Review of Hot Fuzz (2007) by Fawn O — 14 Jul 2014

A fiercely sardonic and expeditious satire on the buddy cop genre. "Hot Fuzz" is yet another infectious action-thriller that pays homage to the punchy cinematic styling of action director Michael Bay and features that hysterical British blaze characteristic of comedy trine Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, and director Edgar Wright (also known for the critically-acclaimed zombie-apocalypse parody, "Shaun of the Dead" in 2004, and another successful apocalypse-based comedy, "The World's End" in 2013) .

Officer Nicholas Angel's (Simon Pegg) old-fashioned, overachieving, no-nonsense approach to vigilance aligned with his flagrant use of brute force resulting from years as a top cop in London -- better described as bludgeoning flighty miscreants in the back of the head with blunt objects -- is humourously contrasted with the quiet [seemingly] peaceful village of Sanford, its easy-going population, its band of apathetic underachieving officers, and the bubbly demeanor of his simple-minded partner, PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost); and it is this ludicrous dynamic that is the film's grease-on-wheels.

B+ [77%].