The World's End (2013) User Reviews

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright has been one of the biggest success stories of British cinema of the past decade.

[nesfilmreviews · 8/10 · 23 August 2013]

The movie-making team of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright has been one of the biggest success stories of British cinema of the past decade. With "Shaun of the Dead" (2004) and "Hot Fuzz" (2007), the trio demonstrated originality, ingenuity, and most significantly, capable of drawing a large, appreciative audience. Now they're back with the long-awaited third movie of what's become unofficially known as the "Cornetto trilogy." Like it's predecessors, director Edgar Wright loves paying homage to American cinema; "Shaun" pays its respects to George Romero, "Fuzz" nods its head to over the top action, buddy flicks, and "World's End" takes a page from our classic American sci-fi films.

In "The World's End," 20 years after attempting an epic pub-crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell-bent on trying the drinking marathon once again. Once convinced to stage an encore by Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year- old man trapped in the mindset of his mid 20's, drags his reluctant friends back to their hometown, and once again attempt to reach the fabled pub - The World's End.

"The World's End" plays on the notion that any time you return to your old stomping grounds, changes are inevitable. Upon returning to their small town roots—a place so boring it boasts about having the first roundabout in all of England—the crew notices that things are a little strange. As it turns out, the town residents are now blue- blooded alien robots. Pretty soon, the group of friends find they are not only fighting to recapture who they once were, but to preserve who they are.

"The World's End" follows similar thematic and structural paths as the other films in the trilogy. While it is definitely intended as a satirical spoof on one level, it also works just as well as a fully functional sci-fi story. You have elements of body snatching, invasions, and more than a few overt nods to John Carpenter's classic "They Live" (1998), in the way the aliens integrate into their society and take over. It's satire in such a loving fashion that it comes across as infectiously charming.

If there is anything to criticize here, maybe it's that the genre is a bit more skewered and less defined than in its predecessors. However, "The World's End" does cap an unofficial trilogy, and the grievance is overly critical given the nature of the movies. Long-time fans of the trilogy will appreciate the reversal of roles, casting Pegg as the selfish screw-up, and Frost as the one who has it together. This allows Pegg to fully unleash his gift for gab, and for Frost to show off his considerable skill for physical comedy.

With great gags, better fights, and fan pleasing cameos, "The World's End" is exactly the sort of British-accented, genre-blending pleasure we've come to expect from its creative trio, and we can only anticipate to what the future holds.

Great concept and cast, with lousy execution

[Thundercats85 · 6/10 · 29 November 2022]

I remember watching this when it first came out and being highly disappointed, since I love practically anything that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are in together. The World's End is definitely the weakest outing.

I decided to give it another go after some time and space, but it turns out, it's just not that great of a movie. I love the overall plot outline, but something feels terribly off in the pacing and dialogue. It doesn't help that Pegg's character comes off as more grating than lovable loser. And there's all this tension, aggravation, and awkwardness between the characters, that it feels really off-putting. Definitely not a group of people I would enjoy being on a pub crawl with. Does anyone really believe that they would band together after all these years, regardless of a dead (but actually still alive) mother of a not very likable character?

The alien threat is both real and non-existent at the same time. They can easily recreate simulants without much trouble. But at the same time, the robots can be taken down easily by drunken middle-aged men. We find out they were really trying to move humanity forward to be part of a galactic community. But then give up after a drunken shouting match with Gary, one of humanity's worst specimens. How about talking with a Prime Minister or President instead? Yeah, yeah, it's a comedy, but come on.

Anyway, this could have been something great. It had everything going for it; a great cast, momentum from Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright behind the wheel, etc. But instead, it was a disjointed and somewhat chaotic mess. Not one of the charming, quotable, and cosy films that we're used to with this group.

The End Of The Trilogy Is Nigh

[CalRhys · 19 July 2013]

So last night from 7.30pm through 2am. I sat through the Cornetto trilogy at the Vue cinema in my hometown, Worcester. Watching 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' again really boosted the hype for what was to follow, come midnight... 'The World's End' began!

So the film started like every other Cornetto film, allowing us to get attached to our lead characters, learning a bit about their backgrounds through comical contexts! The film follows our five leads, portrayed by Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine and Eddie Marsan, whom 20 years after a failed pub crawl, reunite to repeat the crawl and return to their hometown, Newton Haven, to do so. However, all is not what it seems. Over the due course of the night, the gang began to discover that the town has been taken over by robots attempting to "reform humankind", completing the crawl becomes the least of their worries.

The film is extremely clever, like Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz they have mixed two genres, this time Sci-Fi and Comedy, to create a film on par with the rest. From the first pint all the way through to the "bitter end.. or lager end" the crew have to use their wits to avoid being detected and caught by the pursuing robots, all of which ends with devastating consequences. It is a must-see if you enjoyed the other two. Edgar Wright's trilogy has come to a fantastic end!

