THE WORLD'S END (A)

Bottom Line: It’s closing time for the summer movie-going season – a cinematic last call if you will – and the creators of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ (two brilliant British comedies) have saved this sharp, manic and gleefully self-indulgent, pre-apocalyptic, pub crawl comedy as a nightcap to an otherwise mediocre season.  Masterfully blending heartfelt maturity with juvenile hijinks, this expertly crafted flick delivers an energetically zany, nostalgically offbeat and skillfully twisted tale of friendship, growing-up, addiction and planetary homogenization.  THE WORLD’S END is a beer-goggled, barhopping, body-invasion blast from beginning to the bloody world’s end – and I can’t see it NOT making a number of top ten lists come the year’s end…

 

Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan and Rosamund Pike

Directed by: Edgar Wright (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD and THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN)

Rated: R

Running time: 109 minutes

Story: The third installment of director Edgar Wright's trilogy of comedies starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, following the successes "Shaun of the Dead" (2004) and "Hot Fuzz" (2007). In "The World's End," 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown 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. (c) Focus Features

 

Trailer: www.facebook.com/theworldsendmovie