The World's End
2013
****
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, Pierce Brosnan, David Bradley
Gary wants to relive the best night of his life and persuades four of his old mates to reattempt an epic 12-pub crawl, which they were too drunk to complete 20 years earlier. The gang discover that their hometown Newton Haven is not the same place they left behind, in more sense than one. Shaun of the Dead was a lovely horror spoof, Hot Fuzz made great fun of the buddy cop movies, and the third part in Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's so-called Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy is an enjoyable science fiction satire. The jokes are a bit more hit and miss this time, but the supernatural twist halfway through gives this comedy a nice shot of adrenaline, even if the whole may become a bit messy and convoluted. All three films feature grown men who refuse to act their age. We all know people like Gary (played by Simon Pegg), a loser whose life has refused to move on since late teens, and this human type is at once easy-going, enviable, irritating, and pitiful.
