Cockneys Vs Zombies Disc Review
Andy and Terry Macguire are desperate to save their Grandad’s care home from being demolished, and set off with three accomplices to rob a bank to raise funds. So the gang get started on their plan, when a virus sweeps England’s capital. Those bitten ad infected become zombies, and from there al hell breaks loose. Now the boys are on different mission – to save their Grandad, and his friends, from the zombie outbreak that is threatening to destroy the East End of London and their very lives.
That sounds like the premise of pretty much every zombie film which has come out in recent years. Save the world, get the girl. But, not since Shaun of the Dead have we seen a zombie film being brought to life with such humour. And, while comparisons will undoubtabley be drawn between the two, Cockneys Vs Zombies has come with a much more brash kind of humour.
And this is a very British kind of humour. You’ve got your slapstick (see OAP “sprinting” from one of the undead), and you’ve got your jokes that can be tough to get outside of the UK. For instance, football hooliganism makes an impact in a fashion the world has not yet seen.
No, Cockneys Vs Zombies really is a new film entirely, and should be treated with so. An original in its own right. Alan Ford plays the part of the forever East End Grandad, Ray Macguire, and he pretty much steals the show. He and the rest of the pensioners somehow put up the strongest fight, and are more than capable o holding the fort.
The DVD comes with extras seen on every DVD – trailers, behind the scenes footage etc. But it also comes with the Zombie School film, shown to all the extras about how to become your “inner zombie”. The effects throughout the film are good, with a lot of emphasis on the blood and gore. But with a film named Cockneys Vs Zombies, would you expect any less?
Chris Droney