Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #433 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-06-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 116 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
A major British hit, a lorryload of laughs and some sparkling action? We'll have some of that. It's fair to say that Hot Fuzz proves that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's brilliant Shaun Of The Dead was no one-off, serving up a superbly crafted British homage to the Hollywood action movie.

Deliberately set in the midst of a sleepy, quaint English village of Sandford, Pegg's Nicholas Angel is sent there because, bluntly, he's too good at his job, and he's making his city colleagues look bad. The proverbial fish out of water, Angel soon discovers that not everything in Sandford is quite as it seems, and joins forces with Nick Frost's lumbering Danny Butterman to find out what's what.

Hot Fuzz then proceeds to have a rollicking good time in both tipping its hat to the genre films that are clearly its loving inspiration, and coming up with a few tricks of its own. It does comedy better than action, with plenty of genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but it's no slouch either when the tempo needs raising. One of the many strong cards it plays is its terrific cast, which includes former 007 Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward and Jim Broadbent.

Hot Fuzz, ultimately, just falls short of Shaun Of The Dead, but more than does enough to warrant many, many repeat viewings. It's terrific fun, and in the true hit action movie style, all-but-demands some form of sequel. That said, with Pegg and Wright now with two excellent, and suitably different, genres ticked off, it'll be interesting to see what they do next. A period drama, perhaps...? --Simon Brew

Synopsis
Pop culture sponges Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost team up again for HOT FUZZ, their follow-up to the hit movie SHAUN OF THE DEAD. HOT FUZZ follows a near-identical formula to its predecessor, simply replacing the various homages to horror movies by heaping on the adulation for action flicks such as POINT BREAK and BAD BOYS II--both of which are referenced throughout. The plot finds outstanding London-based police officer Nicholas Angel (Pegg) transferred to a rural village. On arrival, Angel teams up with the oaf-like PC Danny Butterman (Frost) and together they investigate a series of mysterious murders, all of which are classed as ‘accidents’ by the increasingly strange townsfolk. Director Wright combines gory set-pieces with traditional action-movie staples: moustachioed detectives in sunglasses, corny one-liners, rapid machine-gun fire, and blood-spattered fight scenes all feature heavily. References to other movies come thick and fast throughout, and HOT FUZZ will have film fans' memories working overtime as they try to catch all the allusions to Pegg, Wright, and Frost's favourite films. A veritable Who's Who of British comedy provides support, with Martin Freeman (THE OFFICE), Bill Bailey (BLACK BOOKS), Steve Coogan (I'M ALAN PARTRIDGE), and Olivia Colman (PEEP SHOW) in small roles. In addition, Timothy Dalton plays the movie’s bad guy with aplomb. HOT FUZZ eases up on the humour of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and often threatens to topple over into Chuck Norris territory, but Wright manages to insert enough gags to keep the balance just about perfect, providing a fitting, amusing, and occasionally touching homage to cinema’s action heroes.

Customer Reviews

Difficult to spoof blood and gore but...
I think I must be the only person in the universe who has not seen Shaun of the Dead. This was my first Pegg experience and I dare not watch anything prior for fear of "ruining him" for me...For those who did not like this film because it was too "Arnie" with all of the firepower etc...all I can say is that was the point. This is a spoof! I am not sure how I managed to rent this movie because I am not usually a fan of the "anihilation movie" (I think the goose probably had a lot to do with it...) but I am very glad I did! I do agree that there was more gore than I had expected (sleepy village amid rolling hills...you have to reckon the goose is going to be the most dangerous thing our hero faces, no?) and that there probably should be some sort of warning. If, however, there will be no kids around and you feel that you have been properly warned about the gore, do NOT pass up this "hot" and "fuzzy" experience!

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
I've just watched this film for the third time and I still laughed! The best comedy to come along for a long while.

Surprisingly Good But Beware!!!
The hype that this film received in the media was immense, with the Beeb interviewing Simon Pegg and Nick Frost everywhere you turned. Then, showing key scenes to whet the appetite, the TV critics reviewed it in great and surreal tones.

Here, thought I, is a good British film that I can watch with the wife and have a good laugh at to boot. The fact that it co-starred her favourite actor [Timothy Dalton] was just another bonus in an already prepared sense of impending fun.

But that was all we were aware of. The story tells of a copper who has gone from Hendon to the Met and has a record for nicking everything that moves. His colleagues get a little miffed and shove him out to pasture to a country village that has as its claim to fame, won the best village title forever. Not wanting to go, he is forced to and finds himself in a village where something seems to be definitely wrong.

Teamed with Nick Frost's character Pegg begins to unravel a growing crime spree that when fully revealed just happens to parallel the tale of the copper in that much better film, The Wicker Man. The fact that Edward Woodward stars in this just lends to that reminder of both plot and film.

So, because of the star studded British cast, which is great to see in this day and age, it is a film that can be watched and laughed at with gusto in places. If not sure, check out the revenge of the goose near the end.

But I do have one reservation; we as an unsuspecting public were never made fully aware of some of the more graphic scenes. My wife is of the squeemish sort and as such, could not watch past a certain point. Some of the murder scenes are too graphic even for my tastes and that is going some!!!

Buy it and watch, if you have the sturdy aptitude. If of the upseeting stomach brigade, beware. I enjoyed it in places, but was surprisingly disappointed by the gore. There was simply no need to go that far.

If those scenes had been handled to let the mind work out the gore rather than see it, then the film would be sheer genius and funny as hell, but we are not all perfect are we Mssrs Pegg et al?

Disappointed! I watched it once and then listed it on ebay.