Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are two of the best British comedies ever made. Shaun of the Dead is obviously the best (although I may be biased due to being a horror hound) but Hot Fuzz is also brilliantly funny with a clever screenplay full of colourful and memorable characters. So you can imagine my excitement when The World's End was announced. And it top it off the final instalment of a consistently hilarious trilogy didn't disappoint. The World's End doesn't quite reach the heights of Shaun of the Dead, but I'd probably put it on par with Hot Fuzz. There is no greater mixture than Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Cornetto. It wins every time!

You know you're in safe hands as soon as the film begins. The same snappy editing and pastiche graces the screen as we're introduced to the characters we're going to be spending the rest of the film with through a flashback. It's a great comic sequence looking back at youth. Of course immature alcoholic, Simon Pegg wants to recreate the pub crawl he and his friends did. Trouble is they're all grown up with families and careers under their belt. Somehow they all end up going on the pub crawl and constant hilarity is assured. I would've been perfectly happy with this film without the aliens, because even when they're not there in the opening of the film it is still constantly entertaining with hilarious lines and great characterisation.

Once the aliens come into play the film becomes something more. I loved the scene where we first see them in the pub toilet. It's both hilarious and thrilling to see everyone do battle with mannequin-like creatures with bright blue blood squirting out. These action sequences are actually really well shot too. It normally annoys me when action sequences are shot too close, but here it worked thanks to the lack of quick cutting. It also emulated the claustrophobia of fighting so many aliens in such a closed environment. I loved how the film got progressively weirder as it went on, almost mimicking what it feels like to get more and more drunk. One could even say that the whole film is just in the drink-sizzled heads' of the protagonists'?

The characters are developed more and more as the film goes on. Towards the end there were even quite a few surprisingly emotional moments that worked really well. It's fantastic when you can really feel for the characters because they are so likable. I also liked the whole element of not knowing who had been replaced by an alien, like in The Thing. I even think that this idea could've been utilised more to get a feeling of paranoia, but it's no huge deal. The World's End is also never boring thanks to its fast pace and unpredictability. There's no way to predict what's going to happen next, because there are so many secrets to uncover. It almost reminded me of The Cabin in the Woods in the way it got crazier as it went on and all the more unpredictable for it.

It's sad that the trilogy is over, but at least it didn't end on a duff note. The World's End mixes sci-fi and action, but never forgets its most important genre, comedy. It's always funny and never takes itself too seriously either. It's full of wonderful characters who you grow to love as the film progresses and actually feel sorry for when they kick the bucket. The World's End left me feeling incredibly happy and raring to see it again. It's a clever ending to a clever trilogy that I'm sure will be sorely missed. So pour yourself a pint and watch with glee.

After reading so many glowing reviews of this movie, I thought I would be treated to a hysterical comedy. Instead what I found was unfunny, repetitious and rather lame. At least I'm glad to see that some reviewers on this site feel the same way, as I was expecting to be alone on this.

Of course, the plot revolves around the wise-cracking and irresponsible Simon Pegg, as Gary King, trying to reunite his former school buddies to complete the Golden Mile, in Newton Haven, England. It's many years later from when they were in school, and the Golden Mile is a series of 12 pubs in close proximity in the town. Their goal is to be able to drink at all 12 pubs and complete the cycle, something they failed to do years before.

However, one "small" problem emerges when they realize the town has been taken over by robotic aliens, who take human form and are looking to eventually take over Earth. To me, without being too caustic it just seemed like a poor imitation of the classic 1950's film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Anyway there's lots of talent here aside from Pegg, including Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Nick Frost, and Martin Freeman as Pegg's school chums. Also, the talented Rosamund Pike joins the group as Freeman's sister Sam.

Unfortunately, I felt this talent was wasted in this disappointing and rather overrated film.

"The World's End" is a very uneven film that I really, really wanted to like since I'd enjoyed the previous two films in this unofficial trilogy--"Sean of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz". However, despite some wonderful twists, the film seemed like the script had some good ideas but needed to be cleaned up a bit more. After all, some of the characters behaved oddly--and I am talking about long before the film was supposed to get odd.

The film begins with Gary (Simon Pegg) talking to other addicts in rehab about his 'good old days' of his youth and how he and his mates had always wanted to complete a 12 pub crawl in their home town. However, they never finished--as the alcohol finished them. Now, twenty years later, Gary has decided what he needs to do is NOT get sober but reassemble the old gang and finally finish the pub crawl. This aspect of the film was by far the weakest, as Gary was a thoroughly despicable jerk and his friends were supposedly successful members of society who didn't want to do the pub crawl--yet, completely inexplicably, they do. Why they all re-teamed was never properly established and until about a third of the way into the film, the film dragged and had few laughs.

Now I will admit that a third of the way into the film, things got freaky and a bit fun. I cannot say more, as it would destroy the surprises for you. But, from here on, most of the film consisted of chases and LOTS of special effects. It lacked the humor of the previous two films and seemed more an exercise in excess than anything else. Overall, this is a mildly amusing film and nothing more--and it sure should have been. Much of this is due to Pegg playing such an unlikable guy. At least in the prior films, he was likable as were his motley assortment of friends.