Dir. Edgar Wright
Writ. Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
Act. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Nighly, Martin Freeman

People seem surprised when I say that this is one of the better movies I have seen in quite sometime and the best movie I have seen this year. While the message isn't as deep as say Schindler's List or the acting as powerful as The Godfather, this is a very good movie because it sets out on its goal and completes it from beginning to end.

Sergeant Nicholas Angel, played by Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead,) is the best police officer in the city of London, England. As a matter of fact, he is so good and making everyone else looks so bad that his superiors transfer him to the quite village of Sandford where the crime rate is zero. He is partnered with the over eager Officer Danny Butterman, played by Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead,) and while on patrol in the small town he notices that while crime is incredible low with absolutely no murder's to speak of, the villages accident rate is incredibly high. As Angel investigates he continues to discover that there is something sinister behind all of these accidents that lead to a stunning and wondrous climatic scene.

I know it seems odd to mention Hot Fuzz in the same breath as with Schindler's List and The Godfather. I am not comparing this movie as a whole to either one of those films in terms of its greatness in cinema or in quality of movie as the other two. What I am saying is that in Schindler's List, for example, there will be, in my opinion, no finer film done in the fictional historical drama genre than Stephen Spielberg's movie and there has been no finer film done in the spoof/satire/farce genre then Hot Fuzz. The writing and directing is so good that the men behind this movie, and Shaun of the Dead, are masters at this sort of film making. I would even say that with the exception of the film The 40-Year Old Virgin, it is probably the best comedy to come out in ten years.

The reason why I say this, and the reason why the two idiots who did Epic Movie as well as the Wayan Brothers should see this film, is because the film is a wonderful farce/spoof/satire on action films yet there is a real, believable story written with real characters feeling real emotions. The situation that they are in is as absurd as any of your better 80's action movies but there is no suspension of disbelief when it comes to the story itself as well as the characters.

I can go on and on, but I won't. Safe to say I like this movie very much and I think that this is a must see at a movie theater near you and must own on DVD. Hot Fuzz is a movie that should reaffirm to the clowns that made Epic Movie that they are in the wrong business and should leave as quick as possible.

Brian - the Naked Gun