Even better than Shaun of the Dead, this movie delivers the laughs and surprisingly the action.

Rating: 10/10 (1 August 2007)

The best comedy I have seen this year or probably the last couple of years this movie had me laughing and cheering on our heroes. In this movie we have a super cop who has gotten numerous awards for his excellent service, top of his class, and smart too. Unfortunately, he is to good in that he makes the other officers in London look bad so he is promoted to Sergent in a very small and quaint little town. Once there he quickly makes his presence known and we get to see him adjust to his new life and even a new partner. Well not really a new partner as he is more of a guy who really looks up to the officer for all he has done. However, all is not as it seems in this nice little town as something sinister seems to be at play. This movie is just great. Funny, and it has loads of action and blood too. It is sort of nice to see a rated R action cop movie again. Throw in a plot that actually surprised me a bit and it a nice change of pace from the the computer terrorist plots so many movies are employing and you have one of the great films of the year. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are great here as they were in Shaun of the Dead, they are also likable as it is like joining a couple of friends at a day on the job. Also in the cast is a former James Bond, Timothy Dalton so that was interesting as well. Still even with the cool action scenes what I was looking for here was laughs and I got plenty, from the opening scenes to the final ones the jokes flew fast and furious with a few sentimental touches as well, however, they added to the movie and worked quite nicely too. So for a super funny cop buddy flick this should be on your list of one of the best.