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Hot Fuzz (2007)
Director: Edgar Wright
Synopsis
A city cop investigates a series of grisly deaths in the seemingly sleepy village of Sandford.
Movie review
From Time Out New York
It took an extra two weeks, but here it is: the year’s most ridiculously enjoyable bit of genre slumming. (Sorry, Quentin and Robert.) If you remember Edgar Wright’s 2004 zom-com Shaun of the Dead, you’ll know his affection for conventions goes deeper than mere scratches. Even his two-minute contribution to Grindhouse, “Don’t,” displays more winning vulnerability than the rest of that mess. Now Wright turns his geek-hero surrogate, actor Simon Pegg (who also cowrote the script with the director), into a ramrod, slightly absurd supercop, Nicholas Angel, demoted from his manic London patrolling to a post in a sleepy rural hamlet.Angel’s new duties include rousting underage drinkers and running down an escaped swan. But mayhem seems to follow him anyway; he’s teamed with chubby junior constable Danny (Shaun’s appealing Frost), who’s in awe of his new hero. Wright cuts it all—even the paperwork—into a hyperadrenalized montage, creating a knowing parody of Bruckheimer badassedness. But elevating the film above simple spoofery is a subtle yet moving sense of British pride (supported by a rich cast of U.K.’s finest): Hot Fuzz screams its love, frame by frame, for Bad Boys II and John Woo, yet gets to action nirvana on its own self-mocking Blighty terms. Nervous yet, Hollywood? Better make room for a few more lads.
Author: Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York Issue 603: April 19–25, 2007
User reviews of this film
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- Dec Hen said...
- Posted on Sep 30 2007 05:00 Fast, funny and extremely good! I could watch this again, again and again and not get bored! A great english comedy!
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- Tarlochan said...
- Posted on Jul 31 2007 20:58 The film was absolute crap! I cant believe they released this film. They are giving British comedy a bad name.
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- Jack Twigg said...
- Posted on Jul 05 2007 09:57 I think Hot Fuzz is a really funny and action pact film they should make a Hot Fuzz 2 that would be really good
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Cast & crew
Director: Edgar Wright
Producer: Nira Park, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Cast: Simon Pegg, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Steve Coogan, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward, Nick Frost, Rafe Spall, Olivia Colman, Karl Johnson, Kevin Eldon, Bill Bailey, Roy Porter, Anne Reid, Ken Cranham full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Comedy
Duration: 120 mins
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