I’m just going to come right out and say it up front: I was a bit disappointed by the World’s End.
Let me explain. I’ve been a fan of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright since Spaced – it’s probably my all-time favourite sitcom. I loved both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz – in particular, Hot Fuzz (mainly because of the genre – I’m not really into zombie films). As a result, I had high hopes for the final installment of the ‘cornetto trilogy’ when we went in to see it last Friday. And, frankly, I came out feeling a bit let down.
I’ve been thinking about this over the past couple of days, and after having one or two conversations with people I’ll try to narrow down what I think was disappointing about the movie for me. Please note that this review will contain some pretty major spoilers so I would avoid if you haven’t seen the film and want to. If you’re just looking for “should I go see the film or not?”, then – yes, if you liked the previous two, you should go see it. But you probably knew that anyway.