As the final part of the self proclaimed ‘Three Flavours Cornetto’ trilogy this is solid entertainment but sadly I just didn’t find it funny enough.
I felt it was inferior to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz even though it successfully hits the same vibe and is helped along by a superb soundtrack. Maybe it all feels a bit too familiar this time out. Simon Pegg is certainly starting to outstay his welcome and his character here purposefully remains an irritant from beginning to end which doesn’t help. The cream of current British acting talent is here and nobody lets the side down but it’s a bit like everyone has signed on to appear in a fairly mundane episode of Dr Who. That’s a large part of the problem. The alien invasion theme doesn’t seem to offer as much comic potential or genre bending possibilities as the zombie and action movie spoofs that precede it. it lacks that extra hit of inventiveness that I was hoping for.
All the cornettos have been eaten and this is the way the world ends …not with a bang
…but a whimper.
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