World's End Review By Dylan And Mason

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, And Nick Frost’s first two installments in the Cornetto Trilogy (Or the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy if you prefer.) have reached cult classic status and have stood the test of time.  Does World’s End deliver? Will it gain the same cult classic status as it’s two predecessors? In this boozy sci-fi comedy we start out with a particularly charming opening featuring the main character, Gary King (Simon Pegg in the best role of his career), an alcoholic still stuck in high school, recalling the night him and his high school friends attempted the Golden Mile, a 12 pub stretch in his hometown of Newton Haven but failed to reach the final 3. Gary ends up “getting the band back together” and persuades his high school buddies: Peter Page (Eddie Marsan), Oliver Chamberlain (Martin Freeman), Steven Prince (Paddy Considine), and Andy Knightley (Nick Frost).The Night starts out normal enough (as normal as an evening with Gary King can get) but after a brawl with some suspicious teenagers in a pub bathroom we learn the town is overrun with androids (Or “Smashy smashy egg men” as Andy calls them) bent on turning any humans into androids to eliminate imperfections.

                The film stats off a bit slow at the beginning but picks up in pace after the gang ends up in Newton Haven and starts the pub crawl. After that, hilarity ensues during their journey to the World’s End. In regards to the question I posed at the beginning of the review, yes it is a worthy competitor of the first two Cornetto films. The special effects for the androids were just superb. The decapitations and gushing blue blood looked fantastic. The choreography for the film’s many fight scenes was spot on and made every fight scene feel like you were watching a live action cartoon. The acting in this film was top notch. Simon Pegg plays the best character in his carreer. Gary King is a loveable loser who is constantly drunk and stuck in high school. Nick Frost plays a surprisingly straight laced character as opposed to the oafish, but unswervingly loyal best friend he has portrayed twice before. As you can expect, an Edgar Wright film will always have a great soundtrack and this is no exception. The music compliments every scene in the movie perfectly.

                Overall we had a blast watching this movie and thought it was every bit as good as the previous two Cornetto films. We highly recommend this movie and suggest you go see it as soon as possible.

Mason- A+

Dylan-A