Shaun of the Dead

Simon Pegg stars in this halfway-decent zombie film. Like most of them, the beginning is very strong. Here we get a sort of oblivious Pegg who doesn't realize for quite a while that everyone is turning into zombies because they seem to act as much or matter as much anyway. Pegg's character has a little posse of friends, and through quick shots and high energy camerawork, the first 2/3 of the film are quite good. Again, it's the ending of the film that undermines it. For, while being an effective spoof piece, it ends up being an effective genre piece in the realm of zombies. However, that means that it falls into cliché and the last thirty minutes is filled with all of those. The film is worth seeing for the great first two thirds, but the end is a pretty huge disappointment.
Shaun of the Dead: ✰✰1/2