Fried Gold!

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2007)

I saw this movie ten days before the UK release date and I thought it was amazing. Being a big fan of Spaced and Shaun of the Dead, however, I may have been slightly biased.
Seeing as the film was made in vein of the success of SOTD, I liked how some aspects were kept the same (Nick Frost playing quite a slow, 'useless' character, references to SOTD and other films) yet some parts were changed. Simon Pegg's character (Nicholas Angel) is completely different to Tim Bisley in Spaced and Shaun in SOTD.
The film has a great cast, all top British comedy actors - and in almost every new scene that comes up, there's someone there that makes you think 'Now what have I seen them in before?!' The film is both very funny and a serious cop film at the same time - with a LOT of gore, surprisingly! It was, perhaps, slightly long - it lasted 2 hours - which meant that towards the end I did find myself checking my watch... but it was more than worth it.
If you are considering going to watch this film, I would say definitely go and see it!