iMDB Rating: 7.5
Date Released : 23 August 2013 (USA)
Genre : Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Starring : Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870MB
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Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching The World's End is the least of their worries.
Gary King is determined to reunite his friends from his youth in an attempt to recreate an epic pub crawl from 20 years ago. Their target: "The Golden Mile" in their town of Lechtworth, New Haven. Their plan: five friends, twelve pubs, twelve pints, a few random shots, maybe some action with the ladies. Their first attempt failed miserably as they failed to make it to The World's End with the entire crew intact. This time around, they're older, wiser, and ready to get drunk - that is except for Gary's friend Andrew, who has gone sober. Starting with the The First Post, they realize the town may have changed, and they as individuals have changed, but there's something fishy about the town - the main factor is that the residents don't seem to quite recall the events of that epic night. As they hit the next bars on their list - The Old Familiar, The Famous Cock, The Trusty Servant, The King's Head, and so on, they discover that there's something really unusual about the citizens that now inhabit the town, and as they hit each pub, another piece of the conspiracy unravels. However, Gary is determined to make it to the Worlds' End if it winds up killing his whole group, and most of humanity in the process. But does the fate of mankind rest in his hands?
Review :
Fine for a throwaway comedy but it doesn't stand up to Shaun and Fuzz.
With just three films in ten years, Edgar Wright has already made a name for himself with his quick and slick homage films. Shaun of the Dead was the beginning of a lot of young film fans obsessions, including mine, and his followup Hot Fuzz did not disappoint, even if it doesn't hold up as much on rewatch. It's great that when he branched out away from the Pegg-Frost team with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World that not only was it a really entertaining film but it was his best yet. Here, polishing off the "Cornetto trilogy" with The World's End, I can't help but feel disappointed that it's just not as sharp as his other three. It makes for a decent comedy but it doesn't have that same immersive magic that make Shaun or Fuzz so unique. The problem is that it's rarely convincing, struggling to integrate its concept into the drama. Sure, at its design, it's a homage to science-fiction films so it's not meant to feel real, but there's no sense of that fun foreboding atmosphere or momentum that made Shaun so compelling, especially with the overuse of Wright's editing style.
Although I love the ensemble, it juggles far too many characters and none of them feel like they're 40 years old when the point of the film is that one of them is still living like he's 20. Perhaps this is because they're dealing with their least sympathetic protagonist, with Simon Pegg's Gary King. Unfortunately, Pegg is at his most forced and a lot of his punchlines feel cleverer written than spoken. However, pleasantly, Nick Frost is the comedic and dramatic highlight. He's the character with the most interesting emotional depth to him and he's used far too sparingly. I wish that his relationship with Pegg was the heart of the film, much like the other Cornetto films, rather than sidelined for the uninteresting romantic interest. The film does has its moments where gags do land and it is otherwise entertaining, but it's difficult not to put it on the same shelf as Shaun and not compare. The World's End is just too silly, feeling like its just filling in different content for the formula, and lacks those personal tender moments that could make it special. Still a good throwaway comedy with friendly faces. I hope Wright can redeem himself with future projects and make something with the discipline he's demonstrated previously
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