Barely tolerable

[CSHaviland · 6/10 · 31 August 2013]

Normally I really enjoy movies written by Simon Pegg. I especially liked Shaun of the Dead and Paul. This movie really stumbled.

Remember that scene in Shaun of the Dead in which they decide the best thing to do is head toward a pub and defend themselves from the zombie horde from there? This movie makes that idea its central theme, changing the zombies into some sort of alien robots, and multiplying the pubs. That's it.

Paul had me laughing out loud every minute or two, and I never get tired of watching it. The World's End gave me just a couple of chuckles throughout the film. And I almost nodded off several times.

The setup before the robots appeared was too long and tedious, and after the robots appeared I couldn't quite understand why our characters kept running from pub to pub. And worse, I didn't much care.

It just wasn't silly enough, witty enough, or clever enough to hold my attention.

Wait, This Movie Had A Great Rating

[homdeb1058 · 6/10 · 1 September 2013]

I thought this movie was mediocre at best. I laughed out loud a few times--as did the rest of the audience, but other than that I found it boring and actually nodded off twice. One of the girls sitting in front of me stated, "well it wasn't a bad movie, but it wasn't that good either", which I thought summed it up pretty well. The biggest shock was that it had a 7.9 IMDb rating which normally indicates a potentially "great" movie in any category--especially a comedy. (anything above a 7 tends to consistently be what I consider a GOOD movie).I give it a 5.5 or maybe 6. THere were several other movies in the same theater with lower IMDb ratings that, in retrospect, I wished I had spent my time and money on.

Funking Great

[the_bandersnatch · 7/10 · 19 July 2013]

Saw it at a midnight premier last night (free Cornettos were given out!) and myself and the rest of the audience were laughing throughout, having a thoroughly enjoyable time. I thought it was great, definitely on a par with Hot Fuzz, though - to me - not quite as good as Shaun of the Dead, which is fair enough as it is one of my all-time favourites. It is definitely a worthy close to the "trilogy" though, and it stands up well against the other two.

Amongst the highlights were seeing another former Bond actor, even if it was in a small role, along with various other regulars from the past films and Spaced - Tyres, Julia Deaking (Marsha), Bill Nighy's voice, Mark Heap, et al.

With a plot as ludicrous as this one the film relies on the strength of it's leads to succeed, and they pull it off admirably. I liked that there was a role reversal of Pegg and Frost's usual character dynamic, with Frost especially noteworthy in his performance. The lads have clearly come a long way over the years. Pegg is clearly having a whale of a time, and carries us the audience along with him. Having such a talented group of back-up actors in Marsan, Considine and Freeman helps massively too.

I feel they missed a trick by not using the line "You've got blue on you", though.

Gary - you're free

[pyrocitor · 10/10 · 1 January 2016]

The Smashing Pumpkins may have mused that 'The End is the Beginning is the End,' but Edgar Wright knew better. He knew that for his beloved 'Cornetto Trilogy,' he would need an ending that could somehow tie up all of its strains of manic, voracious genre pastiche, savage wit and silliness, and, most importantly, its symphony to the reluctant aging of the schlubby, post- Shaun adult male. He knew he needed to do something special.

So, in the words of Shaun, "what do you mean, DO something?" Well, getting the old gang together for a nostalgia-fuelled 'one last job' pub crawl, charged with more emotional weight and subtext than meets the eye should about do it. In this regard, Cornetto #3 is by far the most personal, mature, reflective, bittersweet and cognizant film in Wright's oeuvre. It knowingly winks at his past works (don't forget to say hi to Brian, Marsha, and Tires, listen for the fruit machine, and enjoy an appropriately sly Cornetto cameo), while introducing some of his most hysterically snappy wordplay yet ("maybe it's a windoor...!"). And, as no Wright film could ever be that straightforward, it's also, naturally, about the end of the world. Duh.

To some, The World's End will be a cracking sci-fi pastiche - Invasion of the Body Snatchers handled with the chilly British terseness of The Day of the Triffids. To others, it's a riotous, boozy action-comedy with a kickass set of tunes, and prime viewing before hitting the pub (or several) with your mates. All of these things are true. But for me, it will always be a film about growing up. A film about finding closure, and purpose. A film about coming home and moving on at once. A film encouraging the Gary King in all of us to make peace with friends, the past, the future, and ourselves. It's the perfect filmic encapsulation of playing James Bond video games in my adolescent basement. And it's a film about pursuing your dreams, even - nay, especially - if your dreams are pointless, idiotic, and involve a sh*t-ton of drinking.

