Michael Cera and comic-book-video-game-esque story-line – how could the combination really go wrong. It didn’t take much convincing for me to go check this movie out that’s for sure! The movie is vastly entertaining on so many levels though I’m not sure to the non-gaming or non-geeky public how much they would “get it”.

Michael Cera is a young musician who falls for this amazon delivery girl, Ramona Flowers. To win her he must first beat her seven evil exes (one who interestingly turns out to be a girl!) who are coming to kill him in a street-fighter /mortal kombat type reference. Kieran Culkin makes an interesting and actually engaging appearance as his gay roommate.

The visuals are simply stunning and inventive (its not like many movies you’ll have seen) but what really entertained me was the quick-witted, punny and even sometimes plain silly, but appealing, dialogue. It had me wetting my pants with laughter. Additionally, I love the fact that the movie had a lot of pop culture references.

No doubt about it this is a movie for geeks – but one that deserves to be watched again and again and again.