The World's End

A classmate planted the phrase, "I didn't believe the ending," in my head when talking about this movie. That's the phrase that first came to me when the climax eventually arrived. It just didn't seem plausible for me that an all-powerful alien race was that convinced by the drunken rants of three middle-aged British men to forgo their invasion goals and bring about the technology apocalypse. Here's why that ultimately doesn't matter to me. Edgar Wright knows how to stage exciting comedies and The World's End made me laugh (Gary's confidence in the beginning, the boys arguing over the term…

John Chard

2016-08-25

⭐ 8

Just three cornetto's, give them to me! Who's the helmet without a helmet? Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright reconvene to close down the cornetto trilogy that had began with Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Here we find Pegg as a card carrying alcoholic who coerces his old mates into undertaking a fabled drinking binge in their home town of New Haven. But things are not as they used to be... This simply isn't on the same level as "Sean and Fuzz", but that doesn't remotely make it a duffer of a film. Weight of expectation was enormous, and rightly so, but although it doesn't carry …

Peter McGinn

2020-09-20

⭐ 6

This movie was divided into three parts for me. First there were the set-up scenes: Gary arranging the reunion tour and providing background of the five friends. It was fairly predictable and I found it almost impossible to overcome my dislike for the Gary character. It was only because I was slightly distracted by something else that I kept watching it. Then at about the 35-40 minute mark, it got better. There were action scenes, of course, but even the humor seemed to pick up the pace, and there was a little character development and growth. It was fun viewing for a long time. Then there…

r96sk

2022-08-26

⭐ 7

I finally watched the final part of the so-called Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. I'm not actually a massive fan of the preceding two films, like don't get me wrong they are good films - I've just never been, unlike the majority it seems, overtly into them. <em>'The World’s End'</em> continues that trend. Early on I was actually expecting this to be great to me, but it basically levels out by the end; <em>'Hot Fuzz'</em> (3½*) remains my fav. As alluded to, the first chunk of the film I was properly enjoying it - I was really liking the vibe of it. Then the twist happens. It's actually …

GenerationofSwine

2023-01-14

⭐ 10

Let's start on a positive note...the fight scenes were brilliant, certainly the funniest parts of the movie. A bunch of drunks that can kill robots...not robots with action movie style and professional wrestling moves is almost too funny to watch. Seeing Pegg and Black's characters interchanged was fresh as well, especially since Black pulls off the lovable Pub king and Pegg does a good job of looking like an old alcoholic. And the last determined dash to hit the final two pubs was classic... ...but not of the same caliber as the previous two in the unofficial trilogy. The alien th…

CinemaSerf

2025-10-10

⭐ 7

“Gary” (Simon Pegg) is trying to get his four childhood friends to return to their hometown to complete a pub crawl of it’s dozen boozers after their initial attempt after their last day at school fizzled out. Adulthood has seen them go their separate ways, and not without their baggage either, but he hopes that former best mate “Andy” (Nick Frost); “Oliver” (Martin Freeman) and his sister “Sam” (Rosamund Pike), “Steve” (Paddy Considine) and “Pete” (Eddie Marsan) will all go with him. Upon their arrival in his ancient Ford Cortina, they quickly realise that the pubs have not just lost much of …