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April 27, 2007

Under the Peg - 'Oy Mum, There's A Fuzzy Burning Angel Outside!

by Peg-Eye Nate

When it came out, the family went to go see Shaun Of The Dead. We all had a good time, so when we heard that the same people were doing a movie based on the thriller cop genre, we naturally picked a night to all go out and see it... Or, such was the plan. The twins decided they'd eaten to close too the beginning of the film, the Gremlin is too young to go see something like that, the Girl Who Feeds Ferdy had to volunteer at the church Bruce's Wife works at, and despite our best efforts to convince them otherwise, the security at the theatre wouldn't believe our story about how Ferdy is Bruce's "Hearing Ear Cat," so he was turned away at the door. He's currently sulking, but Bruce is headed toward the cheese drawer, so he should be alright soon. And so it falls to me to review the cinematic work Hot Fuzz.

Hot Fuzz is about a miracle cop named Nicholas Angel. He's excelled in everything he's ever done: Top marks at the academy, the Golden Baton award, nine commendations in twelve months, and he's been stabbed by a man dressed as Santa Claus. He is easily the best cop London has ever seen, so at the start of the film he gets transferred to a quaint little town out in the country called Sanford. His superiors claim his incredible record is making the rest of them look bad. Sanford has won the "Nicest Village Award," for several consecutive years, and has a crime rate of next to nil. It has everything you would expect a little village town to have, a neighborhood watch committee, a fantastic florist, a box that charges the police officers money every time they swear with all proceeds going to repair the church roof, and a police force that does next to nothing. It doesn't take long for Officer Angel to notice that perhaps everything is too perfect. The people are too nice, the days are too peaceful, and the police are a little too quick to write off a series of deaths as nothing more than unfortunate accidents. People tell Angel his problem is he can't turn his super-cop mode off, so maybe he could just be crazy.... Or is he?

Overall: OH MY GOD!! THIS IS GOLD!! WATCH THIS MOVIE!! It hits all bases: Dark mystery, action, comedy, making fun of Shakespeare, AND VIOLENCE BY THE TRUCKLOAD!! In fact, I would say this is the bloodiest non-violent movie I've ever seen, because except for the murders, nobody dies in the movie.

Final Score: Ten Pegs out of ten.


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I'm still trying to convince my girlfriend that she wants to see this. After Shaun of the Dead, I'm hooked on these guys.


Posted by: zombyboy at April 30, 2007 1:05 AM

Explain to your girlfriend that Hot Fuzz is much funnier and less bloody than Shaun of the Dead. The slasher murders are a bit cringeworthy, but they are only a small part of the total effect. There is also real character development between the two leads. Most important, it has two AHA moments, an OMIGOD moment, and at least three YES moments. That's well above the minimum for a good time.


Posted by: Bruce the Human Pet at April 30, 2007 3:15 AM

I'll be sure to let you know if it works.


Posted by: zombyboy at April 30, 2007 9:47 PM

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