Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy: Part 2- Hot Fuzz.

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2019)

Despite having seen the first and third films in the trilogy a number of times,I've somehow never got round to tasting the second Cornetto flavour. Gathering up titles for a "Auteurs in 2007" week of viewings shortly after having seen Edgar Wright's movie directing debut A Fistful of Fingers (1995-also reviewed) it looked like the best time to get caught by the fuzz.
View on the film:
Going from a zombie apocalypse to the mean streets of Sandford, co-writer/(with Simon Pegg) directing auteur Edgar Wright reunites with editor Chris Dickens and continues to build upon his distinctive fluid whip-pans/crash-zooms being pinned by rapid, razor-sharp edits stirring a Action-style atmosphere during the most mundane of tasks being done.
Awakening the sleepy town with a awesome soundtrack, Wright continues to dual-weld genres, as Wright & cinematographer Jess Hall turn the small countryside location into a US Action movie backdrop, where Angel and fellow cop Danny Butterman chase shoplifters on the glossy running tracking shots and zoom-ins loading up a explosive atmosphere. Opening up the secrets of the town, Wright joyfully sends Angel and Danny into a breakneck Slasher Comedy, slashing Action movie whip-pans onto gloriously gory visual sight-gags chopping at the murders taking place.
Reuniting together, the screenplay by Wright and Pegg inventively continues to expand on the themes of Shaun, with the strongly individual Angel uncomfortable over becoming a buddy to those in his newly joined force, having to face off against a zombie-like cult, who follow the group mantra that their murders are for "The Greater Good."
Becoming buddies as they patrol the streets, the writers make the buddy cop friendship between Danny and Angel one which pays loving tribute to Action movies with a warm comedic steak, via Danny's fandom of cop films hilariously spilling over to him treating doing tasks with Angle such as searching for a missing goose as if it is a precursor to a Action set-piece. Hanging out on the big screen for a second time, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg give terrific turns as Danny and Angel, thanks to the dead-pan side Pegg gives Angel being matched by the eager enthusiasm Frost powers Danny's excitement over the hot fuzz becoming bad boys.