A very unique comedy

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2007)

I must admit that I've only seen bits and pieces of "Shaun of the Dead" so I was not sure what to expect from "Hot Fuzz". I expected the usual from a comedy, a few chuckles throughout. From the very beginning, I was sure that I was wrong. Instead of the usual serious guy in a strange situation plot that comedies tend to over use, we had elements of great storytelling throughout. Even when things tended to get silly, everything was still woven together and very much made sense. It wasn't until half the movie was gone that I had realized that I was laughing very hard and had been for most of the movie. It is a rare thing for me to experience at the movie theater.
Hopefully "Hot Fuzz" will not be subject to just the cult level of popularity as "Shaun of the Dead", which I'm sure it will have. This movie is better than that, if people give it the chance and see it. Far too often, movies will fall into that "cult movie" level that scares casual movie goers away.
It takes the rare and original form of comedy that was all over "Hot Fuzz" to get the kind of reaction it did from me. I don't know what the next movie type that the guys are going to go after next time, but I'll be sure to watch. Now it's time to go and rent "Shaun of the Dead" so I can truly appreciate what they can do.