Hot Fuzz

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2007)

It was obvious that we wanted more from the makers of Shaun of the Dead, and we definitely got a film that was just as (if not more) funny, from director Edgar Wright. Basically it starts with the successful career of Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), but instead of being promoted to London officer, he is being transferred to the crime-free village of Sandford. There he is partnered with PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost, Pegg's best friend), a huge action movie fan and son of Inspector Frank Butterman (Jim Broadbent). Danny wants the chance to get into the type of action Nick has seen, but the village if the wrong place Nick believes. But that will soon change when after a while of solving small minor crimes and problems, there is a hooded murderer in the town. When Nick and Danny find their suspect, Simon Skinner (Timothy Dalton), they find out is more than one more man. It is pretty much every character Nick met over the few months, and they just want to win Best Village in Britain. Also starring a great British cast, Kevin Eldon as Sergeant Tony Fisher, Paddy Considine as DS Andy Wainwright, Rafe Spall as DC Andy Cartwright, Peep Show and Green Wing's Olivia Colman as PC Doris Thatcher, Karl Johnson as PC Bob Walker, The Wicker Man's Edward Woodward as Tom Weaver, Billie Whitelaw as Joyce Cooper, Bill Nighy as Met Chief Inspector, Bill Bailey as Sergeant Turner, Steve Coogan as Metropolitan Police Inspector, Martin Freeman as Metropolitan Police Sergeant, Anne Reid as Leslie Tiller and Stephen Merchant as Peter Ian Staker. The highlights for me are the huge gun fight and chases towards the end with Pegg and Frost vs. pretty much everyone in the town. This film will obviously be a big hit with British cops, it makes them look cool, and it makes me proud to be British. Very good!