Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz takes American action films and makes them satire and really, very, english. The Directors Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg don't just spoof the plot line and the car chases. They know the smaller details of Hollywood's winning movie recipe. Not only do they tackle those less clear characteristics of American movies, they also perfectly portray people who talk about awesome scenes in action movies, hilariously by Nick Frost.

The irony in this film is that it takes place in the serenely beautiful English countryside, In some ways, the film is very important for Americans to see. It goes very deeply into the social life of the English, and parodies the timid insular English village life. Perhaps the best element of Hot Fuzz is the linking of a big-budget action film with gimmicks and a desperately fast pace and a quaint, atmospheric English village given the hidden deep true man show like flavour.

The cinematography and editing is a product of the school of Tony Scott and Guy Ritchie (the producers). It's filled with jump cuts accompanied by loud and constantly changing sound effects, occasional strobe, and montages of grainy, bleached out, extravagantly lit shots edited together at machine gun speed.

The soundtrack is that of any super-cool action film from America. This works so well not only as a dead-on impression of American action movie film-making but also as a hilarious opposition to the English countryside.

Simon Pegg's performance is a work of comic genius, he has been a;a film nerd, a zombie killer, slacker and now a policeman. His character is so well-developed as a man of invincible and authentic confidence and crazy drive, a workaholic and also an action hero stereotype. Nick Frost is a great second banana because not only is he the punchline to Pegg's straight line, he's also funny in such a direct, adolescent way, an unlikely comic relief sidekick.

The film's great surprise is a comeback performance from Timothy Dalton as the supermarket boss. Not only is it a reappearance from the darkness he's been lost in since his two-year stint as James Bond, but also a vindication against all who've continually dismissed his credibility as an actor and doubted his comic ability. He's very funny and one of the film's great highlights.

As its an important flavour to the cornetto trilogy, i believe its personally its the best, as it is based of every action film and somehow as the have set it in a english county village, the humour is golden not only to the english audience but also to Americans.