It’s been dubbed the “Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy” (a cheeky nod to
the appearance of a special ice cream treat), but director Edgar Wright
has done an impressive job keeping these features separate in terms of
style and sense of humor. With “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz,” the
helmer fashioned a special tour of film fandom and genre exercises, but
all good things must come to end, and it does, somewhat abruptly with
“The World’s End.” Amusing and impeccably designed and photographed, the
latest work from Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost comes across a tad
undercooked, as though the creative team was backed into making a movie
instead of triumphantly mounting one. Although it has plenty of impish
intent, there’s an air of fatigue swirling around the production that
constantly hinders the comedic adventuring.
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