 SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Cert. 15, out 12 October) Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Dylan Moran, dir. Edgar Wright, 2004, Cert. 15 Meet Shaun (Simon Pegg) - a twenty-something with no real passion or ambition in life, aside from hanging out with drinking buddy and flatmate Edgar (Nick Frost.) Friends and family are not impressed, and no-one less so than Shaun's long suffering girlfriend. The day she dumps him wasn't exactly his best day, but it suddenly takes a much, much worse turn as hungry flesh-eating zombies make their way through London. Are you laughing yet? You should! Shaun, with Edgar in tow, decides that his best bet to win the heart of his girlfriend back is to save her and her mother. Cue the pair fighting their way against the undead, and quite a few more chuckles along the way. Pegg co-wrote the film with director Edgar Wright - their first feature together before the excellent Hot Fuzz. Shaun of the Dead is fast and fun, with no ulterior motive but to entertain - and it works in spades.
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 Hot Fuzz (Cert. 18, out 12 October) Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Nighy, Steve Coogan, Bill Bailey, dir. Edgar Wright, 2007, cert. 18 Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) gets posted out to a seemingly sleepy Gloucestershire village when his London Met colleagues get too jealous of his spotless service record. He disturbs the local way of dealing with all threats to the village of the year competition, and soon discover a sinister side to leafy Sandford. With PC Butterman (Frost) in tow, he gets an education in Hollywood action flicks, which proves absolutely necessary to handle the last third of the film. It's fun, rather silly at times, and complete mayhem: easy to watch, easy to quote and full of references to the likes of Bad Boys 2 and Point Break. The quality picture of the Blu-Ray edition is spot on - add a disturbingly long list of extras and what you have is a must-upgrade title. |
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