Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)

Tallon

This film is so damn good

Really enjoyed it... well worth the watch

This years Shaun of the Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFSaASkCBEk

Basq

Tallon wrote: »

This years Shaun of the Dead

Jaysus.. don't hype it that much.. am bound to be disappointed now!

thegreengoblin

Love the title. Every time I say it I can't help laughing... :pac:

johnny_ultimate

One should never judge a book by it's cover, but Im happy to ignore this film for ever based on the title alone.

Tallon

Basq wrote: »

Jaysus.. don't hype it that much.. am bound to be disappointed now!

Nah, trust me Basq! It's brilliant!

It's not a B movie like Megashark V Giant Octopus etc

It's actually a good bit of humor and lots of gore

It probably won't appeal to anyone that's not Irish or English though...

Tallon

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

One should never judge a book by it's cover, but Im happy to ignore this film for ever based on the title alone.

Why?

Footoo

With a title like that, i'll be disappointed if Danny Dyer isn't in it.

Greyjoy

Just reading the title made me dread that the twat Danny Dyer was in it but thankfully he's not on the imdb list. I have to admit I laughed in spite of myself at Richard Briers and the zimmer frame 'chase' scene. i might check it out as a cheesy Halloween viewing.

Tallon

He's not in it

Watched it a few days back and it's one of those films that is far more enjoyable than it has any right to be.

The set up is simple, two brothers team up with a rag tag bunch of criminal screw ups in order to rob a bank and save their grandfathers nursing home. As per the title their simple plan goes awry when legions of the undead rise up and begin to feast upon the living.  It's nothing we haven't seen before and is similar in style antill ok to Shaun of the Dead and Braindead and as such the laughs come quick and fast. There's  numerous sight gags and some fantastic one liners that help make the film one of the better comedies of the year. The undead football hooligans versus a rival firm to the theme of Match of the Day is comedy gold. The gore is equally well handled and rather inventive. The metal plate in the head joke is the film at its most fun, its equal parts comic genius and gore soaked insanity. 

Cockneys vs Zombies will never be mistaken for a genre classic but its a hell of a lot of fun and is destined to be a cult classic.

Gee Bag

Footoo wrote: »

With a title like that, i'll be disappointed if Danny Dyer isn't in it.

Danny is too busy commenting on major geo-political issues to be in this film...

-From Twitter about 9/11 attacks

"Can't believe it's been nearly 11 years since them slags smashed into the twin towers, it still freaks my nut out to this day."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/lostinshowbiz/2012/sep/13/danny-dyer-9-11-slags?INTCMP=SRCH

Tallon

Yeah, alright lads... Wrong thread!

Gee Bag

Reasonably enjoyable film, it starts pretty well but kind of runs out of steam toward the end.

I'd give it 3 out of 5.

BopNiblets

Finished watching it there, enjoyable!

Was it me or did one of the song themes sound very Bond-ish, assuming it was a reference to Honor Blackmans Goldfinger part? Haha.

Potential-Monke

Thought it was ok, had potential and some of the cast were very good, but i got the feeling it was stuck somewhere between a B-Movie and a serious attempt.

Scar Tissue

I thought it was quite well done, just the right level of gore and all.

Hooligan scene and the double decker bus had me in stitches

Yakuza

I thought it was a hoot - the aforementioned chase scene and the wheelchair guy's ridiculous rhyming slangs - Trafalgar = Zombie.
Trafalgar Square / Fox and Hare / Hairy Greek / Five Day Week / Week and feeble / Pins and Needles / Needle and Stitch / Abercrombie and Stitch / Abercrombie - Zombie

I loved seeing Honor Blackman wielding a submachine gun (and cursing like a fishwife )

It was exactly what I expected; Snatch meets Shaun of the Dead. I think it was ever meant to be a serious film, methinks tongues were firmly in the cheeks of the cast and crew while making this. It might have been 10 minutes too long, the sequence after

driving off in the bus to getting on and sailing off in the boat

felt a bit tacked on, but otherwise it was an enjoyable romp.