I'd like to know exactly how many cuts this movie has. It's a lot. A lot.Hot Fuzz is a movie written and directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), that falls somewhere in the action/comedy/mystery/parody genre. It's... a strange movie, to say the least. But that's not to say that I didn't find it to be incredible enjoyable.
Hot Fuzz is about an English cop named Nicholas Angel who is portrayed as the most hardcore cop that probably ever lived. However, he's so good at being a cop that he's making everyone else look bad, so the heads of the police department decide to send him away to a little English village out in the countryside. There we're introduced to a seemingly endless variety of interesting and humorous characters, and after investigating what seem to be a series of tragic accidents, Nick starts to suspect conspiracy.
The both movie's writing and direction are what make it funny. The quick cutting, in parody of action movies, make the visual style of the movie not only original and unique but also surprisingly humorous. The writing gets its humor not from one-liners, but from lovingly crafted jokes built up to a refreshing climax.
Simon Pegg is great as the hardcore cop, standing out in contrast to all the other, softer characters. Simon's was the only performance that really stuck out, but all of the actors did a pretty good job.
Overall rating: 4 out of four stars.
Reference scale:
Rush Hour < Hot Fuzz < Nothing. I honestly can't think of any other action comedy movies I liked as much as this.
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