Summary
Sci-fi comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Five old school friends reunite for an epic pub crawl in their home town and unwittingly become mankind's only hope for survival.
Sci-fi comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Five old school friends reunite for an epic pub crawl in their home town and unwittingly become mankind's only hope for survival.
After mining horrors in Shaun of the Dead and action movies in Hot Fuzz, director Edgar Wright plunders the sci-fi genre for the concluding part of his Cornetto trilogy. This time the easy-going comic partnership of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost anchors a very British alien takeover in suburban Newton Haven, as the pair are joined by three other old friends (Eddie Marsan, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman) to complete a pub crawl started during their school days. But those pesky, blue-blooded robot replicas wanting to bring Earth into intergalactic line just keep getting in the way! Once more, Wright cleverly remoulds a beloved genre through his own fanboy cinephilia, producing many laugh-out-loud moments and only a few juvenile clunkers. The barmaggedon scenario eventually treads familiar ground and overdoes the action spectacle, but there's an engaging chemistry between the five boozers, while the surprise cameos, early 1990s indie soundtrack, zany violence and visual effects add to a self-aware, matey romp that slips down a treat.
role | name |
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Gary King | Simon Pegg |
Andy Knightley | Nick Frost |
Steven Prince | Paddy Considine |
Oliver Chamberlain | Martin Freeman |
Peter Page | Eddie Marsan |
Sam Chamberlain | Rosamund Pike |
Motorcycle policeman | Steve Oram |
Basil | David Bradley (2) |
Publican 7 | Mark Heap |
Collaborator | Reece Shearsmith |
Shane Hawkins | Darren Boyd |
Reverend Green | Michael Smiley |
Young man | Rafe Spall |
Young woman | Alice Lowe |
role | name |
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Director | Edgar Wright |