This week on Reel Shorts, the treacherous three, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright reunite to complete their comic trilogy with the well executed and hilarious buddy comedy, The World’s End.
Audio Review
20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King (Pegg), a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End.
As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.
Directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, and Eddie Marsan. It is the third in the Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy, following Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Grade: B