Looks and Sounds Good, Unfortunately It's Not

Rating: 4/10 (10 September 2007)

I really thought a British spoof on police life would be funny. I also though Hot Fuzz would deliver that kind of funny I was expecting from the same people as "Shaun of the Dead." Instead I get this diluted and brainless rendition of British police life. Nick Angel, who goes to a small town to work, has an idiotically unfunny sidekick, and tries to solve a number of grisly, gruesome murders. There are some funny parts, though they are too far between and pretty lame when they occur. You'll find yourself laughing-- a little. Often Angel's sidekick make some idiotic remark or tries to copy Angel with moronic results. You may giggle a little when a man is seen urinating in a pub. Humorous instances are too broad apart and when they do occur it's like, "Okay. Big deal." The movie is described as an "action-comedy", but a better description for this would be a "mild action-lame comedy" movie. To be quite honest, I didn't even finish the movie. I have better things to do with my time than spend two hours and one minute waiting for the action to heat up in Hot Fuzz or the humor to be more humorous.