Frat Boy At the Movies: The World’s End
on September 2, 2013 at 12:01 am
Pegg, Frost and Wright are back again to make summer movies watchable. Like a well oiled machine, the team delivers another solid comedy, The World’s End.
Simon Pegg plays Gary, an adult that’s been trapped in his late adolescence for most of his life. He decides he needs to recreate the greatest night of his life, the pub crawl he did when he was a teen with his friends. Nick Frost plays Andy, Gary’s former best friend. Andy reluctantly rejoins Gary and the old crew, but their bad history threatens the entire pub crawl.
As you’ve seen from the trailer, it turns out that the old town they all grew up in was taken over by robot duplicates. Much like their previous movies, Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, the boys are up against a group of conforming villains (zombies, cult members and then robots). Director Edgar Wright repeats several of the themes from the previous movies.
On it’s own, the first 7/8ths of the movie would be a solid comedy entry. It’s the last 10 minutes you absolutely cannot miss. Can’t really explain it without giving it away, but the movie doesn’t end like a typical Hollywood blockbuster. And, oh yeah, Bilbo AKA: Martin Freeman, is in it too.
This is a perfect movie to see, especially before or after (or during) some beers. I give The World’s End 9 out of 10 keggers.
