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5.0 out of 5 starsOne of our best comedic directors turns to action.
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2024
Edgar Wright is the best comedic director alive, using dramatic lighting changes, musical cues, and snappy editing to an amazing degree (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, Scott Pilgrim) when other dumb comedies rely entirely on straight shots and dialogue--not that these other movies aren't fun, too, just that Wright approaches comedy from a very artistic place that honors the medium of film instead of just standup comedians riffing.
In this film, however, it's not the laughs that shine, but the action and the cool. Wright does use his editing skills like a boss in this film, and the cast is remarkably stacked with stars playing second to a lesser known actor in a very interesting role. The action sequences are great, especially some car chases that are the best I've seen (I am not a fan of the over-the-top, digitized mayhem of the usual car-based action films).
But where Wright really relies on his bag of tricks is in lining up the action and mood with a killer soundtrack. Pay close attention to the music as you watch something even as mundane as the character walking down the street. Wright said basically that he was making a musical without any singing, and he succeeds.
Last note: Jamie Foxx is really unhinged and menacing in this movie as the type of person I would never, ever want to meet in real life. Kevin Spacey is also menacing, though in a laconic, controlled way.
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