Things get going at an almost ponderously slow and repetitive pace, forcing the viewer to be bludgeoned by Gary King, alongside his estranged high school buddies, into going on his quest with him. The tone is fun, but with a bit of an edge, Pegg bravely playing obnoxious at full tilt, keeping it unclear as to whether you can or should like him. But, upon arriving in the impossibly quaint Newton Haven (and here Wright coins the most on-the-nose term for cultural assimilation and the dearth of family-run local business: "Starbucking". Remember that theme; it'll come in handy later), things pick up, and then some. Here, King's raucous enthusiasm becomes almost worrisome, especially in contrast with his bemused buddies, all more content to act their ages. Thankfully, the sci-fi framework comes to the rescue right when King is on the cusp of having to be serious. The solution, like fellow extraterrestrial alcoholicomedy Grabbers? Keep drinking - to "blend in", of course. And, as the Doors kick in, that's where the fun really begins.

Wright's characteristic swish-pans and dynamic sound effects, paired with some of the most intricately crunchy fight choreography seen in ages make The World's End thrilling in the most visceral sense. There's no purer cinematic joy than a long-take tracking shot of Pegg weaving in and out of a chaotic robot throwdown, stepping on bar stools and counter tops, sipping his pint and throwing the occasional like a tipsy Buster Keaton, and it's impossible not to share in Wright's glee. The robot designs are eerily simple, the pace and physical slapstick are howlingly perfect, while the grim, sepia lighting is perfectly atmospheric for the intensifying sci-fi peril and slurring melodrama unfolding. And the climactic, belligerent belch of a speech demanding agency on behalf of the human race? I dare you to find more galvanizing words.

Gary King is a courageously different Simon Pegg than has been unleashed before, and his manic energy, boundless but strained charisma and desperate arrogance make for his most achingly human (but still hilarious) creation yet. Nick Frost also digs into unforeseen dramatic meat, pairing his juggernaut physical comedy with real pain and hard-won regret, all the funnier for being so truthful. There's also a gag involving him (literally) punching a clock which may be the funniest in Wright's oeuvre. Paddy Considine and Martin Freeman collectively ace the two sides of the middle-aged-hipster coin (post-meathead athletic emotional sensitivity and antiquated, bluetoothed tech-speak respectively), while Eddie Marsan finds both huge laughs and the most raw hangdog pathos in the sweetness of Peter Page. Sadly, in the film's only real fault, Edgar's boys club has no proper room for Rosamund Pike, and it's a real shame, as she's on typically superb form, and amiably hilarious to boot. As this instalment's former-007-turned- villain-with-uncomfortable-facial-hair, Pierce Brosnan tweaks his debonair charm and silky Irish accent to their most calmly sinister, while the inevitable Bill Nighy is deliciously bemused as a big lamp who just won't f*ck off back to Legoland.

The World's End (or, as everyone should henceforth refer to it, 'Smashy-Smashy-Egg-Men'), is not only a stupendously satisfying Cornetto resolution. It's perfectly paced, technically flawless, thrilling, hugely fun, and bravely emotional romp. It's arguably the funniest and most real mediation on friends, homecomings, and befuddled male aging to date. It's a belligerently, obstinately, chaotically, damn good film. It's something truly special. So hop into the Beast, blare those Soup Dragons, and ride Wright's beautiful disaster all the way to the bitter end. Or lager end. Because, be honest: what could be a more heartfelt answer to Primal Scream's recurring query - "Just what is it that you want to do?"

-10/10

The band is back together

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 3 June 2014]

Gary King (Simon Pegg) gathers up the childhood gang of Andy Knightley (Nick Frost), Oliver Chamberlain (Martin Freeman), Steven Prince (Paddy Considine) and Peter Page (Eddie Marsan) to return home to Newton Haven to complete The Golden Mile. It's a club crawl of 12 pubs that the boys failed back in the old days. Gary is still stuck in the past while the others have moved on and grown up. Gary is bent on drinking the Golden Mile, but the others are getting more sick of him. Then it gets weird. And Oliver's sister Sam (Rosamund Pike) joins the group.

The gang is back with some new friends. The first half has a few laughs but Gary has a patheticness about him. Things get weird. The jokes get funnier. I love the discourse about the meaning of words. The problem later on is that the pub crawl gets stupider and the group loses people. The final confrontation is long winded and not that funny. Also I don't like the epilogue. It doesn't make it funnier and it just extends the ending into a completely different place.

