very narrow line between ripoff and homage.
Let's put that aside - what was good about this? The jokes warranted a good giggle every now and then, and not everyone was abysmal. It plays on one of my favorite angles of the zombie genre, taking on the view from an average person, not an ex cop, or a military badass.
But... Shaun of the Dead did this, and way better.
It's unavoidable to talk about it, down to the character dynamics and even some scenes were noticably replicated.
From the overweight sidekick succumbing in the final struggle, might I add in nearly the exact same fashion, to the protagonist being ignorant of the outbreak around them at the beginning, you can't pretend it's coincidental. With how off-brand this is, I'm surprised they didn't beat an inn-keeper with ping-pong paddles while Prince played on an iPod.
It drags, and in it's desperate attempt to imitate, it painfully drags.
The humor may be solid, but everything else is a disaster. The pacing is off, and they loved re-using the scene of the antagonist's wife dying - literally, shown three times. The story is non-existent, and while I mentioned the characters aren't bad, that doesn't mean they're good.
Not worth a watch unless you're morbidly curious. My advice? Watch Shaun of the Dead first, maybe that will satiate your hunger for British zombies.
It's not a line-per-line recreation, but it sure walks that very narrow line between ripoff and homage.
Let's put that aside - what was good about this? The jokes warranted a good giggle every now and then, and not everyone was abysmal. It plays on one of my favorite angles of the zombie genre, taking on the view from an average person, not an ex cop, or a military badass.
But... Shaun of the Dead did this, and way better.
It's unavoidable to talk about it, down to the character dynamics and even some scenes were noticably replicated.
From the overweight sidekick succumbing in the final struggle, might I add in nearly the exact same fashion, to the protagonist being ignorant of the outbreak around them at the beginning, you can't pretend it's coincidental. With how off-brand this is, I'm surprised they didn't beat an inn-keeper with ping-pong paddles while Prince played on an iPod.
It drags, and in it's desperate attempt to imitate, it painfully drags.
The humor may be solid, but everything else is a disaster. The pacing is off, and they loved re-using the scene of the antagonist's wife dying - literally, shown three times. The story is non-existent, and while I mentioned the characters aren't bad, that doesn't mean they're good.
Not worth a watch unless you're morbidly curious. My advice? Watch Shaun of the Dead first, maybe that will satiate your hunger for British zombies.