It may not be obvious,
but The World’s End is the conclusion
to a trilogy that begins in 2004 with Shaun
of the Dead and moved on Hot Fuzz
(2007). The common features being the director, the two lead actors and the
genre bending narratives of the three films. It is known as The Cornetto
Trilogy.
Shaun of the Dead was the first rom-com-zom (romantic, comedy,
zombies). Hot Fuzz was comedy, police
procedural and a nod to crime epics like Heat
(1995). The World’s End, again comedy
has conventions of the slacker genre as well as being apocalyptic, with a slice
of Stand By Me (1986).
The remarkable skill
of all these films is in their ability to seamlessly blend all these genre
conventions into a smooth, concise narrative while at the same time creating
characters that fit into these mesh films and that we can care about.
The World’s End does this slightly less well than the other
two. While Simon Pegg’s protagonist is a layered character, the film fails to
move him along in the final third, instead relying on apocalyptic action. This
is a problem, but does not detract too much from the fun and the laughs.
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