A truly epic buddy cop film

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2017)

Before going to see Edgar wrights new film baby driver I had to rewatch probably my favourite film of his witch is hot fuzz. The premise of the film sees an exceptional police officer transferred from London to a little village where he attempts to work out why the crime rate is so low. Simon pegg plays the lead in this film and he is excellent in this film, he was the perfect person to play this by the numbers police officer and it is truly great to see his character develop with the film and watch him just have so much fun in the role. Nic frost is also in this film playing his partner and he owns his role as well, there chemistry is absolutely brilliant and is really the driving force in this film. Seeing there friendship grow is great and shows just how good both of these performers are especially together. Timothy Dalton is in this film as a supermarket owner and you can tell he is having so much fun in the role, he plays up his sleezy persona and he seems to be having a blast in this film. Jim broadbent plays the police inspector in this film an he is great, he also plays up his role well and I found him one of the more interesting characters in this film. Also credit has to go to the whole police force who were all really funny in this film and bounced off each other very well. The story has just a really fun feel about it as you see pegg try and work out what this village is all about. As the film progresses there are more twists and turns that work and do come as a surprise which leads to a very memorable third act. The script has so many great lines, the humour is so crisp and hilarious that it makes all these characters fun to watch. But also the drama when used is really good as well. The style of the film plays up all the action clichés but it works to add to the humour in this film. The action scenes are really fun to watch and with the style used makes it a truly memorable style. Overall this is a truly epic film that needs to be seen especially if you love Shaun of the dead and the worlds end like I do.