Another funny, clever, and wild one from Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright

[ikiru71-220-566499 · 8/10 · 25 August 2013]

If you seen the other two movies in the so-called Cornetto Trilogy ("Shaun of the Dead" & "Hot Fuzz") then you already know what to expect from "The World's End". Like the others it is funny and full of unexpected and crazy twists and turns. The story follows five friends who decide to reunite and finish the pub crawl they were not able to complete 20 years ago. Everything is going fine and then all hell breaks loose. You know you're probably in for a wild and fun ride and that is exactly what you get. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost kind of switch roles from their previous movies, Frost is the one that has it together and Pegg doesn't. It works well and they still maintain their great humor and wit. The supporting cast is equally funny with Eddie Marsan being a highlight. The movie if full of great one liners and some absolutely hilarious moment. If you liked "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" or if you just like wild and fun movies then you'll like "The World's End". It is funny, clever, and a hell of a ride.

Danger on the edge of town

[rooee · 7/10 · 23 July 2013]

Five pre-middle-aged male friends are drawn to Newton Haven, the site of their failed dozen-pub crawl as students in 1990. They're led by Gary King (Simon Pegg). He's the one who couldn't move on from that night; couldn't get a job like them, or get married like them. Reluctant revelry and bad-tempered banter ensues, before the gang discovers that the residents of the town have changed. That is, they have BEEN changed...

The World's End is considerably better than the ostensibly similar This Is The End, a super-indulgent American comedy which mistook f-bombs for humour and name-dropping for satire. Edgar Wright's film is indulgent also, but at the service of audience enjoyment, as opposed to the enjoyment of the players. The script is surprisingly dense and intricate, many of its jokes arriving bittersweet. In an era when so many comedies are heavily (and lazily) improvised, it's refreshing to watch a tightly woven story unfold for once.

The action scenes are given equal attention, lovingly choreographed like some kind of slapstick dance. Chief pugilist is Andrew, our sort-of-hero, played by Nick Frost with remarkable agility. This instalment is far less bloodthirsty than its predecessors - more Scott Pilgrim than Shaun.

The rest of the group is made up of Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, and Martin Freeman. The performances are all top-drawer, although it takes time for their individual personalities to emerge. But then, the fact that they are now practically indistinguishable may be the point - for all their disapproval of Gary, they are the ones playing it safe.

What's most impressive about The World's End is the fact that it's actually about something. Nostalgia is easy to indulge but difficult to deconstruct, but this film genuinely aspires to explore the idea of selective memory - as with a bad hangover, our memories tends to return in subjective spasms, and the truth is only accessible by gathering multiple witnesses. And the truth isn't always what it cracked up to be.

The World's End is, for me, the best of the "Cornetto Trilogy". Highly recommended.

Last orders, the end of a terrific trilogy

[asda-man · 9/10 · 26 August 2013]

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are two of the best British comedies ever made. Shaun of the Dead is obviously the best (although I may be biased due to being a horror hound) but Hot Fuzz is also brilliantly funny with a clever screenplay full of colourful and memorable characters. So you can imagine my excitement when The World's End was announced. And it top it off the final instalment of a consistently hilarious trilogy didn't disappoint. The World's End doesn't quite reach the heights of Shaun of the Dead, but I'd probably put it on par with Hot Fuzz. There is no greater mixture than Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Cornetto. It wins every time!

You know you're in safe hands as soon as the film begins. The same snappy editing and pastiche graces the screen as we're introduced to the characters we're going to be spending the rest of the film with through a flashback. It's a great comic sequence looking back at youth. Of course immature alcoholic, Simon Pegg wants to recreate the pub crawl he and his friends did. Trouble is they're all grown up with families and careers under their belt. Somehow they all end up going on the pub crawl and constant hilarity is assured. I would've been perfectly happy with this film without the aliens, because even when they're not there in the opening of the film it is still constantly entertaining with hilarious lines and great characterisation.

Once the aliens come into play the film becomes something more. I loved the scene where we first see them in the pub toilet. It's both hilarious and thrilling to see everyone do battle with mannequin-like creatures with bright blue blood squirting out. These action sequences are actually really well shot too. It normally annoys me when action sequences are shot too close, but here it worked thanks to the lack of quick cutting. It also emulated the claustrophobia of fighting so many aliens in such a closed environment. I loved how the film got progressively weirder as it went on, almost mimicking what it feels like to get more and more drunk. One could even say that the whole film is just in the drink-sizzled heads' of the protagonists'?

The characters are developed more and more as the film goes on. Towards the end there were even quite a few surprisingly emotional moments that worked really well. It's fantastic when you can really feel for the characters because they are so likable. I also liked the whole element of not knowing who had been replaced by an alien, like in The Thing. I even think that this idea could've been utilised more to get a feeling of paranoia, but it's no huge deal. The World's End is also never boring thanks to its fast pace and unpredictability. There's no way to predict what's going to happen next, because there are so many secrets to uncover. It almost reminded me of The Cabin in the Woods in the way it got crazier as it went on and all the more unpredictable for it.

