You've been had..

Rating: 3/10 (20 March 2007)

Am I the only person who has seen this film and found it hugely over-rated? The overall impression I had was of a film that is not nearly as amusing nor as slick as it thinks it is. The makers have created a very smug movie that positively challenges its audience not to go along for the ride and get taken in by the sharp editing which makes you think you are seeing and hearing more than you actually do. In fact the special effects are just about passable, the shoot 'em up near the end tedious and the soundtrack nothing more than the usual crash - bang excesses that every 'action' movie has to have nowadays. Clearly appealing purely to the juvenile market, 'Hot Fuzz' is also some 30 minutes too long. What a bore.