Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Get ready for the most thrilling and visually explosive movie of the summer. And, you only had to wait until August for it. Even those who are sick and tired of Michael Cera will be believers again (or be believers for the first time if you hated Superbad).

Cera stars as Scott Pilgrim - a Canadian slacker who plays bass in a band that will not be challenging Rush for the title of Canada's Greatest Rock Group. In between band rehearsals, the 22-year old Scott is romancing a high school girl, Knives Chau (Ellen Wong), but he has become mesmerized with a delivery woman with wild hair and intense eyes, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).

He wants her, but, to win Ramona's heart, Scott learns he must defeat her 7 Evil Exes.

Does Scott have what it takes to defeat these villainous lovers?

Is he ready to cheat on Knives?

I was worried this one wouldn't live up to the hype, but writer/director Edgar Wright has made Scott Pilgrim vs. The World into a movie that is visually cool, excellently quirky and exhilarating from start to finish with a frenetic pace that never stops. High voltage is the best way to describe this film that combines action, comedy, superhero style and drama to be something unlike anything you have seen before.

Based on the graphic novels from Bryan Lee O'Malley, Wright and co-writer Michael Bacall take the arcade game feel of the material and make it feel real, no matter how silly it gets. Often, we'll complain about how a movie is nothing more than a video game with our hero taking on new adversaries, conquering them, and moving onto the next level (Clash of the Titans), but that's the premise of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and works perfectly.

Mostly, that's because you are going to love the cast. Cera is the last person you might see as a heroic figure who can defeat 7 dastardly foes, and that's why we laugh.

Kieran Culkin provides highlight after highlight as Scott's domineering roommate who always has something smooth, snarky and funny to say.

Winstead is perfect as the unattainable woman that can get under any man's skin until he just can't take the sexual tension anymore.

Finally, Mark Webber, Alison Pill and Johnny Simmons are hilarious as the band that also serves as Scott's best friends with witty and truthful zingers about his situation.

Wright gives Scott Pilgrim vs. The World a great style combining that hipster mumblecore flat unemotional and independent tone with high energy visuals and action.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is rated PG-13 for stylized violence, sexual content, language and drug references.