Hot Fuzz is a brilliant new Britsh comedy that really hits its mark!!!
Hands down this fantastic film is the new benchmark in British comedies!
Simon Pegg throws you into the extremely tongue in cheek narrative with its quick pace edits, booming sounds and terrific camera work that we have come to expect from Edgar Wright since Shaun of the Dead. Simon Pegg has really exceeded my expectations and credit must also go to Nick Frost who plays the classic sidekick which he accomplishes so well.
Nicholas Angel is the finest cop London has to offer, with an arrest record 400% higher than any other officer on the force.
He’s so good, he makes everyone else look bad, as a result, Angel’s superiors send him to a place where his talents won’t be quite so embarrassing – the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford.
Once there, he is partnered with the well-meaning but overeager police officer Danny Butterman.
The son of amiable Police Chief Frank Butterman, Danny is a huge action movie fan and believes his new big-city partner might just be a real-life “bad boyâ€.
enjoy!
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Warning:- this post does contain the films Goofs. May spoil the film.
… now for Magic’s Technical Bit:
Director
Edgar Wright
Writers
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg
Release Date
14 February 2007 (UK)
Genre
Action | Comedy | Crime | MysteryÂ
Tagline
Big Cops. Small Town. Moderate Violence.
Plot
Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble upon a series of suspicious accidents and events.
Goofs
- Revealing mistakes: When Nick Angel has thrown Michael into the freezer in the supermarket, there is a close-up on Michael’s face. You can clearly see his real teeth behind his prosthetic teeth.
- Continuity: In the scene when Nicholas and Danny are observing the locals from their patrol car, we see Danny finish his cornetto down to the chocolate tip twice.
- Continuity: The seats in Simon Skinner’s (Timothy Dalton’s) light blue Jaguar XK convertible alternate between a pre-2000 model year and a post-2000 model year car – the difference being adjustable headrests.
- Miscellaneous: When the police officers are outside the supermarket preparing to storm it, it is clear that one of them is holding a bolt action rifle with the bolt opened.
- Continuity: In a shot preceeding Nick’s questioning everyone’s eating chocolate cake, Danny Butterman can be seen eating a bit of cake. In the next shot in which he can be seen, there is more cake on his plate.
- Continuity: When PC Doris Thatcher comes in bringing PC Danny Butterman his birthday cake she is wearing fake boobs over her sweater, seconds later the fake boobs are gone even though she is holding the cake with both hands.
- Continuity: When Sergeant Angel runs up to the top of the church tower as he opens the door you see the truncated stone pillar on his left, but in the subsequent helicopter shot the pillar is missing.
- Continuity: When Sgt. Nicholas Angel is narrating his life in the police, he says that he was stabbed by “a man dressed as Father Christmas,” and when he knocks on the door, you see a scar on his right hand, with which he is knocking, but the flashback of him being stabbed shows “Father Christmas” stabbing him in the left hand.
- Factual errors: Sergeant Fisher doesn’t have stripes on his shoulder badge to denote his rank, even though all the other sergeants in the movie do. His shoulder badge is that of a constable.
- Continuity: When Nick is fighting all of the villagers his red ammo belts appear and dissapear between shots.
- Continuity: When Nicholas Angel and Simon Skinner are fighting in the model village, Nicholas grabs Simon’s hand, then Nick’s hand is on Simon’s wrist the next shot, then back to his hand.
- Continuity: After the community theater performance, the camera moves up the dark backstage hallway and we see the actor’s dressing room’s dark-painted door. It has a foil six-pointed star (the only bright spot amid the dark colors). The door also has a flat metal “push” handplate. When the murderer arrives, the “push” handplate and the star both are gone; the door at this time has a small brass knob.
