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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 3515
Released: July 31, 2007 |
| Our Price: $5.48 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Get ready for a gut-busting outrageous comedy from the guys that created Shaun of the Dead. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is a big-city cop who can't be stopped - but he's making everyone else on the force look bad. When he is reassigned to a small quiet town he struggles with this new seemingly idyllic world and his bumbling partner (Nick Frost). But their dull existence is interrupted by several grisly and suspicious accidents and the crime-fighting duo turn up the heat and hand out high-octane car-chasing gun-fighting big-city justice in this hilarious hit critics are calling "Outrageous! Uproariously Funny!" (Thelma Adams US Weekly).System Requirements:Running Time: 121 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 025193321824 Manufacturer No: 62033218
Description of Hot Fuzz (Widescreen Edition):
In Shaun of the Dead, it was the zombie movie and the anomie of modern life. In Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg set their sights on the buddy cop blockbuster and the eccentric English village. The two worlds collide when overachieving London officer Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is promoted to sergeant. The catch is that he's being transferred to Agatha Christie country. His superiors (the comic trifecta of Martin Campbell, Steve Coogan, and Bill Nighy) explain that he's making the rest of the force look bad. On the surface, Sandford is a sleepy little burg where the most egregious crimes, like loitering, are committed by hoody-sporting schoolboys. In truth, it's a hotbed of Willow Man-style evil. Upon his arrival, Chief Butterman (Jim Broadbent) partners Angel with his daft son, Danny (Nick Frost, Pegg's Shaun co-star), who aspires to kick criminal "arse" like the slick duo in Bad Boys II. When random citizens start turning up dead, he gets his chance. With the worshipful Danny at his side, Angel shows his cake-eating colleagues how things are done in the big city. As in Shaun, their previous picture, Wright and Pegg hit their targets more often than not. With the success of that debut comes a bigger budget for car chases, shoot-outs, and fiery explosions. Though Hot Fuzz earns its R-rating with salty language and grisly deaths, the tone is more good-natured than mean-spirited. A wall-to-wall soundtrack of boisterous British favorites, like the Kinks, T-Rex, and Sweet, contributes to the fast-paced fun. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Hot Fuzz (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Excellent 
2009-10-28 - The guys from Shaun of the Dead are at it again. This is easily one of my favorite movies. It has the same type of humor as Shaun but this time instead of a zombie attack, they are cops in a small town. Buy this and watch it. You will laugh a ton without a doubt.
The gore worked for Shaun, but is misplaced in this. 
2009-10-25 - Yes, this film is highly entertaining. But there was really no need to turn it into a gore-fest. Shaun was a zombie flick, and it was expected. But even the most violent cop flicks aren't usually this messy.
Midsomer murders on steroids
2009-10-10 - If you are familiar with the writings of Dave Barry then you will be very comfortable with this movie. Dave Barry has the ability to take something that seems so common and straightforward, then slightly exaggerate and embellish and expound until you find yourself in a fantasy and wonder how you got there.
Constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) finds himself to be too perfect; he is rejected by his girlfriend and banished to the small village of Sandford by his police force community. Here he must adjust to rural life. But is rural life all it seems?
Nikolas is becoming suspicious of a series of accidents and his mind is starting to say murder. Can his newfound friend/coworker, PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) squelch this tendency of Nicholas' to see murder and everything? Or will we be caught up in necklaces fantasy.
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I have only seen the Blu-Ray version of this film so I cannot compare contrast to other versions. You guessed it this presentation has all the standard extra goodies voice over's and additions and whatnots. Naturally they all enhance your viewing pleasure and do not distract from the original presentation. However it is the movie we came to see extra goodies are just icing on the cake so when you make your choice don't forget the cake.
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
Midsomer Murders - Set One ~ John Nettles
Playstation owners bewarned!
2009-10-09 - Hot Fuzz is a great movie, truly. However despite a sticker on the front of the bluray box proclaiming its compatibility with playstation3 I found that the disc played with the video and audio tracks significantly out of sync. I own one of the original pre-slim PS3s with up-to-date firmware and am using an HDMI cable to the TV. Be aware that if your are using a PS3 to watch this disc you may experience the same problems.
Best version of Hot Fuzz as of 2009
2009-10-05 - This BD of Hot Fuzz viewed on a 50" 1080p Panasonic plasma via a Panasonic DMP-BD80 through a Yamaha RX-V863 and an HDMI splitter/amp. 7.5' viewing distance.
PQ is great (compared to the DVD): skin details, exteriors, more are visible with HD. Didn't check for EE - sorry, maybe later.
AQ is just as good as Shaun of the Dead; the fifteen minute finale in DTS-HD is one of the nicer 5.1 mixes out there - the speakers get a great workout!
Traded in my DVD of this movie a while ago when I saw this on FioS, hoping the BD would be comparable. It's more than comparable: it's recommended for fans of the movie.
