Exceptional London cop Nicholas Angel is involuntarily transferred to a quaint English village and paired with a witless new partner. While on the beat, Nicholas suspects a sinister conspiracy is afoot with the residents.
Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman |
Storyline
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the
rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of
Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him
on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two
actors are found decapitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't
going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead.
Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth
behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents".
Movie Reviews
I
will say it out clear and upfront - I love this movie, and without a
doubt, a definite contender for my movie of the year. By the filmmakers
of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz has everything that makes great
entertainment, laced with wry Brit wit, and while it contains plenty of
references from their earlier movie, it never bores, and for cinephiles,
you're in for one heck of a time identifying the countless of movie
references within. If anything, I can't wait to get my hands on their
earlier efforts in order not to shortchange myself in missing out on the
gems by director Edgar Wright and collaborating writer Simon Pegg.
Hot
Fuzz follows a typical buddy-cop genre, except that these two are so
much more diverse from each other than the conventional cop movies of
late milking the obvious race and cultural differences, beaten to death
by the Lethal Weapon and Rush Hour films. Here we have the city versus
country policeman officers buddying up, each with work ethics belonging
to opposite ends. Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is your
no-nonsense, straight laced, focused, top supercop who aces everything
in his field of work, apprehending felons who fail to follow the law.
And with being the top police officer on the beat, the powers that be
deem him to be a threat (in making them look inept), and got him posted
from Metropolitan London to the countryside of Sandford.
And
Sandford is your typical small lazy town, where nothing much happens,
and everyone knows everyone else. If a missing swan is a great deal,
then you'll know there's pretty nothing much to sustain our supercop's
interest, especially so when the station he's assigned to have officers
which are extremely laid back, which makes him get off on the wrong
footing with partner PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost). Danny's the
anti-thesis of Nicholas, and spends much of his days daydreaming what a
top city cop would be like, and lives out his dreams through his
collection of DVD movies like Bad Boys II and Point Break. But the
idyllic life of the country gets interrupted with a series of murders
(frequently brushed aside as accidents) just as our friends are about to
get chummy, and here's where the fun kicks in at top gear.
There
are so many things to like about the movie. The violence is one, though
I'm unsure if the commercial release here will keep scenes unscathed by
the editing scissors. Featuring some of the most gruesome ways to die,
it's a blood splattering fest worthy of any serial killer movie. The
movie too rewards the attentive viewer, because while the filmmakers
load the movie with plenty of easter eggs, minute details, red herrings
and the likes, everything will count for something as they come together
on the way to the finale, so keep your eyes wide open and your ears
peeled. The dialogue is full of wit, with loads of movie references,
direct and indirect, and its run up to the end is one of the most
adrenaline pumping in recent times, you can't help but to cheer as you
lap up the high octane action. Action fans will not be disappointed.
Some
may not like its editing style, which is quick, sudden, loud, and at
times repetitive, but that's just a minor blip. There are enough
positives here to satisfy almost everyone, and one that will definitely
bring on a smile by the time the end credits roll. A definite must
watch! Don't miss this when it screens commercially!