Great fun and terribly clever

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2007)

"Hot Fuzz" completely exceeded my expectations. I never would have thought that Edgar Wright and the gang could possibly top the wonderful "Shaun of the Dead" from back in 2004, but somehow "Hot Fuzz" does with flying colors. This is literally a belly laugh a minute type of film, which was made possible by the great performances by Simon Pegg and the always oafishly hilarious Nick Frost. Action movie junkies will also be pleased with the wealth of in-jokes and homages to popular action/cop/buddy/crime movies of the past such as Dirty Harry, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Police Story 3, Leon: The Professional, Point Break, Bad Boys 2 and even Straw Dogs. Mixed with it's seemingly flawless blend of action, humor, gore and slapstick makes "Hot Fuzz" not only one of the best films of the year so far, but one of the best comedies I've seen in the past few years.
Highly Recommended*