Hot Fuzz (2007)

A skilled London police officer is transferred to a small town with a dark secret.

Director:

Edgar Wright

Writers:

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg

Stars:

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman

2 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Simon Pegg	...	Nicholas Angel
Martin Freeman	...	Met Sergeant
Bill Nighy	...	Met Chief Inspector
Robert Popper	...	'Not' Janine
Joe Cornish	...	Bob
Chris Waitt	...	Dave
Eric Mason	...	Bernard Cooper
Billie Whitelaw	...	Joyce Cooper
Nick Frost	...	PC Danny Butterman
Peter Wight	...	Roy Porter
Julia Deakin	...	Mary Porter
Tom Strode Walton	...	Underage Drinker #1
Troy Woollan	...	Underage Drinker #2
Rory Lowings	...	Underage Drinker #3
Bill Bailey	...	Sergeant Turner

Storyline

Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents".

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Plot Keywords:

police officer | workaholic | village | police | murder | 

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Taglines:

Gunfights, car chases, explosions...all in a days work

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violent content including some graphic images, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Working Title Films [UK]

Country:

UK France

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hot Fuzz

Filming Locations:

Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,837,000, 22 April 2007

Gross USA:

$23,637,265

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$80,577,265

Company Credits

Production Co:

StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital EX DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Edgar Wright got to shoot most of the film in his hometown. And the fête scenes were shot outside the St. Cuthbert's Parish Church in the city of Wells.

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Goofs

Angel throws a can at the suspect, bringing him down with a blow to the head. This could be classed as unreasonable force by Angel. Even when using their baton, British Police officers are restricted as to where they should strike a suspect.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: Police Constable Nicholas Angel: born and schooled in London, graduated Canterbury University in 1993 with a double first in Politics and Sociology. Attended Hendon College of Police Training. Displayed great aptitude in field exercises, notably Urban Pacification and Riot Control. Academically excelled in theoretical course work and final year examinations. Received a Baton of Honour, graduated with distinction into the Metropolitan Police Service and quickly established an ...

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Crazy Credits

In the UK version, which is released by Universal Pictures, sound effects of police whistles, bells and sirens are perfectly timed to accentuate the graphics of both the Universal Pictures and Working Title logos. The US version, released by Rogue Pictures, misses out on this little bit of a joke.

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Alternate Versions

In Singapore, the theatrical release was altered in order to obtain an NC16 classification after the original version of the film was passed with an M18 rating. These changes implemented to the film removed some stronger instances of violence.

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Connections

References The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

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Soundtracks

Romeo and Juliet
Written by Mark Knopfler
Performed by Dire Straits
Courtesy of Mercury Records Ltd.
Under licence from Universal Music Operations & Warner Bros. Records
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

You just gotta love smart British humor!

You're sitting at the computer minding your own business. There's a random movie starting at your TV. You throw your eye a few times on the beginning. You throw your eyes more and more on it. Finally you take a seat on your couch and decide to watch the rest of the film. How often does this happen to you? To just get absorbed by the amusement/drama/subject/etc of a movie you weren't intending to see, just by a few glances in the starting minutes? I, for one, know that it's something that happens barely seldom to me. Yet, this movie just caught me right from the beginning.

So we have Nicholas Angel (just loved the name choice), a workaholic, very serious, very effective police officer from London who gets transfered to rural Sandford, Gloucestershire. From here he starts interacting with the locals, bringing his fancy, londonistic ways of being a cop to the lighthearted villagers. Not the most likable person, Nicholas forms a bond (more of a hero-fanboy relation) with Danny, son of the Chief Inspector. New, unexpected events take place and the action really starts. Storyline isn't so important in my opinion, as I'm sure the screenplay would've been as funny as with any other epic development.

This film is abundant of British humor, which I love, while Simon Pegg's character can become actually adorable. No fancy stuff for this movie, just smart gags, a perfectly balanced dose of action and many referrals to Point Break and Bad Boys 2 :)

All in all, the main idea is that you should (at the border of turning into a must) watch it. Probably if you saw Shaun of the Dead you are looking forward into this one, if not then you'll be looking forward into SotD after viewing Hot Fuzz (like I am :) ).

Disclaimer - English is not my native language, so be gentle :)