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The World's End

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• Comedy
• Sci-fi

• 2013
• Edgar Wright
• 104 mins
• 15

Summary

Sci-fi comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Five old school friends reunite for an epic pub crawl in their home town and unwittingly become mankind's only hope for survival.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Alan Jones

After mining horrors in Shaun of the Dead and action movies in Hot Fuzz, director Edgar Wright plunders the sci-fi genre for the concluding part of his Cornetto trilogy. This time the easy-going comic partnership of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost anchors a very British alien takeover in suburban Newton Haven, as the pair are joined by three other old friends (Eddie Marsan, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman) to complete a pub crawl started during their school days. But those pesky, blue-blooded robot replicas wanting to bring Earth into intergalactic line just keep getting in the way! Once more, Wright cleverly remoulds a beloved genre through his own fanboy cinephilia, producing many laugh-out-loud moments and only a few juvenile clunkers. The barmaggedon scenario eventually treads familiar ground and overdoes the action spectacle, but there's an engaging chemistry between the five boozers, while the surprise cameos, early 1990s indie soundtrack, zany violence and visual effects add to a self-aware, matey romp that slips down a treat.

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6.9/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameGary KingSimon PeggAndy KnightleyNick FrostSteven PrincePaddy ConsidineOliver ChamberlainMartin FreemanPeter PageEddie MarsanSam ChamberlainRosamund PikeMotorcycle policemanSteve OramBasilDavid Bradley (2)Publican 7Mark HeapCollaboratorReece ShearsmithShane HawkinsDarren BoydReverend GreenMichael SmileyYoung manRafe SpallYoung womanAlice Lowe

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rolenameDirectorEdgar Wright

Details

Theatrical distributor

UIP

Released on

2013-07-19

Languages

English | English

Guidance

violence, swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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