The Worlds End Rated: R

Tory Says:

My review for this is simple. Did you like Shaun of the Dead? Did you like Hot Fuzz? If you answered yes, go see The World’s End. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are just as hilarious in this one as they were in the first two. Only this time, they have a slightly bigger cast to help.

The plot for this one is pretty easy to follow. Five high school friends attempted an epic pub crawl called “The Golden Mile” on the day of their graduation. Their goal was to get to “The World’s End” (the last pub on the list of 12) but they didn’t get very far before all of them had to give up. 20 years later, they have almost no contact at all. Gary (Simon Pegg), a total screw-up who was their leader, hasn’t changed much since high school while the rest of them have grown up and moved on with their lives. One day, Gary has the idea to get them all back together to go to their hometown and finish “The Golden Mile.” Reluctantly they all agree (with some trickery and persuasion by Gary.) What started as a mission to get to “The World’s End” actually ends up being a fight for survival from the body snatching “robots” that have taken over the town!

I spent the first part of the movie waiting. There is always that part in the other films. (If you’ve seen them you know what I’m talking about.) That part where is goes from totally normal British film to ridiculous and hilarious! I felt like it took a little bit longer to get to that part but well worth it.

As usual, this film is way over the top and side-splittingly funny! However, it did seem to have much more explicit language than the others. I think the “F” word is in almost every line if not every 3 lines. So this is NOT appropriate for kids under 17. The violence aspect actually isn’t too bad because when the robots “bleed” they bleed what looks like blue paint and when they get smashed apart, it looks like an egg cracking or exploding. So nothing truly horrifying. However, the language is just insane! (I think if they ever show this on TV they will have to re-shoot the film to clean it up! Lol)

We saw it after an exhausting day so it was nice to just sit and watch something fun! Plus we got a date movie out of it which is rare! I would happily give this a 7.5 out of 10. I think some of the language could have been taken out. It wasn’t as good as Hot Fuzz but better than Shaun of the Dead for me. Like I said, if you liked those, go see this one and just enjoy!!