Funny tongue-in-cheek spoof of American action movies...

Rating: 7/10 (1 November 2011)

1st watched 10/30/2011 – 7 out of 10(Dir-Edgar Wright): Funny tongue-in-cheek spoof of American action movies with Simon Pegg playing a cop that's too good for the big city of London – so he's promoted(aka. Demoted) to be a sheriff of a small village because he's making everyone look bad. The same team that made "Shaun of the Dead" was involved in this British farce that sometimes goes a little overboard late in the movie, but for the most part is laugh-out-loud funny. They kind of do an-overdone last half hour action scene but add gags in the middle of everything to help you realize that even the drawn-out action is part of the farce. The perfect police officer finds people to arrest in the new village the night of his arrival, even before he's officially on the job. A few deaths then start to occur and he starts suspecting something fishy is going on. Of course, the locals, say the deaths are just accidents because the village is going for "village of the year" and couldn't have the "m" word(murder) happen in their little bungalow. His partner, played by Nick Frost, is about the only one who believes him and plays a great sidekick to the straight-laced Pegg. The rest of the cast does their part, but the writing and Pegg's straight-lace portrayal is what makes the movie work. The movie really isn't about one-liners but instead just the idea that the ones making the movie are laughing in their heads and keep straight faces so we can do the laughing. This is definitely not a perfect movie but as a comedy it is one of the better ones I've seen lately.