When Simon Pegg and Nick Frost come together in a movie it means only one thing. It will make your laughing organs go nuts! It’s not hard to derive at this conclusion if you have seeing Shaun of the Dead (2004) Hot Fuzz (2007) and Paul (2011). They were all brilliantly funny and have different yet very enjoyable plots to them. And The World’s End is nothing less.
Here five childhood friends, four are well established in their lives by the age of 40 but one still struggling to escape the teenage fantasies living a failure get together to finish an unfinished drinking marathon back in their home town. While moving from one pub to the other evoking old memories they experience something quite unusual and scary. From this point on wards they have to choose between the drinking marathon and the marathon to save their lives. But still one guy finds it hard to choose between priorities. And you can guess who.
This is an apocalyptic comedy. At one point it reminds me of This is the End (2013) which was another fine comedy where set of friends realize that the world is coming to and end while they were having a blast at a party. And this also has its creepy yet fine twist to the whole plot coming your way when you least expect it. However from the flow of the story even without this twist it would have being equally entertaining. And when speaking about the plot it’s impractical and dumb no doubt. But strangely impractical and dumb is what makes this whole movie works and its pretty good.
By no means this a not a masterpiece but when it comes to the ample number of empty and baseless comedies we see these days this one is worth the time spent. It relieves you out of stupid adult jokes and nudity that most comedies rely on and gives you something different to laugh about. Good job Edgar Wright.
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