Ant-Man: 10 Reasons Edgar Wright's Departure Dooms The Film

3. Wright Is An Excellent Director Of Action

Aside from a treasure trove of nerdy references, the other common theme of Edgar Wright's back catalogue is innovative action sequences. Arguably, there isn't a single director who can match Wright for stylised and inventive sequences of violence. In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Wright shows a remarkable flair for transferring the panels of a comic book organically into a cinematic format. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz both served as perfect parodies of the action sequences in their chosen genre. In Shaun, Wright repeatedly drew on the gratuitously over-the-top violence of zombie movies, whereas Fuzz focused on car chases and the inevitable one-liners that accompany each addition to the body count of a cop film. That's before reaching The World's End, which is a perfect example of how to manage chaotic sci-fi violence. With blue goo taking the place of blood, Wright is able to push boundaries in ways that would make a director like Gareth Evans (The Raid) salivate like a Pavlovian pooch. The sight of Nick Frost swinging a bar stool at aliens ('I f**king hate this town!') is something that isn't easy to forget. Given a slightly heightened reality, Wright is an absolute master of the fight scene. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, his unique touch could've elevated Ant-Man to really take advantage of its premise to produce action scenes that balance hilarity, brutality and weirdness to perfect effect.