Edgar Wright: The Definitive Guide To Homages, Influences And References

By Edward Owen /

The choreography in the fight itself €“ especially Andy€™s moves €“ are a reference to The Matrix€™s similarly shot hand-to-hand combat scenes. This isn€™t an accident €“ The World€™s End€™s cinematographer Bill Pope also worked on The Matrix films. Another fight reference where Wright gets to embrace his inner geek comes near the end of the encounter, where Andy a blank up above his head and snaps his back like Bane does to Batman in The Dark Knight Rises. Of course, Andy appears to do it in a much more brutal manner, with the Blank€™ spine coming out of his front €“ if that happened to Batman, I don€™t think he would€™ve been able to make his way back to Gotham.