Fun on several levels

Rating: 8/10 (21 May 2014)

Nick Angel is transferred to a sleepy country town because he is too effective, and shows up his fellow city cops. It turns out that there is scope for a supercop in the country...
Writer/star Simon Pegg and writer/director Edgar Wright pair up again after Shaun Of the Dead together with co-star Nick Frost and many other cast members for this action comedy.
It's pretty good. The cast is full of well-known faces (some of them are blink and you'll miss 'em), the story is daft but it works, the action sequences work well, it is loaded up with jokes, references (both self-referential and external), and an engaging and straight-faced performance from Pegg which nicely anchors the surrounding lunacy.
It's a bit strong, but well worth watching if you don't mind some strong language and a bit of graphic violence.