The thing about Hot Fuzz is that it’s a good movie, but I didn’t overly enjoy it. The parody aspect is suitably subtle and funny, and not over-the-top until the very end, when the over-the-top elements just fit right. Hot Fuzz is very British, with very dry humor, and if you prefer the more obvious or Jim Carrey, it’s probably not up your alley. In this case, I guess it falls into funny, as long as you like British humor. Parodies can be either really funny or really stupid, depending on the skill of those involved and the sense of humor of those watching. He also finds himself a new best friend in the form of Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), who’s a bit of a lummox. While in the small town of Sandford, he ends up in the middle of a huge murder case, where of course no one will believe him when he says the deaths are murders. Which is probably a more realistic reason than the ones normally given in cop movies, I must admit. (Well, maybe not incessant, per se.) It’s a parody of cop and action movies, where the brilliant and ethical detective (Nick Angel, played by Simon Pegg) is sent to the country because… well, in this case it’s because he’s too good, and he makes the rest of the department look bad. Hot Fuzz is a British comedy made by the same people that made Shaun of the Dead, which I still haven’t seen despite a certain someone’s incessant nagging. ![]() Yeah, as you can guess, this one’s going to be kind of lukewarm. And sometimes it can be annoying, because I end up reviewing a movie that I wasn’t that into to a group of people that are far more into it than me. This tends to be dangerous, because usually when I agree to something like this I end up not really liking the movie much. Actually, the truth is he caught me in the realization that we haven’t watched a movie for quite a while and I really need to review something for Mutant Reviewers, so when he suggested it, I agreed just so I could write the review. ![]() Lissa’s review: After a bit of nagging and pleas and perhaps a little bribery, Duckie finally convinced me to watch Hot Fuzz. Lissa’s rating: A movie’s worth of “I know you from where?”s. Summary Capsule: Good cop gets sent to the country, buddy-related hijinks ensue. The Scoop: 12 A 2007, directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Jim Broadbent.
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