The World's End (2013)

Directed by: Edgar Wright

Written by: Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright

20 years ago Gary King and his friends tried and failed to do an epic pub crawl by visiting 12 pubs in one night. Now Gary wants to gather his old pals and this time succeed and go all through the pubs to the final destinasion. The World's End. But soon they realise their hometown has changed surprisingly lot.

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Like with Hot Fuzz, The World's End has a similar twist that you don't see coming - except you do, because it was shown in the trailer. At least I think that's how I knew about the robots. The only thing I knew about The World's End was the plot - very roughly - and the robot thing. Still The World's End manages to surprise me and a lot of other viewers, I'd reckon. 

I like the way this movie starts. It starts immediately, Gary King telling about his youth and his friend. It's fast, sure, but it's effective. It's risky, because it might alienate the audience. Who are they? Why should we even care about these people? But if it works, it grabs the audience, and the viewers are with them right from the start. And in The World's End it does work.

What's the greatest difference between The World's End and the rest of the Cornetto trilogy? The World's End pays more attention to the characters before the action starts - and yet manages to make the characters stand out even during all the action. It's like a well-written drama with the charactes. You almost analyse in your mind why Gary King wants this so bad, even though it's quite clear to the viewer from the start. To the other characters? Not so much. But there just is so much to the characters, it seems like an improvement. And in a lot of other ways also, The World's End seems much deeper than Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. It's different, but let's be honest, all of these movies are very different. 

After Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz I was already quite impressed with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, but after The World's End I can truly see their skills. Of course The World's End is a comedy, but they manage to keep some seriousness in the characters. It's admirable. And there are times when in a comedy the seriousness of the characters feels fake, but in The World's End I believe it whole-heartedly. Frost and Pegg and the other cast members of course do one hell of a job!

Like in Shaun of the Dead, the weird robots are terrifying. The movie manages to make you wonder if they are even going to get out of it. Those thrilling scenes are extremely well done!

One amazing detail is how the main characters are drunk. You notice obvious things and they don't, and it's so frustrating! 

So The World's End is different from the previous two, but if there's anything you can expect from The World's End it's exactly that. The World's End is funny and filled with action, but they haven't left out important deep stuff either. It's a film worth watching, like the whole so called Cornetto trilogy. 

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

9 / 10