Roller Coaster ride

Rating: 8/10 (8 August 2008)

To be honest, i wasn't expecting Hot Fuzz to be much of a movie (i was unaware of how good Shaun of the Dead was). I caught this film on HBO and i should admit, i received way, way, way more than what i expected. 'Hot Fuzz' is one of those movies that is hard to describe in common description, its not outright funny, nor is it all action. But it is what genuine popcorn cinema is, outright entertainment. The best way to describe this movie is that it is HYSTERICAL.The film is very familiar yet very different from other films that belong to the comedy-action genre. The point is, Edgar Wright doesn't take the genre too seriously here and tries to mix up a long of things. The film is odd, ridiculous, funny, and has great action sequences as well. It's a strange mix, but the director is talented enough to make that strange mix actually work big time. From the start, the movie was always going to offer something different, and the quick-paced start suddenly settles into a mundane, lazy early days for Nicholas Angel at his new town. Murders happen, but none of them were shown too seriously, and then we have the townspeople muttering them as 'accidents'. Now that's one odd thing. And the film does manage to keep the suspense going even though it never sounded as serious to be unpredictable. When the plot is revealed, it gets more ridiculous, only to serve us all up with a wonderful crescendo of an ending (The fight scene at the climax is just mind-blowing). It's everything that looks out of place coming together. A cop story, located at a small British town, the heroes are two cops, one riding on a horse armed with several shotguns so stylishly decorated over his body (dont forget that stylish cooling glasses, duh), and another being a filmi gimmick, and who are the villains? The town's old people. From a priest to the lazy police chief to a store owner even to a old lady, they are all armed and attack as if they are professional killers. Now that's something you don't see all the time. Just sit, watch and have a blast. This is what i call all-out entertainment with some creative thinking. Well written, well executed, and never pretends to be anything more than what it is.