Planet Earth had it
rough in 2013. Along with numerous sci-fi flicks, our home got smashed about in “This is the End” and “The World’s End,” widely different (despite titles) comedies
that satirize cinematic apocalypse larks with onscreen man-bonding and plenty of drink and
drugs. “World’s End” is the last in a comedy trilogy from director/writer
Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, following “Shaun of the Dead”
and “Hot Fuzz.” Here, we take a smart stab at alien-attack flicks and the goofy nostalgia films of old high school chums
getting back together to party like the good ol’ days. Wright, Pegg, and Frost
call bullshit. Not on aliens. Reunions. When you go back, you fail. Your town has changed, you have
changed, and everyone else has, too. Pegg’s boozer doesn’t realize that, though, and watching the
guy fret over beer more than humanity is riotous, and a smash at every other boozer film. As they have before, our trio up-end the
genre they mock with laser sharp wit. Mainly: Whoever you be, never argue with a drunk Brit. Bonus points: An ex-Bond in a end-game cameo. Love the beard. A-
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