SPLICED MOVIES /
ISSUE 02
REVIEW / THE WORLD’S END
Damned, and Day of the Triffids;
all those wonderfully creepy silent
invasion films. This does not eclipse
the development of the characters,
and does not affect their original
goal; a pub crawl which will take them
to The World’s End. It just throws a
different obstacle in their way. Add to
this the surprisingly complex humour
that this film has to offer; the running
gags that are more like sophisticated
arcs, which ensure that not even one
line is ‘wasted’, tying the comedy
together in a way which you don’t
often see outside of Wright and Pegg’s
distinctive brand of comedy, and this
film is a masterpiece.
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VERDICT
A brilliantly constructed
film, encompassing fluffy
warm feelings with all out sci-fi buttkicking, wrapped up in comedy so
tight and perfectly timed it definitely
deserves a special place on your shelf.
Performances from the entire cast are
fantastic; especially, of course, Pegg
and Frost. Highly recommend buying
the blu-ray when it’s available, and
giving it a home next to the other two
‘Cornetto’ films.
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