The World’s End: Another View by Rob Milarvie
It’s here, the final escapade of the comedic trifecta
consisting of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Now this British trio
have made a name for themselves in the film world by creating and performing in
quirky and humorous plots. With the first being the low budget and immensely
successful Shaun of the Dead, which is to sum up a zombie rom-com where Simon
Pegg and co are surviving a brain eating apocalypse. This was followed up with
the comical Hot Fuzz, which was absolutely entertaining with real inversions of
the crime clichés.
However this rising British director did go on a tangential campaign
across the transatlantic to materialise the utterly brilliant Scott Pilgrim vs
The World, which expanded Wright’s qualities while keeping his originally
blueprints. It contained an impeccable script and priceless acting with Michael
Cera as Scott Pilgrim. This is distinctly the best film this young man has
directed, and even with many who disagree, they’re just wrong. Watch it and
find out for yourselves.
However, The World’s End is another film with Edgar at the
helm, with himself and Mr Simon Pegg manifesting the story and script. It was
just an absolute joy from start to finish with so many quips and moments that
certainly left my father in a laughing mood but indeed kept myself captivated
until the end of the narrative (however with my dad already being tickled by
the new Alan Partridge trailer, his laughing meter was kept high from then on
in).
This feature is based upon 5 friends reuniting to conquer
their adolescent pub crawl, while simultaneously the town is currently being
invaded by aliens. With Simon Pegg being the ‘playboy’ of the group, that was
not the case in previous films as Nick Frost was the stupid and deficient one.
But it’s not the case with this, with Nick Frost portraying the successful
counterpart. It does indeed maintain that centralised friendship between Pegg
and Frost, with this abnormal situation expelling their differences.
Furthermore, the gentlemen have 3 other ‘musketeers’ with Eddie Marsan, Paddy
Considine and Bilbo Baggins.
It certainly delivers for a pleasurable experience from a
delicious script to hilarious acting and an amusing circumstance to solidify
the adventure. Edgar Wright certainly is one for the future with 4 full length
features behind him, and being given the go-ahead to visualise the Marvel
character Ant-Man destined for a 2015 release and a hopefully inevitability to
join the Avengers’ subsequent films.
To finalise, this film is hilarious but brilliantly executed
with Wright implementing his fingerprints of directing techniques while
simultaneously testing his personal barriers and broadening his entertaining
premises. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are a pleasure also with brilliant timing
for quips and touching moments between the two. The supporting cast are picked
exquisitely also, with Bilbo performing like a gem as always and Mr Marsan
& Considine replicating plausible and hurt characters with terrific senses
of humour.
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