Why "Last Night in Soho" is Bad.
"Last Night in Soho" is a film by Edgar Wright, a director famous for the famed Cornetto trilogy ("Shaun of the Dead", "Hot Fuzz" and "The World's End") as well as "Baby Driver" and its stylish use of sound and movement. The movie is Wright's seeming attempt at actual horror (unlike the comedic horror of "Shaun of the Dead"). This is a movie with fantastic acting, crazy good photography, lighting and technical shots/camera effects that are absolutely stunning. Despite all of this, you can't escape 2 of the most important facets of horror movies: writing and editing. The story itself is... fine? It's a statement about violence against women, revenge and I guess mental health, to some degree. I'm all for a good statement about how important it is to raise awareness around violence against women, but it's been done substantially better for movies made long before this (see: "Irreversible". Or