Pegg can do so much better.

Rating: 3/10 (18 July 2011)

Whether it is or not, this seems like a cheap cash-in (no Wright and Frost here by the way). in order to capitalise on the success of the excellent Hot Fuzz and thus solidify the box office value of Simon Pegg. Unfortunetely Run Fatboy Run is a lazy comedy with none of the quirky pastiche evident in Pegg's prior work. The story is plain, as is the humour which propels it. In fact the void left by snappy rhetoric and knowledgeable parody is filled by gross-out; namely penis jokes and that blister (etc)! Run fatboy run is painfully run of the mill and the ending may as well be a stock Hollywood ending (aside from the 'Forrest Gump' run). It's a shame but it seems no one is perfect. Let's hope Pegg's next outing is a more memorable one.