It's sad that the trilogy is over, but at least it didn't end on a duff note. The World's End mixes sci-fi and action, but never forgets its most important genre, comedy. It's always funny and never takes itself too seriously either. It's full of wonderful characters who you grow to love as the film progresses and actually feel sorry for when they kick the bucket. The World's End left me feeling incredibly happy and raring to see it again. It's a clever ending to a clever trilogy that I'm sure will be sorely missed. So pour yourself a pint and watch with glee.

Wait for DVD

[Troy_Campbell · 6/10 · 8 August 2013]

Nine years after director Edgar Wright and comedic duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost teamed up for zombie p*ss-take Shaun of the Dead and six years on from their buddy-cop parody follow-up Hot Fuzz, comes the long awaited finale of this thematic trilogy (known by most as the "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy"). Part three turns its attention to sending up the alien invasion flick as a bunch of ex-school mates get together for a pub crawl but are ultimately forced to fight for their lives against a passive-aggressive race of blue-blooded androids. Sounds bonkers? That's because it is. Hilariously so? Unfortunately not. Where Shaun and Fuzz were actually quite clever in their humour and drew out consistent belly laughs, The World's End seems unrefined and rushed; the gags are more smile-worthy than laugh-out- loud. It also feels forced, both narratively and emotionally. The friendship between Pegg and Frost in their previous Cornetto outings (as well as with their American adventure Paul) was utterly genuine and subsequently generated an affection to go along with the comedy, however the relationship here is too overt in its efforts to gain poignancy and doesn't earn it as a result. Despite it's many flaws, there is still a plethora of reasons why fans will get their kicks though. Firstly, the leads have wisely surrounded themselves with terrific actors including Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike and - with a show-stealing turn - Eddie Marsan, whilst the cartoonish violence is again highly entertaining and a bathroom-set rumble that pays loving homage to The Warriors is one of the best brawls of the year. By no means a failure, but waiting for the DVD wouldn't be a bad option.

Not wholly successful but has good elements

[bob the moo · 13 January 2014]

When you're the third film in an unofficial trilogy that includes Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz then there is a lot of pressure on you to maintain that quality and unfortunately this film doesn't do that. There are good aspects to this comedy but not enough of it really comes together well enough to make it stand up to the previous two films. The plot here sees Gary King trying to reclaim happiness by convincing a group of his friends to revisit the "good old days" by going on a pub crawl they attempted when their lives lay ahead of them and they felt full of potential. However, when they do return to their home they feel like they have changed too much and should never have come back – but they are only half right, because they should not have come back, although it isn't them that has changed.

I like the ideas behind this film. On one hand we have a sci-fi movie which owes its debts to 1950's America while on the other we have a very British plot involving a pub crawl and someone who can't let go of the time in his life where he felt important and potent – a time which has left him behind and now appears a bit pathetic to still be trying to be the person he was rather than just moving on. This is a nice idea and it is one that occasionally goes somewhere but far too frequently it doesn't and it isn't consistently applied. It also doesn't help that Gary himself is a wholly unlikeable character; writing this type of person to work as someone we support is hard and the script never achieves it, it never consistently shows the cracks to the extent that you feel for him. Many of us will have a small part of Gary in us but the film never reaches it. It also doesn't help that the film seems to take his side at the end as well.

This gives us the sci-fi side and it does work better as an all out comedy sci-fi; the fight scenes are silly but yet well done and the action is quite engaging. That said it never feels grounded in the dreary British reality in the way that Hot Fuzz and Shaun managed to do so very well, so while it is decent, it never feels as clever or as special as the previous two films. It does have laughs and the film does have good elements so I don't think it is bad, just that it isn't really anywhere near as successful as it needed to be. The cast are mostly good but the material doesn't make the most of them. Pegg is the lead, has the toughest character and really can't make it work – not all his fault, but still. Nick Frost is better because his character is simpler and he is fun in the action sequences. Marsan, Considine and Freeman are better actors than the material they get given here – likewise the many familiar faces in support, from Brosnan down to Oram, although they do OK.

The World's End is not a bad film and if you liked the previous films then you'll be more likely to find things to enjoy here – but chances are you'll still feel a little disappointed as the aspects that made the previous films work so well don't really come together with this one.

It's okay....

[planktonrules · 6/10 · 22 December 2013]

"The World's End" is a very uneven film that I really, really wanted to like since I'd enjoyed the previous two films in this unofficial trilogy--"Sean of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz". However, despite some wonderful twists, the film seemed like the script had some good ideas but needed to be cleaned up a bit more. After all, some of the characters behaved oddly--and I am talking about long before the film was supposed to get odd.

