Clever British Comedy

Rating: Null/10 (19 April 2007)

"Hot Fuzz" is a clever British comedy. Simon Pegg as Nick Angel is a policeman who is simply too good at his job.Sent by his superiors from his job in the city to the 'sleepy' village of Sanford .His new partner is Danny Butterman played by Nick Frost-- a policeman who has not seen much action in the force but has ideas about how it should be having seen films like 'Bad Boys 2' and 'Point Break'.What a great idea! Take the big budget 'Lethal Weapon'style actioner and mix it up with a 'Midsomer Murder' television serial.It works really well due to Edgar Wright's exciting and inventive direction. A first rate cast including Jim Broadbent as Danny's policeman Dad and Timothy Dalton as Simon Skinner the supermarket manager(He mocks, taunts and sneers in such a delightfully villainish way he steals every scene he is in ).What I also found effective was the 'Wicker Man' influence so that when the murders take place there is a threatening tension underlying all the moments of comedy.The climactic shoot out at the end brought to mind the harmless fun of 'Bugsy Malone'.