Hot Fuzz: Review By Big Mike

Back in 2007, a law passed saying that if there were teens who smoked in a movie, it would immediately be given the rating of "R." After hearing that i thought thats how Hot Fuzz got it's rating but really...i was wrong. Hot Fuzz contained content I believed to be intense. One of the most surprisingly intense movies I have seen. I have loved those two British guys that are on the poster since I saw Shaun Of the Dead. After that I've been hooked onto Edgar Wright's work, Simon Pegg's, and Nick Frost's. I enjoyed Scott Pilgrim vs the World very much and so did my friends. Like the majority of people, i liked Star Trek which Simon Pegg starred in, and Pirate Radio, extremely entertaining in my mind. Nick Frost starred in it. So, you can pretty much infer that I love the movies that these guys make and star in. Although, I'm pretty skeptical about the new film "Paul," it looks stupid and too childish. . .but in the end I'll probably end up seeing it for some ridiculous reason weather it is my choice or not.

Hot Fuzz is the telling of a cop named Nicholas Angel (played by Simon Pegg) who is a city cop, meaning he is use to violence, drugs, and scandals. But, after recovering from a stab wound to his hand, he goes to his station to find out that he is being transfered to a quiet and peaceful town and to be partnered with a witless man named Danny Butterman (played by Nick Frost). Throughout his time in the town, Nicholas Angel is susp*cious about the deaths that occur that are being finalized as "Accidents." Also, throughout the film, Danny and Nicholas try and teach each other certain things, Nicholas tries teaching Danny how to be a better cop, and Danny tries teaching Nicholas how to "switch off" which means to stop being all susp*cious of everything all the time and be chill. Nicholas continues to investigate with Danny until they get to the bottom of it and reveal a secret they both wish they didn't find out. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg wrote the story, script, and characters. I thought the story was brilliant and smart, it was like a taco, the characters are the meat, the secrets are the cheese, the variables (stuff like when they teach each other stuff) is the lettuce, and the storyline the shell.

The cast consisted of Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel, Nick Frost as Danny Butterman, and Timothy Dalton as Simon Skinner. Simon Pegg portrays his character well, he plays a medal winning cop, who is always expecting something wrong. He is very serious about his work, doesn't like goofing off for he never does. Nick Frost's character is the opposite of Simon Pegg's, he is a goof off, and isn't serious about his work. He constantly goes with everyone else as a follower. Probably why the writers put them together. Timothy Dalton plays his character well, a susp*cious, creepy, and plain weird grocery shop owner who happens to make up smart-ass lines at crime scenes. There is much more to the cast but, these 3 people to me, had to bigger parts. It mostly concentrated on Nicholas and Nick.

Director Edgar Wright is simply magnificent to say the least. He has made so many funny and yet frightening films such as this, Shaun of the Dead, and a segment called "Don't" for Grindhouse. Edgar Wright always uses interesting transitions from scene to scene, first some sort of sound comes up, the same sound as when you speed past something, then it opens up to the next scene. He has done this for Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim vs The World. And always, us (as in the audience) gets it, either by inferring or just knowing. The same transitions were used for the show "Lost" when the survivors think back to a memory.

The visuals were good. The movie used an actual town that actual cops use for police training. Although, they seemed to constantly use "camera blood" I believe thats what its called, it is just a cheap, not fancy scene of blood. In fact, it is the only reason why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. At times I felt annoyed by it but then came to a conclusion of it's use; because its easier. Its is easier to put in camera blood instead of 2 hours of make up which made up fake blood. And the cinematography would have to be very good to transition to lets say, a person to a headless person. Jess Hall did the cinematography and he did well at his part. He also did the cinematography for "Son of Rambow" and Brideshead Revisited."

I sat in a car for hours just watching Hott Fuzz over and over again. My family and I always go to California and we had a portable DVD player we brought. I watched Hot Fuzz numerous times in a row non-stop. Not because of boredom but for entertainment. It always put a smile on my face for me and my brother. The film is varied in its genre. It is a comedy/horror/action/mystery and suspense type of movie and it is all of those things, funny, startling, actiony, and mysterious.

In the end, Hot Fuzz is a movie everyone has to see, babies, children, teenagers, adults, elderly. . .Very enjoyable. Into the future, I will continue to keep watching this, and hopefully all the movies that the cast and director make/are in.