Review: This Is The End

"This is judgement day."

"You mean like Terminator, like Terminator 2...is this Skynet...did...did Skynet go live?"

Probably my favorite of the many clever exchanges of dialogue in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's This is the End.

For anyone looking for a movie that's going to change how you think about life or affect you on an emotional level, This is the End is not it.  It is exactly what it's suppose to be: 1 hour and 45 minutes of mindless, dumb, explicit, laughable fun.

If you've seen the trailers or commercials, you pretty much already know what the film's about: a group of real-life friends playing themselves - including the aforementioned Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, and Danny McBride - must survive the apocalypse while bunkering down in a house (James Franco's newly built house, actually).

The two main character's of the story (I guess), are Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel who, as lifelong best friends, have grown apart as Seth's been living in LA while Jay hasn't.  On a visit to see his ol' buddy, they end up at Seth's newest best friend's housewarming party, James Franco.  Jay doesn't really know any of Seth's other new buddies including Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, or - in a hilarious cameo - Michael Cera (trust me, you'll never look at this guy the same way again), so he decides to exit the party for a drug store, and of course, this is where the apocalypse begins.

To go into more detail of the plot if probably pointless as this is the kind of movie where you just want to turn your brain off for a solid two hours and just enjoy the ride while not knowing what's going to happen.

Every member of the cast is great at playing...well themselves, in a heightened reality type of way, though I'd say probably the stand-out is Danny McBride who gets the most laughs in slightly lesser role than everyone else (his verbal exchange with James Franco about 'coming'...priceless).

The visual effects for the film aren't too shabby either considering the flick was made for a considerably low budget (though be prepared to see a side of apocalyptic monsters you've never seen before).

Also, trust me when I say there are many famous cameos by plenty of celebrities who likely just wanted to apart of a good ol' time at making a comedy.

Overall, I'd say This is the End is probably the funniest film I've seen this year (beats the hell out of The Internship), and likely will have a long-shelf life on Blu-ray/DVD as one of those film's that people just want to watch over and over again).

Grade: B