The film begins with Gary (Simon Pegg) talking to other addicts in rehab about his 'good old days' of his youth and how he and his mates had always wanted to complete a 12 pub crawl in their home town. However, they never finished--as the alcohol finished them. Now, twenty years later, Gary has decided what he needs to do is NOT get sober but reassemble the old gang and finally finish the pub crawl. This aspect of the film was by far the weakest, as Gary was a thoroughly despicable jerk and his friends were supposedly successful members of society who didn't want to do the pub crawl--yet, completely inexplicably, they do. Why they all re-teamed was never properly established and until about a third of the way into the film, the film dragged and had few laughs.

Now I will admit that a third of the way into the film, things got freaky and a bit fun. I cannot say more, as it would destroy the surprises for you. But, from here on, most of the film consisted of chases and LOTS of special effects. It lacked the humor of the previous two films and seemed more an exercise in excess than anything else. Overall, this is a mildly amusing film and nothing more--and it sure should have been. Much of this is due to Pegg playing such an unlikable guy. At least in the prior films, he was likable as were his motley assortment of friends.

A little dissapionted (Quick Review, Please don't read if you like long reviews)

[mariogamer2000 · 7/10 · 19 July 2013]

Im a huge fan of Simon Pegg and nick frost, I loved the first two cornetto films. Did I love this movie like the first two instalments, No. But I still really liked it.

So The Worlds End stars of course, Simon Pegg and Nick frost. They play brand new characters once again and never the less do a good job of that. There always great(By the way Nick frost kicks some ass in this film). This film also stars Rosamund Pike,Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine. I have no complaints from the cast, I think they all did a good job. Surprisingly Rosamund pike was good and yet again plays a character named Sam.

Now about the humour. I was little let down by the Humour in this film, it was a little weak for me. Although there were a few laughs in there, only about twice worked really well for me. If im to be honest, this was more of an action film than a comedy, and yes you can argue the first two were also.

Which brings me to the action, the action scenes or the fight scenes if you like, were shot really really well, Edgar Wright done a superb job with those scenes and did a great job overall, he has definitely perfected his directing for the final instalment. But as I said before, the screenplay from Simon Pegg and Nick frost wasn't up to scratch for me, considering this was the final instalment of the cornetto trilogy. I felt it could of had a much better screenplay and been a lot more funnier.But the action was great, the CGI wasn't too bad, I mean you don't watch a comedy and expect amazing CGI. But it was good.

Overall I still really enjoyed this film. It was definitely entertaining, but if your a huge fan like me, you will probably feel a little let down. But never the less, this was still a fun film. I do recommend this if your a fan of the other instalments.

So Im going to give, The Worlds End a 3 and 1/2 Star rating. (7/10).

Like most films could of been a lot better, specially when you have talents like Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Thank you for reading my review(Sorry for my bad punctuation), and I hope you have a great time watching this film.

Cornetto Trilogy goes out with a 'zzz'

[stefan-woo · 6/10 · 23 July 2013]

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are two fantastic comedy action films, Both films contain lines which will be repeated and remembered fondly forever. However The World's End does not, Me and two other friends left the cinema completely unaffected by this film, We couldn't remember a single line or engaging moment in the whole film and apparently neither could the rest of the theater as the film barely got a laugh throughout, 2 people to our right, Left about 20 minutes from the end.

The pub crawl concept is actually decent but it was ruined by the lack of cohesion between the five main characters, You never really felt that these five were really lifetime friends, When some of them inevitably met their demise you honestly didn't care.

I also found it a bit strange seeing Simon Pegg in the role of the idiot and Nick Frost in the role of the serious character, Gary King played by Simon was not a likable idiot the same way Ed and Danny were.

The pacing of the film was very odd too, It starts off fairly smooth but suddenly goes all over the place, The last 30 minutes was directionless chaos with a forced in at the last minute message about Technology.

To put it simply, The World's End suffers from sequelitis, It was always going to be compared to the first two but you hoped it was good enough to stand on it's own two feet. Unfortunately it never did.

A fantastic conclusion to the Cornetto trilogy.

[ollie1939-97-957994 · 9/10 · 19 July 2013]

I didn't think this trilogy could get any better. However it somehow exceeded by expectations. With fantastic direction from Edgar Wright,smart writing from Wright and Simon Pegg and hilarious performances from Pegg, Nick Frost and everyone else the World's end is a great way to end the trilogy. The story focuses on a group of childhood friends who go back to their hometown in order to repeat a legendary pub crawl that ends with a pub known as the World's End. However they realize that their whole town has been taken over by robots and it's up to them to stop them from taking over the world. I will admit that my only criticism of the film is that it does start off a little slowly. The jokes felt a little stiff at times with their execution and most of the humor was coming from Pegg's character. However once the robots come in the movie does pick up the pace and lives up to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz The performances are very funny with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost actually switching roles. Pegg is more of the bumbling idiot whereas Frost is the straight man. The other performance are also good with Martin Freeman,Paddy Considine, Rosamund Pike and Eddie Marsan. I also loved the ending which has probably the best ending out of any of the Cornetto trilogy movies Overall the movie is incredibly funny despite having a slow start. It's a perfect mix of comedy and science fiction. I hope there's more to come from these very funny and talented guys.

