The World's End review!

At last, I finally got round to putting this together after almost a week of procrastinating! So as you may or may not know I have to make sure that I use Orange Wednesday's to the fullest by going to the cinema every Wednesday; and last Wednesday I had the pleasure of going to see a long awaited film featuring my favourite acting duo - The Worlds End!

Set in the quiet rural town of Newton Haven; Gary King (Simon Pegg) manages to reunite his 5 best friends from school and bring them back to their hometown in order to finally complete the 'golden mile' - a pub crawl of epic proportions which they'd failed to complete when younger. However, on returning to the town they used to rule they find that more has changed than just their attitudes towards their lives. 

The opening sequence is a lot slower than the rest of the film but it's for a good reason; it sets up the introduction to the 5 friends in their youth and contrasts it with their lives now - or at least for most of them as 'The King' is living in the past and trying to follow the in the footsteps of his former self.  But when Gary finally convinces them all the group up and go back to their hometown for one last shot at 'the golden mile' the film gathers momentum and doesn't drop it until the very end.

Having five main characters with such contrasting personalities means that the banter is often and quick, but obviously with the comedic duo of Pegg and Frost you know that the laughs will never die down. I feel that the relationships between the former-friends are quite believable and realistic and the fact that people can relate to the feelings of annoyance that Gary gives Steven (Paddy Considine), Oliver (Martin Freeman), Peter (Eddie Marsan) and Andrew (Nick Frost) give the film that little bit of an edge.

Like it's predecessors, Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, The World's End is a tale of regrets over choices made in life and the idea of unfinished business. It has both sentimental moments and times where you'll be crying with laughter (like most of the cinema were). There's not much I can say about this film without giving away crucial clues to how it ends or what these mysterious robot-like beings are that have been shown on the trailers. What I can say though, is that you'll never see a pub crawl like this again in your life.

Towards the end, as the film dangerously approaches the climax and could become an overthought mess, the weapon of the Cornetto Trilogy is deployed again; the mundane. By using simple phrases most would use in day-to-day chit chat, the whole absurdity of the situation, whether it be fighting zombies, undercovering a cult in a quiet village or discovering that Newton Haven's occupants have been.. well you can find out for yourself.

The World's End is a brilliant part 3 and soon to become a much loved film of mine. Now I'll just have to wait for the Cornetto trilogy to be realized so I can add it to my ever-growing collection!

What would you say your favourite trilogy of all time is and why?