Not as Hot as I Thought

Rating: 5/10 (17 January 2008)

"Hot Fuzz" triumphs over it's structural shape: a simple and daring parody over today's Blockbusters and over the top action flicks. The triple army formed by Wright directing and Frost and Pegg in the acting couple led to a sensational Shaun of the Dead, product of a smart, poignant sense of humor. Maybe I was wrongly advised as this movie is shaded on it's humorous side by the policial- crime story told. A crime movie inflates the brain and doubles the attention rate and lateral thought, things that a comedy doesn't require.
This bizarre mix comes into mysterious crimes, multiple twists and shootings in a Dream City with a powerful and vivid image. It's funny moments are not few, many of them very good and "laugh out loud" hilarious, but its paradoxical relationship between genres doesn't end closing. It's a non-stop mix between relax and pay complete focus. It's not a mix of genres, but of intentions.
Besides that, HF has plenty of technical games, like a fast, modern editing and union of scenes with double meaning and plenty of innuendos. This movie is very smart, that's for sure, but maybe comparing it to Shaun of the Dead I can say they have lowered one step of the ladder and gone into a completely different one.