A decent British sci-fi action drama comedy film to watch

[YJLcool · 7/10 · 8 September 2013]

As the final installment of the so-called The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and now the World's End - Each film in the trilogy is connected to a Cornetto ice cream, with a Cornetto of the appropriate flavour to the theme of the film appears), it's not the typical Hollywood American sci-fi action drama comedy film (It's a British film). The comedic elements presented in the film is quite different, which highlights the English-American divide in comedic sensibilities. It lingers more on the characters' conversations and interactions to provide the comedy or jokes.

Although it's not advisable to watch the trailer as it spoiled the unexpected twist in this film, but I guess most people would have done it anyway by now.

The story is about a group of childhood friends in their 40s: a hopeless, jobless drinker/drug addict(Gary), a real estate agent (Oliver), an architect (Steven), a lawyer (Andrew) and a car-seller(Peter) - who decided to reunite together and return to their hometown, Newton Haven, to complete the unfinished Golden Mile of 12 pubs to drink 60 pints of beer (for 5 guys) when they're young.What ensues is an unexpected plot twist that re-examines each character's past, rekindle severed friendships/relationships and possibly, save the world.

It's quite refreshing and admirable to see that there's considerable effort being put by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright to not follow the normal successful formula that normally comes with this genre.There's also an interesting theme to think about in The World's End - to have the choice of being free as a human, to be able to do what you want, despite the human imperfection in the world.

But, the running gag involving garden fences, the pub brawl action and chasing scenes are quite similar to the past films.The finale presented near the end of the film feels unsatisfying as it ends abruptly without a good resolution to some of the characters.

Nevertheless, it's still a decent, enjoyable character story that's worth a watch.

Rating: 7.5/10 http://yjcool.blogspot.com/2013/09/movie-review-worlds-end.html

Didn't Want It To End

[MrBenzene33 · 9/10 · 16 August 2013]

The Cornetto series continues with nothing short of what you'd expect from Wright, Pegg and Frost. Delivering top laughs with great action and a little bit of romance to suit all audiences. The film's visual style is quite appealing. The only downside to this film some may see is that the gore is not traditional (being robots). The style of violence in Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz shine through with just a bit of a blue tint. The characters are just plain lovable and hilarious in their own ways. Most of the laughs in this film came straight from dialogue of characters rather than visuals. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this film, a fun comedy with nothing to pick on whatsoever A top film just like the others!

And paint it red they did

[siderite · 7/10 · 16 October 2013]

Funny how two different movies about the end of the world seen from the perspective of really wasted people (and by that I mean drunk, high, intoxicated) found their way to the screens at the same time. One American: "This is the End" and one British: "The World's End". Both films seem to be about people partying, they get into the feelings of the people involved, then they invoke a ridiculously over the top sci-fi or supernatural ending to spice things up. And both are equally good or bad, in my view.

The World's End was all about Simon Pegg trying to resurrect his youth, the magical time when he was free and full of potential. He asks, begs and tricks his old friends to join him in his quest, only to realize that everything has changed in two decades.

While this film was more about the feelings of getting old and useless, increasingly shackled to a life that is very different from what one envisioned as a kid, pressured to change by the "adults" around, the movie wasn't really very deep. The fun part of the film was not that funny either. Good comedies are hard to come by, but Simon Pegg movies have a good track record. Unfortunately, I failed to feel the fun in this film. For me, it started as something and changed track right when it became meaningful. The sci-fi ending was innovative, but ultimately pointless.

Bottom line: not a bad movie, but not a good one either. Pegg had to fill some big expectations based on his previous achievements, but it seemed to me that for this film he just felt like doing a regular middle age story. The pressure was too much, though, and he had to do something flashy. The flash did not go well, while the story remained mediocre.

Outrageously huge fun.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 13 February 2018]

I must start by admitting to have reviewed this previously and removed it, last time round I must have been in a bad mood, I criticised it for going off the boil, however in recent times I've gotten so into it, it's meant to be bonkers, outrageous and utterly over the top and it sure is. I think there's something incredibly British about the humour, the world could come to an end, but there's still time for nostalgia, and more importantly there's still time for a pint. It's still perhaps my least favourite of The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, but the other two are that good, and hard acts to follow. It is clever, it's witty, and which of us doesn't know a Gary? If only it didn't have to be a trilogy, would have loved more from this successful group, it's an underrated gem.

