Puts the Bud in "Buddy-Cop Movie"

'Hot Fuzz'

Running Time: 2 hours 1 minute
Rating: R
Directed by: Edgar Wright

For Grindhouse, Wright guest-directed an incredibly ridiculous and funny trailer for a fake movie Don't. But that was just a teaser for Hot Fuzz.

Hot Fuzz can be described as an action-packed comedy but it really can't be put into any set category. It is its own thing, a completely original movie (just don't get offended because it makes fun of all American cop movies).

The movie centers around Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), an over-achieving policer "officer" who is transferred from London to a rural town for showing up everyone in the police department with over 400% more arrests than the next leading officer. He's so good that he makes everyone else look bad, inlcuding the Chief Inspector (Bill Nighy).

At his first night in the "perfect" town of Sandford, he cleans out the local pub of youths and ironically arrests his soon-to-be partner Danny Butterman (Nick Frost). The town is crime-free, but Angel refuses to believe it. He later says to Danny, "There is always something going on."

The story starts when people in the town start dying, and Angel is the only one who believes they are connected. He is persistent to find the killer with the help of his action-hungry partner and cop movie buff, Butterman.

The fast paced nature of the film (similar to the editing of Shaun of the Dead), makes the mood seem very light and funny, like it were overdramatizing events. It never stoops to the typical dirty jokes are now just a result of laziness and going for the cheap laughs. The jokes are fresh and clever. Would you expect anything less? It's a British comedy.

The dialogue is witty and sharp. And there are priests and grandmothers with shotguns and automatics. For the sake of not ruining any jokes, you'll have to take my word that this is one funny movie.

If you've seen Wright's Shaun of the Dead, then you pretty much have an idea of what you are in for, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's without a doubt a terribly fun movie, one that should not be missed.