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Gary King has issues, his life never turned out as he wanted and as he approaches the 2nd half of his life with a burden of regrets and remorse behind him all he wants to do is complete the task that he failed to complete when he'd just left school and finish the monumental pub crawl, 12 pubs over the space of one mile in his sleepy home time of Newton Haven, but will Gary and his four childhood friends be able to finish what they started this time or will shadowy events overtake them AND be mankind's undoing?

I guess like many people I was excited and nervous about how the "Blood and Cornetto" trilogy would end, initially when it was devised it was meant to be a British comedic homage to the "Three Colours" trilogy but did it pass the test? For me, The World's end felt almost like "Shaun of the Dead" reprise, in that we have a big end-of- the-world style apocalyptic event occurring and while the story was different to "Shaun" there was still a feeling of "we've been here before" that I just couldn't escape.

This isn't to say the film isn't enjoyable, fun, funny, well-observed and well acted as it is, and all of the leads, in particular Nick Frost and Paddy Considine, are impressive throughout, but it did feel a bit "done this before"-y.

So as for comparisons to trilogies for me "The Blood and Cornetto" trilogy actually is probably more like a comedic version of "The Star Wars" trilogy (original!!!). "Shaun" is the groundbreaking first film that actually changes movies, in this case by creating the sub-genre that has since taken off, the zom-rom-com, then comes the best of the bunch, the second film "Hot Fuzz", a tour-de-force that no-one expects to be as good as it is, and then finally the wrap-up film that feels sort of similar to the first except that it's on a bigger budget and grander scale.

Worth seeing for anyone that has watched the other two and has taken this journey through life with Shaun, Nick and now Gary. 7 out of 10.