Now, do NOT get this confused with This is the End. Yes, they both have some apocalyptic elements, yes they both involve best friends taking on evil to survive, and yes, they are both ridiculous, but the key point to remember is that one is Simon Pegg and one is Seth Rogen. And I, for one, simply love Simon Pegg and pretty much everything he and his crew do: Run Fatboy Run, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead (my personal favorite), etc.
This starts off with a dysfunctional Simon Pegg who never got out of the glory days of highschool. He knows he needs to move on, but doesn't seem to think he can get over his problems until he finishes the one thing he felt he failed in high school: a night visiting all of the pubs in his home town. He convinces all of his friends to go with him, to mend old bridges, and start anew, but they quickly discover that the town has both changed and not, but not in the way any of them thought. Enter the robots who are trying to take over the world, one dinky English town at a time!
The one liners are funny, the ridiculousness is reeled in just enough to be hilarious, the acting is excellent, and the chemistry between all of the people involved makes it all come together. Yes, there is a huge computer that turns everyone into robots and tries to take away free-will, but details! It's funny. And does have a message: you cannot take away people's free will for their own good, they'd rather nuke than world than live in perpetual peace and happiness!
In the end, I give his an 8 out of 10. It's no Shaun of the Dead, but it is pretty damn funny nonetheless!
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