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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jane Austen's celebrated classic about Regency social manners and aristocratic romance meets George A Romero-style zombies in this consistently engaging and precision-tooled mash-up based on Seth Grahame-Smith's 2009 parody novel. Set 70 years after a pandemic of the living dead isolates London and keeps the gentry to their country piles, the story remains anchored by Austen's original hero and heroine, only here feisty Elizabeth Bennet (pitch-perfect Lily James) is a martial arts and weapons expert, who joins Colonel Darcy (deliciously deadpan Sam Riley) in fighting off the zombie menace while figuring out her conflicted feelings. Director Burr Steer's perversely clever construct is superbly cast with a roster of costume drama favourites (Lena Headey, Charles Dance, Downton's James) but it's hilarious Matt Smith who steals every scene as dozy Parson Collins. By playing things completely straight in both the bodice-ripping/heaving bosom and zombie horror departments, it also means the potency of the swashbuckling splatter is crucially reinforced, while epic panoramas and polished production values add enormously to the success of the glossy contrasts. The almost Python-esque daffiness is another welcome surprise in this fresh and flesh-eating tale of two well-collided genres.

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Cast

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Elizabeth BennetLily James
Mr DarcySam Riley
Lady Catherine de BourghLena Headey
Parson CollinsMatt Smith
Mr WickhamJack Huston
Mr BingleyDouglas Booth
Mr BennetCharles Dance
Jane BennetBella Heathcote
Mrs BennetSally Phillips
Kitty BennetSuki Waterhouse
Lydia BennetEllie Bamber
Caroline BingleyEmma Greenwell
Mrs FeatherstoneDolly Wells
Aunt PhillipsPooky Quesnel
GeorgianaMorfydd Clark

Crew

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DirectorBurr Steers

Details

Theatrical distributor
Lionsgate
Released on
2016-02-11
Languages
English | Japanese | Chinese
Guidance
Violence
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour

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