I suppose I really shouldn't expect quality entertainment from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The British comedic stars who brought us Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are back with a film that's even worse than the first two. Although I enjoyed Hot Fuzz somewhat, it was by no means a quality film. This movie, however, tops even Shaun of the Dead for stupid comedic farces.
The World's End actually starts off as a somewhat decent movie. It begins with five British school boys celebrating their last day of school by attempting to hit all 12 of their town's pubs in one night. This epic pub crawl is known as the "golden mile." Although they almost finish, they decide to call it quits early and head for the hills, just two pubs shy of completing their goal. It was a life changing pinnacle for Gary King (Simon Peg) the group's leader.
Years later, we find Gary telling the story of the golden mile that almost was to people in an AA meeting. Although years have come and gone, he has never been able to move on and live a productive life. Following a suggestion from one of his AA comrades, though, he decides to reunite with his four old friends and take another shot at the golden mile. Although his former friends Andy (Nick Frost), Oliver (Martin Freeman), Steven (Paddy Cosidine), and Peter (Eddie Marsden), all have good jobs and nice quiet lives, Gary convinces them to join him in their hometown of Newton - Haven for another pub crawl to finish what they started so many years ago.
Basically, this is a decent movie until the apocalyptic stuff starts. I won't go into too much detail, but let's just say it goes from being an enjoyable film about five old friends reuniting to a stupid film about five old friends fighting evil robots in about five minutes. Such a disappointment. The only enjoyable part was Nick Frost, who took a break from his typical role of a bumbling idiot to play an uptight laqyer who disapproves of Gary and his antics. This movie didn't impress me but if you enjoy stupid, apocalyptic farces, be my guest. Just don't expect too much. The World's End had one of the worst endings I've ever seen.
1.5 Stars.
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