Remember how I said a few days ago that they seriously needs to stop making zombie films / TV shows and get some fresh ideas but probably wont because the concept continues to make tons of money? Well this sentiment existed many years ago in 2004 when this gem of a movie was released.

The films stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who play the lead roles of Shaun and Ed, respectively. They are a couple of guys with no real direction in their lives and pass the time of their boring and routine existence by playing a lot of video games and getting drunk at the local pub on a regular basis (this sounds like a lot of people i know, including myself.)

This circular lifestyle seems to affect Shaun more than Ed, who is quite comfortable being a loser but Shaun wants a change. After a particularly heavy night out, Shaun wakes up to a message on the fridge that drunk Shaun wrote that says "sort your f**king life out." Unbeknownst to him he is going to be forced to do precisely that. The two roomates were so hammered the night before they failed to notice that a zombie apocalypse has broken out in London, and carry on with their lives in a normal fashion - presuming that all the slow moving people in the streets are just really drunk.

What ensues is a hilarious piss-take of sorts regarding the absurd nature of zombie films in general and I don't want to ruin it, but i guarantee you will laugh, especially if you feel as I do about how this genre has been played into the ground.

There are a bunch of famous cameos in the movie, including an actor that I think is one of the best in the world, Bill Nighy, who plays Phillip, Shaun's stepfather.

This isn't an entirely satirical film, it has aspects of genuine horror in it and there is a pretty heartbreaking scene that takes place later in the film that really shows that Simon Pegg is capable of serious dramatic acting as well.

This film is part of a trilogy of films entitled "Three flavours Cornetto Trilogy" which is a title that I was surprised didn't get them in trouble with the ice cream manufacturer - i suppose it was free advertising.