The World’s End is
about a bunch of friends who just won’t grow up. They’re lured into delivering
a never-ending laugh fest while trying to drink themselves to an early grave.
The World’s End is
a fine comedy and a fitting end to the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy
(a series of comedy films directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon
Pegg, produced by Nira Park, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost). It
follows Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007).
The World’s End has
an unbelievable twist involving an alien invasion, and I guarantee you won’t
see it coming. Compared to its predecessors, it lacks the over-the-top humor
of Shaun of the Dead and the heightened imagination of Hot Fuzz.
But in the end, The World’s End is still a must-watch.
The story
follows a group of friends led by Gary King (Simon Pegg), an alcoholic who
tracks down his high school buddies to complete the Golden Mile—an infamous pub
crawl (visiting and drinking at multiple pubs in one night) covering 12 pubs in
their hometown of Newton Haven.
Twenty years
earlier, the group attempted this crawl but failed to reach the final pub, The
World’s End. Now, Gary is determined to finish what they started and ropes in
his old friends: Peter Page (Eddie Marsan), Oliver "O-Man"
Chamberlain (Martin Freeman), Steven Prince (Paddy Considine), and Andy
Knightley (Nick Frost).
The journey
starts off well, but things take a wild turn when Gary gets into a fistfight
with a man in the bathroom. After decapitating him, Gary realizes the man isn’t
human.
Faced with this
shocking discovery, the group decides to continue the pub crawl to avoid
drawing attention to themselves. Spoiler: it doesn’t work.
The visual
effects in the movie are decent, and the stunts are impressive, thanks to Brad
Allen, who’s part of Jackie Chan’s martial arts team.
If you get the
chance to see this film, be ready to be entertained. For me, this might not be
the best work from the trio of Pegg, Frost, and Wright, but it stands on its
own as a good movie to watch any day.
The sad part,
though, is that this might be the last movie the trio makes together. It’s a
shame because their films are always a guaranteed basket of laughs. This was
like their last hurrah, although it did not gather the same laughs as the
others, it was a nice end to the trilogy.
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