Surprised once, Disappointed twice

[thekarmicnomad · 6/10 · 2 January 2014]

I am a massive Simon Pegg and of Sci-fi so I couldn't wait to see this.

At first I thought I was watching the wrong movie as there didn't seem to be any apocalyptic happening or aliens or anything really interesting. Instead I got a story about some old school friends getting back together; one of them having some unknown troubles and obviously hadn't 'moved on'. I was a bit disappointed at first but within minutes I was engrossed. The characters are great, the acting great, it is funny, charming and captivating. The English quirky nuances that become so important when you hit a certain age are explored with great skill. I felt like I had found a lost, extremely good, episode of 'Spaced'.

Then the Sci-fi hose was turned on and the movie spins on its heels and dives straight down the toilet.

The carefully crafted characters spend the next (very long) forty minutes in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, twating people over the head with frying pans and diving through windows. Where the physical elements were well handled and funny in 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' here they are just puerile and tedious. The film has no where else to go so the characters just shout a lot, this some how brings a conclusion to the film.

Great front end, rubbish back end.

Just not funny.

[AdultAudienceMember · 5/10 · 27 August 2013]

I kept waiting for it to be funny. What you get is St. Elmo's fire with robots, 4 grown up friends and 1 stuck in the past, and the end of the world as we know it....except not entirely. As a buddy movie, it barely connects. As science fiction it's not imaginative. It wasn't a complete loss, though. Because I saw it at Cinemark and I had purchased the refillable cups and popcorn tubs earlier this year, the wife and I got two large drinks and two med popcorns for a total of $6. Sadly, that was the highlight of the film. Just as I waited for The Butler to even remotely connected to reality, for Two Guns to be anything other that an insulting caricature of Texans, and Gangster Squad to be anything other than gun play, I waited in vain for The World's End to get really funny. It didn't even get more than slightly humorous.

Thee ultimate sci-fi pub crawl film.

[amesmonde · 23 July 2013]

Five friends return to their hometown to relive a pub crawl they never finished in their youth, however, they find their town has been invaded by interstellar beings 'Blanks' and the crawl could literary kill them.

Director/writer Edger Wright returns with this British set, sci-fi, beer-fuelled pub crawl yarn. Once again like Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007) what makes this so likable is the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost combination - the two have great chemistry, they're not only funny but warm too. There's plenty of camaraderie between the five friends mixed with the humorous restlessness of a school reunion.

The on location feel gives it an air of realism and captures a current British small town perfectly. Wright once again shows that he's at the top of his game, the action scenes are wonderfully executed and the effects are superb. The soundtrack oozes nostalgia and accompanying music score is fitting. Some jokes my go over some international viewer's heads, but the majority cater for all.

The first half of the film injects the most one liners and comedy output with the old gang rejoining and their return to the town, while the second is more action orientated when they go head to head with the invaders. The beings glowing eyes are reminiscent of Demons (1985) while the set up feels like Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1956/78) only with a twist and the closing confrontation plays out like an episode of Star Trek/Doctor Who followed by an outlandish flash-forward.

There's plenty of homage's thrown in just for fun, Pegg as washed up excitable alcoholic/drug intoxicated Gary King plays against the usual nice guy, here he's a man you love to hate, you really want him to succeed. Frost is kick-ass lovable. It's strength is that you care about the fate of the characters. The supporting cast are excellent including (surprisingly well cast) Rosamund Pike, Martin Freeman to name a few and a surprise cameo by an ex-Bond.

If Shaun was on the money, and Hot Fuzz was wordy, The World's End is somewhere in between. Highly recommended.

British humor : You love it or you hate it ...

[peterp-450-298716 · 6/10 · 3 March 2014]

Andrew Knightley: I haven't had a drink for sixteen years Gary.

Gary King: You must be thirsty then.

British humor. You love it or you hate it. But I must admit that this movie pleased me after a while. The first 15 minutes you have to go through persistently because it seems to go nowhere and it looked like it would be a boring movie. But as soon as Gary King starts to get going it was tremendously funny and absurd sometimes. Some conversations were hilarious. The fact that he is suffering from a temporary memory deficit all the time. Also the camera-work began to surprise me with the special transitions and the way of filming.

As more alcohol is consumed, the conversations were even more absurd. And then it went for me beyond the limit of the absurd into utterly ridiculous.

The moment the "as ink pots filled" alien duplicates appear on the scene and were beaten to shreds by the four bar pendants, the level dropped a bit and it was all a bit too surrealistic. It was like a flashback to a Dr.Who episode on television years ago. The aliens who appear to have swallon a flashlight look totally crappy and ridiculous. The only thing that retained were the absurd conversations of the roguish 4. And thus I still do find it a palatable film by Simon Pegg and his companions.

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