... Into this situation steps their second film together, "Hot Fuzz". So, no pressure then.
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Hot Fuzz [2007]
A major British hit, a lorryload of laughs and some sparkling action? We'll have some of
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that. It's fair to say that Hot Fuzz proves that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's brilliant Shaun Of The Dead was no one-off, serving up a superbly crafted British homage to the Hollywood action movie. Deliberately set in the midst of a sleepy, quaint English village of Sandford, Pegg's Nicholas Angel is sent there because, bluntly, he's too good at his job, and he's making his city colleagues look bad. The proverbial fish out of water, Angel soon discovers that not everything in Sandford is quite as it seems, and joins forces with Nick Frost's lumbering Danny Butterman to find out what's what. Hot Fuzz then proceeds to have a rollicking good time in both tipping its hat to the genre films that are clearly its loving inspiration, and coming up with a few tricks of its own. It does comedy better than action, with plenty of genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but it's no slouch either when the tempo needs raising. One of the many strong cards it plays is its terrific cast, which includes former 007 Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward and Jim Broadbent. Hot Fuzz, ultimately, just falls short of Shaun Of The Dead, but more than does enough to warrant many, many repeat viewings. It's terrific fun, and in the true hit action movie style, all-but-demands some form of sequel. That said, with Pegg and Wright now with two excellent, and suitably different, genres ticked off, it'll be interesting to see what they do next. A period drama, perhapsĀ?? --Simon Brew
Hot Fuzz [2007]
A major British hit, a lorryload of laughs and some sparkling action? We'll have some of
... more
that. It's fair to say that Hot Fuzz proves that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's brilliant Shaun Of The Dead was no one-off, serving up a superbly crafted British homage to the Hollywood action movie. Deliberately set in the midst of a sleepy, quaint English village of Sandford, Pegg's Nicholas Angel is sent there because, bluntly, he's too good at his job, and he's making his city colleagues look bad. The proverbial fish out of water, Angel soon discovers that not everything in Sandford is quite as it seems, and joins forces with Nick Frost's lumbering Danny Butterman to find out what's what. Hot Fuzz then proceeds to have a rollicking good time in both tipping its hat to the genre films that are clearly its loving inspiration, and coming up with a few tricks of its own. It does comedy better than action, with plenty of genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but it's no slouch either when the tempo needs raising. One of the many strong cards it plays is its terrific cast, which includes former 007 Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward and Jim Broadbent. Hot Fuzz, ultimately, just falls short of Shaun Of The Dead, but more than does enough to warrant many, many repeat viewings. It's terrific fun, and in the true hit action movie style, all-but-demands some form of sequel. That said, with Pegg and Wright now with two excellent, and suitably different, genres ticked off, it'll be interesting to see what they do next. A period drama, perhapsĀ?? --Simon Brew
Advantages: The attention to detail in parts Disadvantages: Not as laugh a minute as some comedy films
The problem with putting out a decent debut; be it film, book or music; is that everyone expects your next effort to be better or at least equal in quality. Sometimes, in producing something wonderful first time out, it's like one-upmanship, except that the person you're effectively saying "Ha! Top THAT!" to is yourself. Such was the problem facing Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright after their debut feature film "Shaun of the Dead" was such a success. ... ...So, no pressure then.
Nicholas Angel is the pride of London's Metropolitan Police. Well, no, that's not quite true. He's far and away their best officer, but that means he's making everyone else look bad by raising the average figures to levels no-one else can meet. With this in mind, his superiors decide that it's time to give him a well deserved promotion to Sergeant and a different patch to work in.
Arriving in the quiet town of Sandford, Sergeant ...
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Advantages: It's action-packed, hilarious and immensely entertaining Disadvantages: Has too many endings!
If you haven't heard of Hot Fuzz, you must have been living under a rock for the last month. Or, at least, not watching TV at all. Simon Pegg, and to a lesser extent Nick Frost and Edgar Wright, have been mercilessly plugging this film on every single TV opportunity possible, as well as doing a series of signings up and down the country! Film 2007, the Culture Show, even Top Gear and the Baftas - none were safe from their promotional chit chat.
... ...the Dead, I went into Hot Fuzz simply praying it wouldn't be awful.
I needn't have worried.
The story is another SOTD-style mixture of genres, this time a loving parody of both rural-set murder mysteries, and Hollywood buddy/action flicks.
Sgt Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is a London cop with an arrest rate 400% higher than anyone else. In fact he's so good that he's making everyone else look bad. So, against his will, his superiors ship him off to Sandford ...
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Advantages: Excellent script, direction and performances Disadvantages: None at all
...that when the adverts for Hot Fuzz came on at the cinema that I'd want to see that as well. Pegg was once again teaming up with Edgar Wright, the other brain behind Shaun Of The Dead and Spaced to create another British comedy. The problem with the adverts was whether they were showing all the comedy from the movie, as is usually the case, but there was only one way to find out. Go and see it.
Pegg takes the role of Sergeant Nicholas Angel, one ... ...worried before going to see Hot Fuzz that the funniest bits would be in the advert but was glad that this wasn't the case. The idea Pegg and Wright came up with was to try and make British Cops look cool, in much the same way Hollywood does with the Americans. In a round about way they did succeed and as a result created a film that had me laughing most of the way through it. Most of the comedy within the film has been done before, many times, but ...
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Advantages: Superb and very funny comedy! Disadvantages: Pegg, Frost & Wright have set their own bar higher now!
...a review on the movie HOT FUZZ. The latest collaboration from Simon Pegg, Nice Frost and Edgar Wright. Now, if you have no idea who any of these guys are, I'd suggest you've either been living with your head in the sand or you have no idea who or what is funny in British comedy these days. You might want to stop reading if you believe the pulse of British comedy is Keeping Up Appearances or something along those lines
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
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NICK FROST
Born in Essex, England on March 28th 1972, Nick Frost is well known due to his work alongside his real-life best friend, Simon Pegg.
Although not originally an actor, (he worked as a waiter and had some low-end "acting" stints for sales training videos for the likes of the Dixons group) Frost was a flat mate of Simon Pegg and ...
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Advantages: Top quality viewing Disadvantages: All over too quickly!
...obvious references to other films, Hot Fuzz uses direct shots from films such as The Shining, Kill Bill and The Omen (amongst others) which add to the cultural richness of this film.
When watching it, which you've got to do, look out for these! Or, if you think that's a little bit sad, you could just watch it.
****What other people think****
If you think I sound overly biased (due to my love of British film), it only takes the cracking £7.1 million ... ...it's a winner. Chris Tookey of the Daily Mail said, "It aims. It fires. And yet it somehow misses." This is unfair, it hits the target full force, see for yourself at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7JvYN5ZkY
This trailer pretty much sums it up! Starsky and Hutch eat your heart out.
****The Boring Stuff****
Director: Edgar Wright (quality name)
Producer: Nira Park
Running Time: 2 hours and 1 minute
Certificate 15
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