Review of The World's End (2013) by Tyler R — 25 May 2014
The World's End marks, well, the end of Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy, and talk about going out in style. The film follows, now grown, childhood friends who come together back in their home town to attempt a pub crawl, only to discover that the people there are a little strange.
Edgar Wright's films are nothing if not showcases of style, but he never sacrifices character development for the sake of a laugh, and vice versa. Walking the fine line of making the audience feel for these characters, then ripping the rug out from under us with a well, if not oddly perfectly, timed joke is no easy task, but Wright does it yet again.
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg are just as great as they were in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. The chemistry between them is great, whether they're fighting, joking, or throwing punches. As for the rest of the cast, kudos to them for actually selling their off the wall characters (Are there any other kind in an Edgar Wright film?).
The action is hilarious, the visual effects are great, but at the end of the day (and film), the real reason to sit down is to catch some perfect interplay between a great cast. As this trilogy comes to a close, we can all sit back and eagerly await Wright's next film.
This review of The World's End (2013) was written by Tyler R on 25 May 2014.
The World's End has generally received positive reviews.
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