Steve & Mike at the Movies
Movie: Shaun of the Dead
Outline for 2 – Person Movie Review
Introduction Steve Mike
 Movie name: Shaun of
the Dead – play on
words.
 Genre: horror-comedy
 Year of release: 2004
 Box office and critical
reception: $30 million
gross/$6 million
budget, 92% on Rotten
Tomatoes:
 Stars: Simon Pegg and
Nicholas Frost
Technical Aspects Steve Mike
 Acting: body language
of the characters
 Camera work: the long
pan
 Pacing: fast
 Special effects: still
looks good years later
Genre Stuff Steve Mike
 Comparison: Romero
“Living Dead” Trilogy
 Tropes: the slow-
moving zombie, search
for the safe place
 The characters: arc of
the main character
Opinion Steve Mike
 Favorite film of the
genre, can do no
wrong
 Great jokes for those
 Premise: zombie
apocalypse in London.
 Film opening: slow
signs of zombie
apocalypse
 Inciting incident: the
girl in the garden
 Main conflict: can
Shaun become a
better person, get Liz
back and survive the
zombies?
 Acting: emotions of
characters through
voices
 Camera work: the
quick sweep
 Pacing: fast
 Special effects: a good
mix of practical make-
up and CG
 Comparison: zombie
comedies like “Warm
Bodies”
 Tropes: the climax *no
spoilers~!*
 Characters: the
supporting cast and
minor characters
 A tired, unoriginal
rehash of typical
zombie cliches
 Tries too hard to be
 familiar with genre funny; it’s not
 A fresh new story for  A talented cast, but a
zombie movie lovers horrible script

Wrap-up  Fast-paced, good  Fast-paced but

balance of thrills and forgettable.
laughs, well-written,  2-dimnsional
well-acted, one of the characters that I
best zombie films ever. couldn’t care about
 Absolutely  A typical zombie film
recommended without an original
bone in the script.
 Only recommended
for hardcore zombie
fanatics – they say that
you have to kill the
brain to kill the
zombie, but like most
zombie films, this one
has no brain.