Hot Fuzz

February 23rd, 2007 | Category: craic, movies, reviews

What do you get when you cross Miss Marple, Bad Boys II and Shaun of the Dead? A brilliant side-splitting comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Hot Fuzz is the latest project from Pegg and Edgar Wright with a big cast, loads of great one-liners and non-stop craic.

For the first time since last August I got to see a movie before anyone in the US! Usually big blockbuster films are not released until a few months after the US opening date. Hot Fuzz was released last week on February 14 and will not make it to US cineplexes until April 20 and the Aussies will be able to catch it on March 15. You must see this movie opening night so mark you calendars! If you saw Shaun of the Dead then you’ll love Hot Fuzz. Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is a highly regarded police officer in London that is transferred to a small village in the English country for making all the other cops in The City look bad. He is made sergeant of the local police service and his law enforcement expertise is seemingly wasted on this safe, quiet little community. Danny Butterman (Frost) is the lumpy son of the police inspector that followed his father into a life of police work and who’s idea of crime fighting comes from his favorite cop movies, Bad Boys II and Point Break. The most action Danny has seen is sitting on a stool at the local pub. You can only imagine what happens from here when you put these two unlikely characters together. Hot Fuzz has a great cast with some big, and unlikely, stars such as Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent and Timothy Dalton.

I went to the cinema on student night with a big group of friends for only €4 and it was easily worth the admission. We were certainly the loudest with our gut-busting laughter and this one is a must see with the craziest of your mates. You can’t help but love the slapstick gore and violence for which Pegg and Frost are known. I give Hot Fuzz 4.5 out of 5 stars. So if you’re in Ireland or the UK check it out this weekend, otherwise here’s a quick trailer for the rest of you. Enjoy!

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