The World's End Review

A trilogy is a hard thing to make, because a truly great trilogy requires a certain level of consistency. You look at something like the Terminator trilogy, the first two movies are great but the third is terrible. Trilogies always seem to mess up on the final installment. Well all I can say The World's End is a fitting end to a pretty awesome trilogy. The World's End is the final installment in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, with the two previous films being Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. The story is about a group of five childhood friends: Peter, Oliver, Simon, Andrew, and the leader Gary. Back in the day Gary was the man, he thought he could be young forever. On the last day of school the group decides to compete in the golden mile, a twelve bar pub crawl concluding with the World's End. The group got to the ninth bar but had to call it quiets. Years later everyone has moved on and become upstanding members of society, except Gary. One day Gary gets the idea that his destiny is to finish the golden mile, so he manages to get the gang back together and they go for it. The team heads out and starts the mile, but they quickly realize something is wrong; no one seems to recognize them, and everything seems whitewashed. At first they just think that it's just because they themselves have changed so much, but in fact the town has been invaded by aliens. So the crew has to get out of the town alive, figure out why this is all happening, and finally finish the golden mile. I'll say it right off the bat, this is the funniest movie of the year. The previous movies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz have become cult classics in their own time, and this movie lives up to their high standards. The movie is fast paced; the writing, the camera, if you look away for one second you could miss something; it's never boring. I loved the characters and all the actors do a great job portraying them. My only criticism of the movie would be that I don't think the ending quite matches the tone of the rest of the movie. I loved The World's End; it's become one of my favorite movies of the year. I'd say it's a little better than Hot Fuzz but not quite as good as Shaun of the Dead. So if you're looking for a good comedy film to see with some, The World's End is your best option.

4.5/5 Stars