They've done it again...

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2007)

How on earth do they do it? The team of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nira Park et al have pulled off another brilliantly funny, moving, edge-of-your seat film that is just as fantastic as Shaun of the Dead. As a die hard Spaced and Shaun fan, I was perhaps predisposed to love it, but personally, I don't see how anyone can fail to.
Both Pegg and Frost are revelations... Pegg creates a completely new character from his usual Tim/Shaun goofy loser persona, and had me rooting for Nick Angel all the way, despite his apparent shortcomings. Nick Frost is brilliant as the sweetly naive and eager Danny Butterman, and as usual the obvious closeness and friendship that the two actors share is clear, works wonderfully, and often had me in tears. (But I am a girl, and a wuss).
Hilarious, touching and was the cause of me falling off my seat in fear and shock (twice), Hot Fuzz is one of the best films I've seen in years. Though I may be slightly biased, because although I'm at uni in Edinburgh, I'm from the West Country, and recognised the fictional Sandford with affection. I also understood every word the locals said. Scary, but true. 'Ar.