I never really took to The Conetto's Trilogies first two films. Being of my age Shaun of the Dead had too much dry British wit that I really did not understand. Hot Fuzz was really funny and great, but that's all it was. It was funny but it had no depth. The Worlds End is the perfect finale and the perfect melding of the other two's good points. Shaun's insane group dynamics, and Fuzz's much funnier script. Add a little bit of depth to the entire thing, and you've got what is by far the best of the trilogy and one of the best performances I have seen from an actor. The World's End is about a man named Gary King who is still the way he was at the time that he was 19. Gary rounds up a bunch of old chaps to go on a twelve pub, pub crawl across their town that they attempted before as teens but failed. You the observer and the people around Gary notice that something has wrong with him because he is the same person that he was when he was a teen. This is the best thing that The World's End has going for it. Gary. His character is what drives the entire thing. Once his story is revealed it helps drive the entire story and it's characters to a new level and push the already emotional fun ride you have had to something more. Now the idea of a person stuck in adolescence is nothing new to this kind of movie, but they are usually passed off as the people that the other character's learn a lesson off of. This lesson comes in the realization of a sadness behind the antics of the character stuck in adolescence. That doesn't happen hear. One of the benefits in the fact that rather than learning a lesson about their own lives when the one character does find out about the sadness he actually does something to help. He doesn't just have a realization and be done with it. He actually tries to help and reconcile. Oh and the sadness that's what adds depth to the character of Gary. What also adds depth. Simon Peg. Peg has always been one of the best comedic actors out there, and here he is really given the chance to shine. He's quirky, funny and emotional when he needs to be and he really hit's hard here. Career best work. Well all that is good and fine but, I haven't gotten to what the meat of the film is. The Cornetto Trilogy is about British people getting into B movie type situations. Shaun being zombie movies, Fuzz being buddy cop films, and The World's End being aliens. The aliens are quite a good enemy. They have replaced most everyone in the town and once the characters find out what is going on send everyone of the replacements after them. The group who Gary has brought decides to fight back and the action is hilarious and just exhilarating. Blue stuff is flying every where and so are jokes. As serious as some of this film is this is a comedy of sorts with a lot of funny and subtle jokes. As for the groups chemistry it is fantastic. The way that they all have become stereotypes of the middle class and then throwing them all together it's really funny to see them bounce off of each other. If there really is a problem with the film it's that the very end comes out of nowhere,but it is handled well. The final scene is terrific fun. Go see it. The Worlds End get's a Okay I know that there is quite a few of these. 10 out of 10.
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