The World's End Reviewed

By Marlene Bonnelly

Friends, booze and a dawning apocalypse: what could go wrong? The answer: a lot, apparently, and The World's End does a great job of documenting it.

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost once again manage to join drama, action and a healthy dose of British humor in this final installment of a film trio that includes the fantastically successful Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Something about this one is different, though. The World's End, despite its ridiculous premise, draws on something real and solemn that any adult can relate to. Sure, it's a movie about a group of buddies re-connecting through a perilous adventure around their hometown's watering holes. Sure, there are robots and over-the-top fight scenes and Pegg rocking a painfully 90s getup that had me cringing through the duration of the screening.

Shaun of the Dead Interactive Screenplay

As the final film in Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy speeds toward its August 23rd release, we take a moment to look back at the previous 2 films in all their fence jumping glory. Today, Focus features gives us an in depth look at the creative process behind Shaun of the Dead...the movie that proved horror can be funny again...and not in that "Haha you suck so much we are laughing at you" kind of way. With brilliant writing, superb comedic timing and solid, very realistic characters just trying to survive amid a zombie apocalypse, this movie has gone on to be a cult classic..and one of my favorites. Hit THIS LINK to dive into the Shaun of the Dead Interactive Screenplay!