Over-the-top entertaining crime caper

Rating: Null/10 (26 March 2007)

Saw this on the 13th of this month, even though I originally planned to see another film that wasn't out yet unfortunately.
I heard the hype, so I decided why not? This opens with Pegg's character, Sergeant Nicholas Angel as an over-the-top with some fast-moving camera shots policeman, who's obsessed about being as good as he possibly can at his job - such that he can never really 'switch off' and relax.
He then gets transferred to the small idyllic-looking Sandford, and is partnered with an over-enthusiastic Danny Butterman, who's an action film lover and longs for the kind of high-speed car chases his favourite film characters get up to. These are later spoofed, such as Point Break and Bad Boys 2.
But as the plot thickens, and the village isn't what it seems, with some very gruesome murders happening to some of the village residents, Angel investigates and is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the deaths. There's a twist in these deaths, as you might have guessed.
I have to admit, this overlong for a comedy, and a couple a few seats down from me did actually walk out about half-an-hour to the end, so those with short attention spans should probably stay clear:D It's also not hilarious as what I thought and heard it would be, but just mildly amusing in places. Think Surburban Shootout meets Heartbeat. I enjoyed it, but near the end it does get very loud with the gunfights so I thought I almost lost my hearing.
I see this as a kind of parody of these action films in a way with a British twist if you like.