The World's End

I know I started off this blog claiming to hate going to the movie theater but every once and awhile a movie comes out that you just HAVE to see.  The World's End is such a movie (in fact it was a movie worth seeing opening night and preordering tickets to).  If the fact that The World's End is the conclusion to the Edgar Wright trilogy is not enough to get you to the theater let the fact that you see Simon Pegg and Nick Frost kick some serious robot/blank ass persuade you.

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are movies that I believe most, if not everyone, can agree were fabulously written, directed,  and acted out.  The entire series is also interesting, hilarious, and rewatchable, and I believe rewatchability to be perhaps the most important quality of movies.  The World's End followed suit and didn't disappoint one bit.  

It had everything I had come to love about Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright movies: a hilarious likable cast who developed into just as brilliant characters who you can't help but root for and come to love.  Highlights include: robot fighting with blue blood, excessive drinking, Martin Freeman wearing a blue tooth through the entire movie, Nick Frost finally beating the shit out of Simon Pegg, and of course Pegg himself with black hair.

Gary King (Simon Pegg) is on a mission to seize his past and complete the Golden Mile, a pub crawl of 12 bars that end at The World's end.  The group has before attempted the crawl but was unable to continue.  The group has since went their own way since becoming professional adults, except Gary who is stuck in his past.  Andy (Nick Frost), Oliver (Martin Freeman), Peter (Eddie Marsan), and Steven (Paddy Considine) reluctantly follow Gary even tough it may mean the end of the world.

Although I am upset that the trilogy has come to an end I am glad that it ended as strongly as it started.  Certainly one of the DVDs I'll be adding to my collection when it comes out.

Overall Review: MUST WATCH!