Review of Undead (2003) by Christopher B — 31 Jan 2008

A meteor shower hits a small fishing town in Australia, and the locals spontaneously turn into flesh eating zombies. And yes, we have a small group of survivors holing up in remote house in the woods, a gun toting Clint-esque hero and every other cliche associated with the genre.

Essentially, it's 28 Days Later without the laughs, which considering it's supposed to be a comedy is not a great start. Touting itself as the Australian Shaun Of The Dead, it lacks all the wit and subtlety of that film, the script coming across as an ill conceived sitcom with gratuitous blood and guts that the writers seemed to be making up as they went along.

Throw in some Hot Fuzz style action cliches and a Twilight Zone style ending and you have an extensive hotch potch of ideas, but not one of which is remotely original. In a comedy, this of course does not matter as long as it's funny.

It isn't.