Hot Fuzz

Edgar Wright (2007)

115min

15 Certificate

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by Jamie Russell

Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright - the team behind zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead - return for this gleeful pastiche of American action movies. Pegg stars as an over-achieving London policeman transferred to a crime-free village where all is not as it seems. What begins as a very funny, very British murder mystery eventually mutates into an ironic action spectacular that blows up half of Gloucestershire (or rather, Wells pretending to be Gloucestershire). Armed with a Who's Who of home-grown acting talent and a surfeit of gags, Hot Fuzz also showcases the continuing comic partnership of Pegg and co-star Nick Frost. Their mismatched cops play out every buddy movie convention imaginable while discussing subjects as diverse as ice-cream "brain freeze" and the homoeroticism of action thriller Point Break. More smart than silly, this is self-confident comedy that's proud to be British.

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Cast & Crew

Sergeant Nicholas Angel Simon Pegg

PC Danny Butterman Nick Frost

Inspector Frank Butterman Jim Broadbent

Sergeant Tony Fisher Kevin Eldon

DS Andy Wainwright Paddy Considine

DC Andy Cartwright Rafe Spall

PC Doris Thatcher Olivia Colman

PC Bob Walker Karl Johnson (2)

Simon Skinner Timothy Dalton

Tom Weaver Edward Woodward

Joyce Cooper Billie Whitelaw

Met Chief Inspector Bill Nighy

Janine, Angel's ex-girlfriend Cate Blanchett

Met police chief Steve Coogan

Man dressed as Santa Peter Jackson

Bob Joe Cornish

Roy Porter Peter Wight

Mary Porter Julia Deakin

Sergeant Turner Bill Bailey (2)

Reverend Philip Shooter Paul Freeman

Dr Robin Hatcher Stuart Wilson

Leslie Tiller Anne Reid

James Reaper Kenneth Cranham

Tim Messenger Adam Buxton

Peter Ian Staker Stephen Merchant

George Merchant Ron Cook

Martin Blower David Threlfall

Eve Draper Lucy Punch

Arthur Webley David Bradley (2)

Director Edgar Wright

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Language: EnglishColourTheatrical distributor: UniversalGuidance: Violence, swearing.Available on: DVD and Blu-rayReleased on: 16 Feb 2007

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