What the Fuzz?!

Rating: 6/10 (24 November 2013)

So this film is the second in Wright/Pegg Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, the first was Shaun of the Dead and third was The World's End, and it takes place in Sanford, Gloucestershire, GB. PC Nick Angel is a high achieving cop in the London Metropolitan Police Service whose by the book attitude and highest arrest record of any other officer in the Met starts to make his superiors believe he's too effective, making the other officers look bad by comparison. So he's promoted to Sergeant and transferred to the sleepy seemingly idyllic village of Sanford. After arriving and making an arrest of three drunk and disorderly teens and a DUI after a visit to the local pub, Sergeant Angel meets the eccentric (and exceedingly creepy) residents of the village. He's partnered with the buffoonish but well meaning PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) and settles into a boring routine of investigating complaints that lead to chasing livestock, giving an unappreciated safety lecture to high school students, and generally wishing he was back in London. Sgt. Angel and PC Butterman, however, investigate a series of gruesome deaths attributed to accidents but Angel suspects foul play on the part one of the most prominent local citizens, Mr. Simon Skinner (Timothy Dalton), a successful local grocery owner. Angel's investigation lead to a weird and funny revelation about how desperate the town's leaders are to keep Sanford as the England's "Village of the Year."