Review of The World's End (2013) by Al M — 12 May 2014
Edgar Wright's genre trilogy goes out with a bang with its sci-fi entry The World's End. While it pales slightly in comparison to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, The World's End still manages to be a hilariously intelligent piece of satire.
The film follows a group of aging friends, led by their leader who has never grown up, as they attempt a seemingly impossible pub crawl in their home town. Adopting the basic premise of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and other similar sci-fi works, The World's End is not just a series of jokes about aging men whose lives aren't quite what they expected but also a rather profound commentary on our consumerist, corporational society with its cookie-cutter mentality of hometowns, restaurants, and bars.
A much welcome indictment of Starbucks culture, The World's End posits that we have already exhausted our originality and deserve whatever we get for submitting to mediocrity.
This review of The World's End (2013) was written by Al M on 12 May 2014.
The World's End has generally received positive reviews.
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