A lot of anticipation coming into this one. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the legends who brought us Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz now give us "The World's End" to complete their trilogy.
On the acting side though, Pegg and Frost are just absolutely brilliant. There's only two of them but they kind of feel like the U.K 'Frat Pack'...
I loved Shaun of the Dead, thought Hot Fuzz wasn't quite up to scratch and am very disappointed to report that The World's End was also a bit of a let down. It's frustrating though as all of the ingredients were there for a top movie. The story is great and within the first 20 minutes I felt like ringing up the old crew and seeing who was keen for an old fashioned pub crawl. Also loved the 'turns' in the story and was keen to see it through until the end.
The problem is it just wasn't funny enough. Generally I find U.K humor a hell of a more entertaining that any other but I wanted more out of these guy's third attempt. There were definitely laughs to be had and some quite clever humor, but it felt too long between drinks (not for the characters though, hah).
The last few scene's were awesome when the guys confront 'The Network'. If they could have kept that level throughout I would be giving it a huge score. Definitely give this one a watch, it's clever and it has it's moments... I just wanted more. Maybe I'm too greedy.
6/10
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I havent seen this yet, but I feel hesitant to watch it as I know it wont be as good as the other two. I love Shaun of the Dead which is just non stop crazy, whacky and funny. Hot Fuzz I didnt like the first time I saw it but on subsequent watches have come to like it more and more, yet it still feels a bit boring at times, and the shorts for this film just kind of turned me off. Ill check it out eventually but its not high on my radar which is unexpected as I would have thought it would be.
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