Edgar Wright made his debut as a director earlier that some people could realize, as A handle of fingers Even presented his work on the cult sitcy series Space. He then became better known for his feature films from the 2000s, and he remained prolific in the 2020s, 2025 being the year when his adaptation of Stephen Kingnovel, The racing manSorte (finally, King wrote it under his Richard Bachman pseudonym). Also, Wright has almost directed AntBut that did not work, with his following projects, including Driver,, The Sparks Brothers (a documentary), and Last night in Soho. These films all have a good deal to offer, just like A handle of fingersSurprisingly, but his most impressive series of films, as a director, came between 2004 and 2013. He has a style well suited to comedy, and since 2013, he focused on the production of fun films, and these films have not been so good.
GOOD, The Sparks Brothers was comical and very strong, but also, it is difficult to compare it to his non -documentary films. And it could be a coincidence that the best films of Edgar Wright happen to be comedies, but it may not be the case, and if he returned one day in this genre, it would be cool. For the moment, however, of course … he has experienced the production of other kinds of films at moderate levels of success. Driver had nice style and sequences, even if it was awkwardly done each time he was trying to be a novel film. And Last night in Soho It was a good, but not quite a horror / mystery film. But to focus on the best of the best – the most positive – here are Edgar Wright’s films that feel like modern classicsOr could well classify for classical status in a few years, classified below from the big to the largest.
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“The World’s End” (2013)
Putting: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine
The third film in Edgar Wrightthematic Cornetto trilogy (Three genre films that are also comedies with Simon Pegg And Nick Frost in the main roles in all), The end of the worldis generally considered to be the lowest in the group, and perhaps understandable. However, he seems to sleep, to a certain extent, because it is like a film A while the other two obtain rights, or perhaps even A +notes. It is a little darker and more mature, which could perhaps discourage certain people, but the balance of comedy and surprising drama is well done here and, with hindsight, it marks a pivot for Wright, which began to make fewer films centered on comedy after 2013. The end of the world Also works as a rather dark look to age and desperately hunt its glory days of several years in the past.
Some people do not give the end of the world the credit it deserves, and I hope that the weather will be nice.
The story sees an isolated and desperate man bringing some of his old friends together to try to recreate – and fully complete – a bar attempt from bar they made when they were younger, but enthusiasm is not high, and the complications ensue … smaller, at the beginning, then wilder as the film passes. It is easy to say what genres the other Cornetto trilogy The films have repercussions, but it’s like a spoiler to say what The end of the world ends up being. It is not as often funny, but the comparative lack of laughter is compensated by the pathos inherent in this filmAnd things that it takes more seriously. Again, the main thing is that some people do not give it the credit it deserves, and I hope that time will be nice to it (it is possible, because it is the kind of film that could well strike stronger and be more emotionally the oldest).
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“Scott Pilgrim against the world” (2010)
Featuring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong
A few years before The end of the worldEdgar Wright Scott Pilgrim against the worldAnd this one was very different, being more full of action and a little more clumsy overall, even if he had things to say about meetings and love in the modern era … in a very increased way, certainly. This also stands out among the previous Wright films because it is not part of the Cornetto trilogyAnd it was not as British as therefore, which takes place in Toronto and mainly having American and Canadian actors in its distribution. It is also the best of Wright’s non-British films, and perhaps its most visually visually also visually. It often looks very directly like a comic strip and / or a video game brought to life, which is suitable because it was based on a series of comics. The story here is also brilliant, the House Scott Pilgrim being in love with a woman who has several ex, and he must defeat them all to have a chance to be in relation to her.
So there is a lot of explosive action and visuals, and it is a film with a little heart, the exploitation of truths on love thematic while being stylistically exaggerated. Either way, Scott Pilgrim against the world meets, and was apparently fun to do … which checks, because there is a lot of fun having to look at it too. Also, when monitored today, Scott Pilgrim against the world Really impresses with the casting, because there have been a lot of monuments presented in this film which would become real stars in the years that followed (in particular, Kieran Culkin,, Brie Larson,, ABREY PLAZAAnd Chris Evans).
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“Hot Fuzz” (2007)
Featuring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent
Hot Fuzz is the second film of Cornetto trilogySo yes, retreat us through these. It is a parody of action films while being a great action film, and once again, the balancing act performed here is really impressive. In addition, Simon Pegg can play a super competent character in this area, as opposed to his other two Croissant Roles, and it’s cool. Shortly after Hot Fuzzher Mission: Impossible The character has also become more practical, so … coincidence? Maybe not. In Hot Fuzzhe Plays a cop prospered in London, but fights with his new role as a police officer operating in a apparently calm country city. Everything is a bit undisputed and tedious, even if most of the people who live there seem otherwise happy, but some of these people are starting to die violently, and a real mystery is suddenly there to be resolved.
And although it never completely moves away from comedy, the approximately average third of Hot Fuzz is in fact quite engaging as mystery, then when he explodes in action in the final act, it is also an explosion. He parody and gentle tribute of classic action films like Break And Bad boys II (In other words, the best), and all the shootings and gusts of action are just as impactful and daring as all the pieces of comedy that you expect. Hot Fuzz Feels extremely confident, with regard to cinema, and it ends up being a really interesting mixture of genres. It is funny when it is necessary to be, sometimes shocking and always respectful of the action films which preceded it while nevertheless being willing to do its own thing with certain conventions inherent in the kind of action. As long as you don’t bother you with a fairly graphic violence (although excessive), Hot Fuzz is very easy to recommend.
Hot Fuzz
- Release date
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February 14, 2007
- Execution time
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121 minutes
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“Shaun of the dead” (2004)
Featuring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
As this is one of the best comedies of the past decades, he feels good to crown Shaun of the dead in place n ° 1 here, even if Hot Fuzz is just behind. It is the classification equivalent of the film with a photo finish, the finalist being as close as possible to the winner without literally a draw. And the best way to describe Shaun of the dead that is to say that it is for zombie movies what Hot Fuzz Made for Buddy Cop / Action films. There are parts of Shaun of the dead This is laughing at zombie films of yesteryear, while at other times, it works like a surprisingly good zombie film. The final act is particularly intense and puts Shaun of the dead In the running for the crown of the best zombie film overall which was not directed by the goat itself, George A. Romero.
But it also goes for a very different thing, pushing further in comic waters that, say, the satirical – but not constantly comical – Dawn of the dead. This is part of what is Shaun of the dead So entertaining: it is a lot of emotionally and tonnement. It also works as a kind of count and as a film on someone who is no longer entirely young, but who is always inexperienced with things in the world. And he strives to put his life on the right track, but It is also all in the middle of an epidemic of zombies. And, as a source of humor, this approach to premise and narration never really agesNo more than some of the social comments for which dead enemies are used here (it’s a very Romro touch, at least). Shaun of the dead is just another film by Edgar Wright which works entirely while feeling extremely intelligent, and it is remarkably well held in the 20th and more (!) During its initial release.
