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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 270
Released: July 31, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
London-based officer Nicholas Angel is transferred to a rural village where he teams up with PC Danny Butterman and they investigate a series murders deemed \""accidents\"" by the locals.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 31-JUL-2007
Media Type: DVD
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:
Weird, but enjoyable 
2008-10-06 - Simon Pegg oozes hilarity. He is a natural comedian, and he doesn't even need to try. I've always found that British comedies are much funnier and wittier than American ones. I think it has something to do with their overly dry humour and their love for the F-bomb. It just sounds better coming from a Brit.
Anywho, Hot Fuzz starts off somewhat normal but then halfway through the film, it gets a tad weird. What you think the plot is about is not what it really is, and it just comes at you all of a sudden from a million different directions. It's just weird. Oh, and the excess of blood and gore is also a cool and unexpected treat.
But it is also funny, for the most part. The gags are funny, the characters are even funnier and the film is stylised in the same vein of Shaun of the Dead, which is by far funnier than this. They even reused a few of the same actors. You gotta love the little cameo with Bill Nighy, that guy is just fabulous. Nick Frost is also a great funny sidekick. I was also pleased to see Timothy Dalton in this. He has a nice little role here as well.
The film certainly keeps you entertained and interested. Its a sort of who-dunnit with a funny twist. If you love British humour, you will probably like this movie.
Hot Fuzz is a hot mess! 
2008-08-29 - I saw the previews for this movie and actually laughed my you know what off. I expected it to be a funny action movie like National Security or The Rush Hour series. But I was way off. It starts off good with Nick Angel (Simon Pegg) being super cop. But then the murder mysteries make the movie seem longer than it should be and the gun fight made the movie seem longer also. I don't want to give away what happens after the gunfight but let's just say it seemed like it prolonged the movie even more. And they wasted the talent of Timothy Dalton here. The plot is uneven, contrived, and complete nonsense. Pass on this and check out Formula 51 or Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. Those movies are entertaining and each have a cohesive plot. But not this movie. This movie is so bad that it's more entertaining to watch it rain outside!
Rural Weapon 
2008-08-24 - Like a little Hot Fuzz with your extras? This edition is loaded with them. So much Pegg, Frost and Wright that you may overdose and be sent to comedy rehab where they won't let you flush cake or shop at Sheppler's. My favorite gem in this lot is Edgar Wright's first cop film, Dead Right. Made in 1993 on VHS, its Dirty Harry meets Lethal Weapon meets Rushmore which all builds to a fantastic climax of box monsters and a misunderstood cereal killer (yes, cereal killer). I'm so glad I pried open my wallet and shelled out the 30 bucks. If, after consuming all this media you still can't get enough, try the excellent British TV series Spaced where P, F, and W first rattled their light sabers to create comedy history.
Hot Fuzz is HOT!
2008-08-18 - I saw the trailers and thought that this would be a fun movie to see in the theater. What I was when we got there was way beyond my expectations.
I hadn't seen Shawn of the Dead (although I had heard of it) nor do I recall seeing any Simon Pegg movie before. What I came away with was a new favorite set of actors and film makers. These guys were just laugh-out-loud funny. Simon Pegg and his ultra serious, extremely dedicated character made me want to see much, much more of his work. Edgar Wright made me believe he was just a simple little small-town cop.
Definitely a must-see.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
2008-08-13 - The film is littered with in jokes and cultural references. There are also a number of references to SHAUN OF THE DEAD, but it isn't important to get any of these to enjoy the movie.
