![]() The special effects, most notably the church and the mini town scenes, are pathetically unrealistic. The dialogue and one-liners are so cheesy, Kraft wants to learn the secret and patent it. Each and everyone of these people just add to the hell that Angel (or Angle - as Messenger typed) is in.Īnother plus is just like “Shaun of the Dead,” Hot Fuzz does not at any time take itself seriously. People like: Simon Skinner (Timothy Dalton), the owner of the local food mart, is suave motherfucker obsessed with death and Tim Messenger (Adam Buxton) a local newspaper reporter who can’t even spell. His time is spent getting drunk as shit, eating cake and ice cream and living his life through cop movies - mostly “Bad Boys II” and “Point Break.” The town folk are equally absurd in their own ways. Butterman is a typical unmotivated fat kid in high school who fell into the job because of his father. Nicholas Angel is the human version of “Robocop.” He’s totally about his job and the letter of the law and can’t fathom why everyone around him shuns him like the plague. Ridiculous because he is surrounded by the Keystone Cops and a zany town folk led by the Neighborhood Watch Alliance or NWA for short (not Niggers With Attitude).Īside from the silly plot, the next best aspect of the film is characters. Within the first week or so of his new assignment, highly suspicious accidents begin to occur and Angel suddenly finds himself mired in a ridiculous situation. Angel is befriended by a dumber than dirt constable Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), a guy who thinks police work is all gun fights and car chases. Due to jealousy at the London police force (400% arrest record over all others on the force), Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is exiled to the country town of Sandford where there is no real crime to speak of. The plot is as simple as it can get which just adds to the humor. Two words come to mind when I think about Hot Fuzz: Fucking funny. Hot Fuzz is the highly anticipated movie from the team of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg that created “Shaun of the Dead.” Whereas Shaun twisted and made light of the zombie genre, Hot Fuzz pokes fun at the cop buddy movie made so famous by movies like “Lethal Weapon” and “Rush Hour.” All I can say is, it is about time!
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