Hot Fuzz

I do not like horror films at all, just not my genre, but I thought Shaun of the Dead was funny and very entertaining so when I saw the same guys that made that were doing a similar movie, but for the action genre I was all over it and very excited. Hot Fuzz is a comedic action movie about an over acheiving London Cop Sergeant Nicolas Angel, Simon Pegg, who is transfered to the most peaceful of London's suburbs where there hasn't been a murder in almost a decade or at least one hasn't been reported.

Edgar Wright's films are meant to be somewhat tongue and cheek commentaries are the elements that make up a genre. Hot Fuzz is a clear example of the director having fun with themes of the genre. The movie has everything any action movie should, the mismatch partnership between an experienced veterian cop and his younger overly zealous partner looking for some action, elaborate chase sequences both on foot and in car, even people two guns at the same time whilst jumping through the air. This movie had it all. It made it all that more enjoyable becuase the villians in the movie were a bunch of older residents of the town that conspired to keep things the way they were. So in the end you have a bunch of 60 something year old towns folk shooting it out with the cops. Just good stuff.

This is one of the those you go to watch and even though you are constantly reminded that you are watching a movie it is o.k. becuase you are enjoying the experience. Edgar Wright does a good job of balancing the moments of levity with the moments of tension in his films. Hot Fuzz was an ejoyable combination of laughs and ironic action. It won't win any awards, but it was still a lot of fun.

GRADE - B