Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Release Date: 24 September 2004 (USA)
Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Runtime: 99 min
Director: Edgar Wright
Company: Universal Pictures, Studio Canal, Working Title Films
Movie Info: IMDb
Cast: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Nicola Cunningham, Keir Mills, Matt Jaynes, Gavin Ferguson, Peter Serafinowicz, Horton Jupiter, Tim Baggaley
Genre: Comedy | Horror
Watch: Trailer
Size: 700MB

Plot: The film begins in the Winchester. A local London pub. Shaun, his girlfriend Liz and her two friends David and Dianne are socializing while Ed plays away on the slot machine. Liz is trying to encourage Shaun to strengthen their relationship and be more adventurous, rather than just reminise in the pub. Liz displays her cynism by reminding how she hasn't even met Shaun's mum yet. This intro scene ends with Shaun staring vacantly towards the camera, clearly displaying anxiety.

The movie's intro credits roll, continuinely panning right through scenes of regular people moving supermarket trolleys, working behind tills, waiting at the bus stop, or mindlessly listening to street music, all staring and acting zombie-like (a reference to the satirical elements of Dawn of the Dead). Before finishing at Shaun's flat. Shaun wakes up and joins Ed at the couch to join him on his PlayStation, before he reminds him that he has to go to work. When Shaun is getting ready, his second flat-mate and college buddy Pete confronts him how he's fed up with Ed lounging around, and staying unemployed. Shaun defends him by just saying he's harmless and fun to have around, to which Pete replys "Why? Because he can impersonate an orangutan? Fuck-a-doodle-do!". Both Pete and Shaun leave for their work, with Shaun asking Ed to take down any messages from the answering machine on the phone. Just as Shaun leaves, Liz leaves a message behind to book their restaurant dinner an hour earlier.

The next sequence of scenes involve Shaun side-tracked by bizarre events including reports of attacks on tabloid headlines, people collapsing a bus stops, and television reports of more attacks and military dispatchment. At Shaun's work (an electronics retail shop) Shaun's step-dad Philip makes a visit to remind him of his by-monthly visit to his mum, and they are both very cold towards each other. Trying not to lose face to a younger employee who he moaned at for using his mobile phone, he ignores every word from a telephone call from Liz when she tries to remind him of the dinner times. Later, when Shaun is purchasing flowers for his mum, he notices a homeless man outside staggering and trying to eat the pigeons, before vanishing. On his way home, Shaun gets off the bus early as traffic is clogged by more accidents involving people passing out in their cars, to which he bumps into his old flame Yvonne asking how he's getting on with Liz, which instantly triggers his memory, as we cut back to his flat as he desperately tries to call the restaurant to change the times, only to hear their bookings are full. Liz then phones and Shaun explains that he forgot all about it, then suggests maybe they go to the Winchester...Liz then hangs up. Shaun grabs the flowers and makes his way down to her flat where David and Di are as well to make up. Liz launches into a tirade of all the broken promises he's made, and how she's tired of putting up with their relationship that's clearly going nowhere, so she dumps him right there and then.