Hot Fuzz
Top London cop, Police Constable Nicholas Angel, finds himself reassigned to the sleepy West Country village of Sandford.
With garden fetes and neighbourhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman, an oafish but well meaning young Constable.
Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action. Convinced of foul play, Angel realises that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems.
Steph and I went to see Hott Fuzz at the Lowry last night. I’m a fan of Simon Pegg, having loved both Spaced and Shaun of the Dead, so I expected to enjoy myself.
Written by Pegg and Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz is an affectionate homage to the American buddy cop movie, British murder mysteries, John Woo and apparently anything else that came to mind. It is self-indulgent and geeky, but also very funny. I should also mention surprisingly violent, with comic gore as seen in Shaun of the Dead as villagers meet their grisly ends. It’s also a bit of an excuse to get their mates involved, with Bill Bailey, Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman and Steve Coogan (to mention but a few) getting some face time.
It was also nice to see Timothy Dalton on the big screen. I always felt that he was one of the better Bond actors, regrettably saddled with two quite weak films. He makes an entertaining bad guy.
This is one of those “If you liked [previous work by same], you’ll like this” kinda films. We had fun watching it, but I hope that Pegg diversifies before his brand of comedy outstays its welcome.
[rating:3.5]
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March 21st, 2007 at 5:45 pm
I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t an all-out laugh a minute comedy like it seemed to be marketed as, which was a bit disappointing.
March 21st, 2007 at 6:39 pm
I prefered the ZomRomCom. But it was good.
I went the first weekend and the cinema was PACKED! The thing was, I laughed at all the bits the rest of the audience didn’t think was funny, and vice versa. I think the Adam Sandler crowd was in.
Mark won’t go to the Lowery cinema because it’s called Red Cinema. *shrug* boys.
Is it good there?
March 21st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I like the Lowry. It’s easy to get to from Chorlton and because it’s out of town it’s nice and quiet on a week night.
I don’t think there were more than half a dozen people in the theatre with us!