I missed this one in the cinema and got it for xmas and decided to make it my birthday movie! I’m a fan of the filmmaking team of Wright/Pegg/Frost. I still think I’d rank Shaun of the Dead as the height of this “trilogy” and that this and “Hot Fuzz” are more-or-less tied for second. For those who don’t know the film is about a pub crawl that happens to coincide with a sort-of alien invasion.
As an action-comedy director I can’t think of anyone who holds a candle to Edgar Wright. His films skip right along, and they are filled with fantastic and fun action. There’s an amazing sequence in here wherein the group is surrounded and fighting the “blanks” as they’re called all the while Simon Pegg continues to try and finish his pint. It’s comedy gold. The film is full of that. Frost and Pegg again show why they’re such a solid team here and really play to the emotions when needed. Simon is in fantastically fine form here.
If I have a complaint it’s that the epilogue just feels… strange, not sure that’s the route I would have taken it - though I suppose it works and makes sense. At any rate I’m not going to spoil it. If you’ve seen the other films from this team then you’ll likely enjoy this one too!
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