Edgar Wright's unique film, a kind of live action animation with clever use of written sound effects, my favourite being the 'Ring Ring' which you can see reflected on a kitchen unit; use of video game environment also unique and funny (the Universal logo and theme as interpreted here are inspired). Michael Cera must have done quite a bit of fighting / stunt work. Based on Bryan Lee O'Malley graphic novel, adapted by Wright and Michael Bacall.
With Cera is Alison Pill, Ellen Wong, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jason Schwartzman and Brie Larson (who today won Oscar for Room).
Shot by Bill Pope, edited by Jonathon Amos (Attack the Block) and Paul Machliss (The World's End, The IT Crowd), film is noisy, exuberant fun, and seems to have a bit of the madcap 'sixties in it and - were I an expert in the subject - I'd wager there's something of martial arts films about it too (hero being set several challenges).
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