‘The World’s End’ marks the last (?) in the ‘blood and cornettos’ trilogy (aka Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and now this), but it has been the least well-received of the three. Instead of horror or action, now the team behind the films parody science fiction. It’s about five forty-something men who decide to attempt a ‘legendary’ pub crawl which they failed at during their youth. However, this – unfortunately – coincides with a most sinister alien presence that’s started to take over their town.
The first thing I found was that it wasn’t as funny as the previous two. Therefore, I was in the process of NOT enjoying it that much, until about half way through when the ‘character-building’ part of the tale ended and the action really kicked off. About halfway through when the evil reveals itself, the film changes gear and moves away from (attempted?) humour to action and science fiction.I kind of felt it worked a lot better as sci-fi rather than comedy. Plus, whereas we’re used to seeing the film’s star – Simon Pegg – as a usual bumbling but lovable character, here he breaks form and comes across as a bit of an insufferable berk. He’s actually pretty annoying for most of the first half, but luckily tones it down for the second leg.
Basically, if you’re hoping for something equally humorous as ‘Shaun’ and ‘Fuzz’ then you probably won’t find it here. However, if you’re a fan of action and sci-fi then the second half will probably save it for you and tick all your boxes.
It’s also worth noting that a lot of people disapproved of the ending. I certainly thought it was bold if nothing else!
8/10 The Force is definitely strong with this one
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