Spaced bad boys at point break.

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2007)

Most of the buddy movies from the eighties, from "Tango and Cash" to "Lethal Weapon" are nowadays already funny to watch, for the narrative and aesthetically codes they use are usually very old-fashion and cliché. "Hot Fuzz", witch is sold as a parody of those kind of cop movie, reinvents those codes in a totally out of the blues environment, and give an even more absurd tone to those absurd codes : a little and calm village of England, where nothing ever happens.
Sergeant Nicholas Angel, a kind of "Robocop" bobby of London is indeed transfered in Sandford, a village where his amazing skills won't eclipse the ones of his colleges. But for Angel, even when everything's calm, there's always something's happening, especially when the all inhabitants of the town seems so suspects, as if they're trying to hide something, for the "greater good".
Just like "Shawn of the Dead" mixed the living dead movies with a very spaced humor, "Hot Fuzz" transfers "Miami Vice" in a very British (an therefor absurd) environment and humor. The all thing is rather pleasant, full of great guests (including Steve Coogan and Timothy Dalton in what may be his best role) : those who saw the previous Edgar Wright's movies won't be surprised by the tone of the movie, and those who expect another Ben Sttiller's "Starsky and Hutch" will be rather surprised.
Nothing to say except that if the first part of the movie is really funny and clever, in a very British style, the last act, witch looks more like a gun-fight parody, is way more classic and less enjoyable.