Review of The World's End (2013) by Rhynal R — 15 Nov 2014

There are many movies, especially comedy movies, that sacrifice a good plot in order to create a scenario. Sometimes the plot is so ridiculous that it becomes part of the humour; for example, in 'This is the end.' I thought that was the strangest movie I have ever seen but World's end is, by a long shot, the weirdest movie I have ever seen. This is good and bad; good in the sense that it's got some original material which I can praise; bad in the sense that sometimes there are scenes and jokes that are completely irrelevant or out of timing with what's going on screen, which can break the comedic buildup.

If I tried to explain this plot to you, I'd sound ridiculous. Although granted you can see it from the trailer, so you can just go watch it there. All I can say is that its a bunch of friends who go on a journey full of drinking around england. It's been done before and in that sense, there's no real new things brought to the table by the movie; but the script is good at times and this is helped by the chemistry of the actors as well as the characters.

A lot of the jokes are fast, which is to be expected of english humour. Some may like this, others may not. This also causes jokes to fall flat a lot of times because its a frequently used device in the comedic routine. The plot may not be predictable, but the characters are in a sense, which leads to some level of disappointment as I feel they kept very stereotypical characters and as such, couldn't allow them to branch out. There's the married guy that can't do anything; the single guy who wants to sleep with everything with a pulse, the guy who's got a romantic crush on someone in the group; you get the picture. Thing about it is, if you love Simon Pegg movies, you're going to love this one.

There are a lot of times its actually funny and will have you saying 'wtf' out loud. It's also recommended that you watch it with a group of friends who have similar comedic taste as you'll enjoy it more, especially if its a guys' lime movie. Still, recommended as a rental. As the finale in the Pegg trilogy, it's a good sendoff. 6.5/10.