Hot Fuzz (2007)

 Action Addicts Will Love It Even More
As it came from the brains behind "Shaun of The Dead," I just assumed that I'd have nothing to lose (admit: I haven't seen "Run, Fat Boy, Run"), but it turned out that this flick was solid in its own right. I'd have given it three stars if I'd never seen any of the action films the characters talk about, but I am a junkie, so the fourth star comes from the parody of/homage to all of those same films. I especially loved it because at about 1 hr 35 mins in there's a huge hate/love conflict re: Michael Bay, who is both the heartbreak of psoriasis/golden child of action movies. On the whole, loved. But quietly. And I think that's how Simon Pegg rolls: quietly, but well. May 10, 2008

 Very funny, strange ending
I laughed a lot in this comedy Police movie. However the last 20 or so minutes had me baffled.

It's like a seperate movie.

Any way I still liked it. May 7, 2008

 Hot Fuzz
This is a fun film with a twist at the end. Lovely
British humor and the lead actor, Simon Pegg, is
terrific. May 2, 2008

 Hot Fuzz is Hot!
Hot Fuzz is very funny, with some excellent action scenes. Simon Pegg is just hilarious, and he has a great chemistry with the other actors, especially Nick Frost. The English humor - or should I say humour - is fast and furious in this movie. The Sleepy Hollow of a town and its excellent scenery are an unusual location for the fast moving criminal activity that follows. Not for kids with its R rating, there is plenty of violence and off color jokes. A 4-star thrill ride with laugh after laugh. Enjoy! May 2, 2008

 Comedy-action movie, cop-buddy spoof
Very funny movie, if you can appreciate the British making fun of the Hollywood blockbuster macho cop-buddy genre. The premise is funny, the dialogue is funny, the characters are funny, and the action is funny. You know the tired old cliche in those Hollywood cop movies, one of the cops is divorced, married to the job, and it's just so melodramatic-stupid. Well in this spoof, the protagonist plays that part more like a gung-ho workoholic, the kind we're more likely to find in real life, which is much funnier. You also know how thinly two dimensional and predictable the bad guys are in American mainstream cop movies, well the ridiculous twist here is that the bad guys are quaint English villager types, it's an absurd twist that had me grinning when I wasn't laughing out loud. There's no serious message here, but if you like English humor, and action-comedy, this could be the best of 2007 for you. April 29, 2008

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