Review:
We are very nearly through the first half of 2007 and I'm
happy to report that HOT FUZZ is easily the funniest movie that I have seen so
far this year. I loved Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's previous film, SHAUN OF THE
DEAD, and am delighted to report that this is every bit as funny at that one, if
not funnier...more
DVD Extras:
Commentary with Simon Pegg
and Edgar Wright, deleted
scenes, outtakes, "The
Fuzzball Rally: U.S. Tour
Piece," "The Man Who Would
Be Fuzz" featurette,
"Fuzz-O-Meter" trivia track,
"Hot Funk" montage of clips
using the "clean" dialogue
from the TV and airline
version of the film,
"Danny's Notebook: The Other
Side," storyboards, Easter
egg video clip.
Hot Fuzz Release
Date:
April 20, 2007 Studio: Rogue Pictures (Focus Features) Director: Edgar Wright
Screenwriter: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine,
Steve Coogan, Timothy Dalton, Martin Freeman, Paul Freeman, Bill Nighy, Lucy
Punch, Anne Reid, Billie Whitelaw, Stuart Wilson, Edward Woodward Genre: Action, Comedy MPAA Rating: R (for violent content including some graphic images, and
language) Official Website:
HotFuzz.com
Plot Summary: "Hot Fuzz" is the action-packed
new comedy from the makers of the hit movie "Shaun of the Dead." With the same
razor-sharp combination of humor and attention to detail they used to breathe
new life into the undead, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have set their sights on
Action Movies for their next uniquely funny vision.
Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is the finest cop London has to offer, with an
arrest record 400% higher than any other officer on the force. He's so good, he
makes everyone else look bad. As a result, Angel's superiors send him to a place
where his talents won't be quite so embarrassing -- the sleepy and seemingly
crime-free village of Sandford.
Once there, he is partnered with the well-meaning but overeager police officer
Danny Butterman (Nick Frost). The son of amiable Police Chief Frank Butterman
(Jim Broadbent), Danny is a huge action movie fan and believes his new big-city
partner might just be a real-life "bad boy," and his chance to experience the
life of gunfights and car chases he so longs for. Angel is quick to dismiss this
as childish fantasy and Danny's puppy-like enthusiasm only adds to Angel's
growing frustration.
However, as a series of grisly accidents rocks the village, Angel is convinced
that Sandford is not what it seems and as the intrigue deepens, Danny's dreams
of explosive, high-octane, car-chasing, gunfighting, all-out action seem more
and more like a reality.
It's time for these small-town cops to break out some big-city justice.
EN 5 Second Review:
We will write a real review if we can ever stop
laughing. Go see it.
It's
a little gloomier, a little coarser, and a lot more cerebral --
oh, and funnier than all the Reno 911! boxed sets combined Robert Wilonsky: Village Voice
Wright and Pegg refashion the American buddy-cop genre in
their own deadpan image. At a running time of more than two hours, it's
a wee bit lengthy; the thing's damned near epic. And yet to see it once
is to fall in love and want to pay up immediately for another screening,
so abundant are the poker-faced gags that race through the quaint
village of Sandford in which the would-be-wannabe Bay-'n'-
Bruckheimerian blockbuster is set....more
Another
middle of the road movie in which most of the best bits were
already blown in the trailers Joshua Tyler: CinemaBlend Like Shaun of the Dead,
Hot Fuzz is not a parody film. It’s only half a
parody film. Pegg and Wright staunchly avoid devolving into
the easy jokes and lame Leslie Nieslon pantsless punch lines
that define your average parody flick, but they don’t shy
away from re-enacting the genre clichés of their favorite
action movies....more
A
straight-faced British spoof of everything from Yank
crimers and slasher pics to Agatha Christie whodunits and
homoerotic U.S. buddy movies Derrick Elley: Variety
Third theatrical feature by young English helmer Edgar
Wright, teaming again with "Shaun of the Dead" actors Simon
Pegg and Nick Frost, comes up with a sustained genre parody
that's equally funny but (maybe in deference to the genre)
much more pumped up...more
Release
Date:
April 20, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
We will write a real review if we can ever stop
laughing. Go see it.
Another
middle of the road movie in which most of the best bits were
already blown in the trailers