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I recently reviewed the film Hot Fuzz on a message forum I visit, and intead of writing a whole seperate review for my blog, I'm just re-posting the one from there... Here goes:
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I first saw Shaun of the Dead about a year ago, and thought
(and still think) it was one of the best comedy's ever. Simon
Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright instantly went on my
favorite comedians list.
Hot Fuzz was even better. I went this afternoon with a few friends
(I went dressed up as Shaun from Shuan of the Dead... My
friends did NOT dress up, though they said they would, so I looked
rather silly), and had one of the best times I'd ever had at a movie.
Hot Fuzz had everything I was hoping for: explosions, quips about
other "serious" cop movies (i.e. Bad Boys II), explosions, crazy
villagers, explosions, and of course, explosions.
Actually, there really were not all that many explosions until the
end of the film. Hot Fuzz tells the tale of sergeant Nicolas Angel,
London's best cop and most important member of the force, who
is transferred because he is so good, he makes all the other cops
look useless, and they are afraid they might loose their jobs.
Angel (Pegg), is transferred to the quaint city of Sandford, the
"Best City in the Country." He quickly learns that his job is going
to be worse than he expected when he is paired with the police
chief's son (Frost), who he first meets coming out of a pub, drunk,
and trying to drive home.
A series of brutal "accidents" follow all over town, which Angel
suspects are murder. A shifty, violence-obsessed local supermarket
owner is his suspect, but the police force, none of whom have
ever done any "real" work, think he is crazy.
The entire town, esp. the police force, is filled with a fantastic array
of strange and kooky characters who add to the often oddball humour
of this wonderful flick.
Some of the murders themselves are violent, as they happen in
over-the-top, grisly ways. (Example: the pointy tip off a church
steeple falls on a man's head, smashing his head into his neck.
His body stumbles about for a second, then falls down and lands
with a spray of blood.)
The action scenes also, are extremely over-the-top, with tons of
guns, and as I believe I mentioned, explosions.
A great perk about this movie, is that though it parody's overdone
cop films that take themselves seriously, in it's own way, it is one,
and one that's even better than the "serious" ones.
9.6 stars - out of 10.
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There you have it. In short, go see Hot Fuzz. More soon, I'm going to start blogging again, I've just been a bit busy over the past few weeks. This weekend I will be at a scouting camporee, but I may get a chance to post Sunday, otherwise, sometime next week.
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