A mildly entertaining film that doesn't live up to its reputation

Rating: 6/10 (11 September 2012)

Having heard about "Hot Fuzz" from a few friends when the opportunity presented itself I finally decided to rent it and see this supposedly hilarious film. Is it hilarious? Well to start off a lot of the humor is more of the British "Word" sort of humor, I don't have a problem with that I love witty wordplay but this film takes it to a level where it seems like were supposed to laugh at stuff that just isn't particularly funny. That's not to say there aren't funny parts Point Break references are always welcome in my house but nonetheless charm can only go so far.
The film seems like the work of a person with multiple personality disorder at times constantly shifting with no warning from Action to Comedy to Murder Mystery(or was that supposed to be dark comedy?) unfortunately this makes the films feel like no genre in particular, I felt a bit alienated by the film to tell you the truth, though I stuck with it to the end to see how it turned out.
I was rewarded with a pretty awesome action sequence which I felt was the perfect way to deal with the characters situation. But then well, it turns out we've just had the wool pulled over our eyes. I wont spoil the movie but immediately after the epic sequence the Film just turns and sucker punches you, betrays the build up it spent almost an hour and a half making and then continues to a silly touching ending as if nothing had happened. This facet to the film(trust me you'll recognize what I'm talking about when you see it, it makes everything unsatisfying) really screwed it up for me, if they hadn't done that and just kept it going the way it was I probably would've rated it an 8.
As it stands "Hot Fuzz" is a humorous/weird film quite possibly one of the weirdest I've ever seen, that stirs around and aims for the stars but ultimately winds up finding itself very comfortable in mediocrity.