excellent crime comedy with great lead duo

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2007)

When watching the trailer I was unsure what this crime comedy would give me as it looked quite dull and predictable, but I was completely wrong as I sat back and watched a thoroughly entertaining film with a brilliant cast that kept me interested from start to finish.
Shaun of the dead pair Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are terrific as the stereotyped 'good guy' coppers who are out to stop crime. The problem is no one believes Pegg's suspicions about the town they live in.
Unfortunately I missed the beginning but caught up straight away and the plot maintained a great exciting and humorous consistent which was a delight to watch. There are great action sequences which will maintain action fanatic's interests and the comedy and drama elements are also well established.
What made the film for me however was one of the twists towards the end of the film and the concept of loyalty and believability to the story was simply sensational, it was a complete shock and made me smile with excitement as to what would happen to the central characters.
The intertextuality from other action cop films such as Bad Boys 2 and Point Break is great and helps the movie create an interesting ideology of the crime genre. By referring to other texts the film is also able to apply a spoof genre which can also make it more interesting for viewers who enjoyed that type of comedy.
Simon Pegg's character Nicholas Angel is amazing. His slickness and power are great to watch and the type of dead pan professional personality he upholds for the majority of the film is simply breathtaking and lovable. Juxtaposed with Nick Frost the two are even better and create a great police duo.
The film has great suspense and is made more interesting through the amount of twists. I love twists in a film as they provide great excitement and expectancy. The suspense and mystery behind the central plot of a series of murders is great to involve audiences in the 'who done it' scenario.
WATCH IT!!!