Hot Fuzz – 2007 | 121 mins | Comedy | Colour

Plot Synopsis

Written by cult-horror Shaun of the Dead writing team Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz brings the same razor-sharp combination of humour and attention to detail to the buddy action-movie genre and creates an unlikely fusion between Miss Marple and Bad Boys II. It may be slightly overlong and containing too many in-jokes for film geeks but Hot Fuzz is inventive, furiously-paced and irrepressibly fun. Pegg and Frost make a marvellous comedy double act; one uptight and attentive whilst his countryside partner is genial and inept. The stellar supporting cast is a who’s who of film and television character actors including Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton, Anne Reid, Billie Whitelaw, Edward Woodward and Bill Bailey. Bill Nighy, Steve Coogan and Martin Freeman also appear in cameo roles.

Police constable, Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is good at his job, so good in fact, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, his superiors (Martin Freeman, Steve Coogan and Bill Nighy) at the Metropolitan Police have decided to sweep him under the carpet. So it is that London’s top cop finds is promoted to Sergeant and shipped-off to the sleepy Gloucestershire village of Sandford. With garden fetes and neighbourhood watch (NWA) meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with incompetent Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), an oafish but well meaning young Constable who dreams of being an action cop like those in Point Break and Bad Boys II. Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action. Convinced of foul play, Angel realises that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems.