The World's End

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The World's End

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Released Aug 23, 2013

1h 49m

Comedy

Sci-Fi

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Gary King (Simon Pegg) is an immature 40-year-old who's dying to take another stab at an epic pub-crawl that he last attempted 20 years earlier. He drags his reluctant buddies back to their hometown and sets out for a night of heavy drinking. As they make their way toward their ultimate destination -- the fabled World's End pub -- Gary and his friends attempt to reconcile the past and present. However, the real struggle is for the future when their journey turns into a battle for mankind.

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Critics Consensus

Madcap and heartfelt, Edgar Wright's apocalypse comedy The World's End benefits from the typically hilarious Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, with a plethora of supporting players.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Either I've been slowly losing my sense of humour over the years - nope, just checked my pockets; still there - or these films been operating to the law of diminishing returns.

Sep 5, 2018

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Where Shaun Of The Dead was inspired, this is comfortingly repetitive. But hey, isn't that the main attraction of any pub?

Rated: 3/5

Sep 6, 2017

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

It is a more mature piece of work, which seems a peculiar way to label a zippy comedy about drinking beer and outrunning the apocalypse.

Jun 19, 2016

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JD Duran

InSession Film

All of the performances are fantastic. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who have carried this trilogy, are incredible and they know how to play off each other.

Rated: A

Aug 16, 2024

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Like what Wright, Pegg, and Frost did for horror and action, this third entry into the Cornetto Trilogy similarly lampooned while also paying tribute to the sci-fi genre, while also delivering plenty of heart.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

[The movie takes] an exhausted genre and suffusing it with energy, wit, and technical bravado, but perhaps most importantly, three-dimensional characters whose serious interpersonal relationships extend the cultish material beyond its usual limitations.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 25, 2022

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Robert J

I don't know where to start with this absolute master class in engaging film making! The way it takes a complete left turn in the pub toilet scene absolutely throws you off and just encapsulates you to the end of the film while also making you want to see more! This film is honestly in my top 10 and I've seen a f++k load of films but when you understand how hard it is compared to how easy its made to look, then you fully appreciate how great this movie is, right from the cast to the acting to the directing and then the story, it's absolute perfection! The jokes hit every time and it's brilliantly hilarious! Love it! Love it! Love it! All the guys and gal are great in this movie and I honestly can't rave about enough! And honestly, Rosamund Pike would make an absolute fantastic doctor! Give her the role of doctor who cause she is absolutely phenomenal as an actress! All in all have a few beers while watching this masterclass and you won't be disappointed, I can see this becoming a Halloween tradition.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/23/25

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Joshua H

This was a very enjoyable watch, it's no Hot Fuzz but it's still a load of fun with a very interesting story. I did really like how it had the cast at a lot older stage in life acknowledging that the cast are also getting older. But yeah it's still a fun watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/04/25

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Craig H

Remember not thinking much of this when I first watched it ten years ago but after this viewing I thought it was absolutely brilliant, still the weakest of the trilogy but that's saying alot as it is one the best trilogies of all time. The cast are all so good, some super funny moments and classic Edgar Wright comedy, surprisingly dark and blended an alien invasion movie with a buddy comedy movie really well and I just love how it highlights old friends remembering the good old days something you can relate to as you get abit older. Brilliant(and what they did on a £20 million budget is very impressive)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/19/25

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Korra N

Arguably the best of the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy, Edgar Wright closes it out with a movie that's funny, fraught, & surprisingly action-packed, with some genuinely creepy atmosphere. Not to mention the always stellar cast.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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nicokush 4

its a good movie but wasn't my cup of tea its pretty repetitive is all i really have to say about this movie apart of that its a really great watch

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Millie G

Film has a bad story line. Makes no sense. Not that funny. Just weird. Basically a hunch of famous actors in one film. Unbelievably bad

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Synopsis

Gary King (Simon Pegg) is an immature 40-year-old who's dying to take another stab at an epic pub-crawl that he last attempted 20 years earlier. He drags his reluctant buddies back to their hometown and sets out for a night of heavy drinking. As they make their way toward their ultimate destination -- the fabled World's End pub -- Gary and his friends attempt to reconcile the past and present. However, the real struggle is for the future when their journey turns into a battle for mankind.

Director: Edgar Wright
Producer: Nira Park, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Screenwriter: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Working Title Films
Rating: R (Sexual References|Pervasive Language)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.0M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, Dolby SR, DTS, Datasat

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