Hot Fuzz

I went to see the new British comedy, Hot Fuzz, the other day – and it was absolutely great.

hot fuzz movie poster

I haven’t seen Shaun of the Dead, despite hearing that it’s really rather good, but that didn’t stop me from wanting to see this film. From what I have heard the humor and the style of the two films are fairly similar and having now seen Hot Fuzz I think I will give it a go.

I was very surprised by the levels of blood and gore in the film but it was all suitably b movie style with plenty of comic over the topness that stops you from taking it all too seriously – and to cut this post incredibly short I loved it!

Simon Pegg isn’t the sort of actor you would normally associate with an action hero role but he plays his role, as Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Angle?), surprisingly well. Despite being English myself I have never really watched the Spaced tv series (from pretty much the same people who made this and Shaun of the Dead) but I am now more interested in taking a look.

The movie is incredibly fast paced, and shares a lot of similarities with American action movies… only things have been twisted around to give it a very (very very) English flavour.

The shoot out at the end is wonderfully insane and made me laugh far too much, there are stacks of British comedians throughout, loads of in-jokes, and a generally very enjoyable story. I would recommend this movie to anyone.

Let me know what you think on Mastodon, or BlueSky (or Twitter X if you must).

Related Posts

05 Apr 2007

300 + Paulo = Xerxes?

I went to see 300 at the Imax cinema in London recently and it is one of the best films I have seen in a long time. I like powerful films and, whilst the story was a little thin, this...
03 Jan 2008

The Golden Compass

I went to see The Golden Compass last week – the film of the book with the same name (although sometimes called Northern Lights). I mentioned the trailer before, and though tit looked great, but wasn’t sure what to expect...
11 May 2007

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

This is rather late now but I really wanted to say something. I mentioned before that I had seen the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film (actually called TMNT) and I’m pleased to say it was absolutely great.I went to...
02 Dec 2007

Beowulf

When it comes to movies I’m a huge fan of fantasy and mythology.When it comes to myths you can’t get any more classic than the epic poem, Beowulf.When I found out that Beowulf was going to come to the Imax,...