While many regard it to be the weakest of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Cornetto trilogy, The World's End is still a brilliantly-conceived and wrly funny conclusion to the series. What truly differentiates this from what came before is the decidedly more serious tone: yes, it's in many ways about a gang of p*ss-heads fighting off a gang of alien robots, but it also deals with an alcoholic, despondent protagonist (Pegg) in a way audiences might not be expecting from this team. The more thoughtful approach to Pegg's bravely unlikeable character demonstrates more ambitious storytelling on the part of Wright and co., and though it can't match the delirious social satire of Shaun of the Dead nor the pin-sharp parody of Hot Fuzz, it still manages to be an extremely entertaining spin on a classic film genre. As you can expect from any entry in this series, the cast is spectacular, whether it's the usual suspects or unexpected cameos from the likes of Pierce Brosnan.
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