Dead Right

Edgar Wright has become a famous director in the 21st century, especially for the Cornetto Trilogy starring Simon Pegg. What you might not have known is that the middle entry in the trilogy is a remake of a short film directed by Wright in 1993. "Dead Right" depicts a detective investigating some murders in a small town, with the characters occasionally breaking the fourth wall.

Like a lot of movies made by aspiring directors, this shows a real love of cinema (and in this case, we get the wry British humor). If you enjoy zany stuff, then this is the movie for you.

Yes its amateurish and very low budget with not so great acting BUT (i have to write a big one) the movie is very good despite all of that. Edgar Wright made this movie when he was 18 years old. As a student i saw a lot off movies made by young directors and none off them was great as this one. Dead Right script have a great plot focused on details. In every scene something new and fresh is happening - you will never get bored. Back then Edgar Wright had the talent but didn't have the budget. If you are a fan of his work i strongly recommend you to watch his beginning.

Here's Exhibit A for proving one doesn't need a big budget or particularly talented cast to create a gem. Meta as hell before that was even a word in our lexicon. And childishly (in a good way) hilarious. This proves Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz (my own favorite), etc. Weren't flukes. They were a matter of destiny.

"This film is certified 18, which means that, while it may be of an adult nature, it may also be extremely infantile. Viewers are warned of poor jokes, bad production values, and frequently painful acting."

A very honest and accurate description of Edgar Wright's film debut. "Dead Right" is a low-budget (or more precisely no-budget) forty-minute crime-horror-action comedy that suffers from all of the above. Filmed on weekends over the whole year on VHS, it was written, directed and edited by then-eighteen-year-old Edgar Wright, who entrusted the roles to his amateur friends. But despite all the objective flaws, this film already shows Wright's great talent for screenwriting and directing, a specific sense of humor and a subtle feel for details. There's also Wright's distinctive ability to successfully combine multiple genres, not just into the same film, but into the same scene, which will make him famous a decade later in the "Shaun of the Dead", "Hot Fuzz" and "The World's End" trilogy. What's more, "Hot Fuzz" was in a way derived from this film, with which it shares many qualities, including some scenes. If you love Wright, don't miss this one.

7/10