With the final instalment of ‘The
Cornetto’ trilogy, writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have bought us a film
about what it means to move on and grow up. It’s an apt theme as the film
itself is by far the most grown up and mature work the pair have produced so
far. Pegg stars as Gary King, a man-child stuck in the past who brings together
his childhood friends to attempt a re-enactment of a fateful night over twenty
years ago when they tried but failed to complete the ‘Golden Mile’, a twelve
stop pub crawl through their home town. Although the friends are unsure, they
accompany Gary
but what starts as a trip down memory lane, turns into something quite
unexpected when it is revealed that the people of Newton Haven have been taken
over by an unknown force.
I’m not a huge fan of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, the other films in this loose
trilogy but I found them both entertaining. I personally think that The World’s End is the best film of the three but probably isn’t the
funniest. It’s a more measured, thought provoking film which strangely evokes
parallels in the audience’s lives while providing entertaining moments along
the way as well as the odd laugh. Pegg and Wright appear to have recognised
that their audience has grown with their films and they suitably include themes
which you wouldn’t find in their earlier work. The movie reminded me of Toy Story 3. That film included ideas
about ageing and one’s place in the world after the fun and laughter of the
first two films. This instalment is pitched in a similar way.
