Review of Hot Fuzz (2007) by Cameron H — 09 Sep 2014

Edgar Wright and SImon Pegg are such a great parody-writing team. This time, they tackle '80s action-cop movies, and I found this almost as entertaining as the first Lethal Weapon. Hot Fuzz is about as outrageous a parody as Wright and Pegg's predecessor, Shaun of the Dead.

It is presented as what it is satirizing, but rather than incorporating meticulous twists on the genre, the movie just builds a comedic premise around the presentation. Pegg is a top police officer, not policeman, from London who is forced to change his location to the countryside of England.

There, with the assistance of the not-so-graceful Nick Frost, he uncovers a conspiracy to explain the many murders, or accidents as the chief inspector (Jim Broadbent) insists on labeling them. The climax is a village-wide shooting spree, and it excited and amused me at once.

There is not much else to Hot Fuzz, which disappoints me only a little bit. I may have wanted a real resolution to Pegg's problems with his ex-wife, but I can also see how his ongoing love for his job resolved the problems in their own way.

If you liked Shaun of the Dead and are not strictly a horror movie buff, I believe Hot Fuzz will entertian you.