I went into The World's End very excited for it having really loved Hot Fuzz from 2007, a film I hold to be very important to my film going life and despite some missteps from this trio (Edgar, Simon and Nick Frost) solo outings (Edgar's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Simon and Nick's Paul) I was very excited to see the band back together again on a new full length film, their efforts helping to redeem Steven Spielberg's Tintin adaptation from 2011 so could this deliver the goods?
Well it actually did just that thing as this is a very funny and well made British comedy, Pegg anchors the whole thing effortlessly and I was reminded a lot of Graham Chapman from the Monty Python days who had a similar ability to play both drama and comedy very well and Pegg has that ability as well, he also has excellent backup support from Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine, Frost and Eddie Marsan, the 5 guys play off each other very well and Pike adapts to Wright's directorial style very well plus part of me also loved her saying "Crumbs" a lot as well.
As for Wright's work as director well like his other films it's sharply focused, well paced, is very fast and quick and everyone on board adapts to it very well in a way that parts of Scott Pilgrim did not and Pegg's writing is more focused this time and not as indulgent as Paul seemed to get at times plus it's just for me a real pleasure to see this group making new movies, the other time I feel this way is when Ben Affleck directs a new film though following Argo will be enormously difficult.
So all in all, The World's End is a lot of fun and is worth the time for both Comedy and Sci-Fi fans, 4 and a half out of 5.
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