Hot Fuzz
September 24th, 2009 | Published in Action/Adventure, Comedy, Movies, Reviews
Okay, as mentioned in a previous entry, I’m a huge fan of the team of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright. I think Pegg and Frost are today’s equivalent of Laurel and Hardy. Shaun of the Dead is one of my favorite movies, and if you liked Shaun of the Dead, then you’ll love Hot Fuzz, but this film is darker.
Hot Fuzz is about policeman, pardon me, police officer, Nicholas Angel, who has just been transferred to small village Sandford. He is transferred for being the best police officer in his department, and is making the rest of the officers look bad. So, begrudgingly, he departs for the sleepy town. Angel is initially shocked by the allowance of underage drinking, loitering, and other behaviors that the rest of the town rights off as “for the greater good” as allowing smaller, petty crimes, detracts from major crimes. However, when a series of bizarre and outlandish accidents begin occuring, Angel is determined to prove that they were murders, much to the chagrin of his co-police officers, and the excitement of his partner Danny (Nick Frost).
This film is fantastic. It lovingly pokes fun at police action movies, buddy cop movies, and basically ANY cop movie ever made. Pegg and Frost are a near perfect comedic duo, and they are obviously the best part of the film. However, as much as I love the movie, I felt it was a bit darker than Shaun of the Dead. But, I can still whole-heartedly recommend it as one of the funniest/coolest movies to come around in a long time.
If you want to pick it up, you can do so here!
