Much of the success of "Hot Fuzz" should be credited to director Wright, who accomplishes the delicate balancing act of paying tribute to movies like "Lethal Weapon" and "Bullitt" while poking fun at the same time. Even the scenes where the police do paperwork are cut with the quick-edit style of a Michael Bay car chase. Tension is also built with subtleties in the soundtrack and editing. Action movie and television veterans (including "The Equalizer" star Edward Woodward) are cast as the quiet villagers - which gives an underlying feeling that everything in Sandford isn't as it seems. Helping sell the intentionally ridiculous plot is an excellent supporting cast, including Jim Broadbent as the police chief. When the hard-nosed Angel suspects a murder conspiracy, he appears to be crazy - who would commit a homicide in a town where the typical police call involves chasing down a runaway goose? Angel gets sent to the quietest town in England where he partners with Danny, a lazy cop who is obsessed with American action films.įrom there the movie grooves along nicely, playing off the personality differences between Angel and the residents of fictional Sandford, who don't think much of underage drinking but have a huge problem with an out-of-towner street performer hanging out by the fountain. In this movie, Pegg is Nick Angel, a by-the-book London police officer who kicks so much criminal butt that he's making his colleagues look bad. "Hot Fuzz" reunites "Shaun of the Dead" director Edgar Wright and co-stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, although they don't try to replicate the success of that romantic zombie comedy in which the two slacker leads seemed to be playing themselves. Only people who have an equal fondness for strolls through English cottage gardens and "Dirty Harry" movies are going to fall madly in love with the film, but just about everybody is going to like it. The movie succeeds on both levels, even if the transition is a bit abrupt. Imagine having a nice quiet dinner with Emma Thompson followed by a violent trip into the Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon with Chuck Liddell. "Hot Fuzz" is just two hours long, but it still plays like a double feature - starting out as a dry British comedy before morphing into an over-the-top Bruce Willis-style action flick.
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