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  • Actors: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Robert Popper
  • Directors: Edgar Wright
  • Writers: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
  • Producers: Eric Fellner, Karen Beever, Natascha Wharton, Nira Park, Ronaldo Vasconcellos
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Dec 2007
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (243 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000YGHBZC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 962 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A major British hit, a lorryload of laughs and some sparkling action? We’ll have some of that. It’s fair to say that Hot Fuzz proves that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s brilliant Shaun Of The Dead was no one-off, serving up a superbly crafted British homage to the Hollywood action movie.

Deliberately set in the midst of a sleepy, quaint English village of Sandford, Pegg’s Nicholas Angel is sent there because, bluntly, he’s too good at his job, and he’s making his city colleagues look bad. The proverbial fish out of water, Angel soon discovers that not everything in Sandford is quite as it seems, and joins forces with Nick Frost’s lumbering Danny Butterman to find out what’s what.

Hot Fuzz then proceeds to have a rollicking good time in both tipping its hat to the genre films that are clearly its loving inspiration, and coming up with a few tricks of its own. It does comedy better than action, with plenty of genuine laugh-out-loud moments, but it’s no slouch either when the tempo needs raising. One of the many strong cards it plays is its terrific cast, which includes former 007 Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey, Paddy Considine, Edward Woodward and Jim Broadbent.

Hot Fuzz, ultimately, just falls short of Shaun Of The Dead, but more than does enough to warrant many, many repeat viewings. It’s terrific fun, and in the true hit action movie style, all-but-demands some form of sequel. That said, with Pegg and Wright now with two excellent, and suitably different, genres ticked off, it’ll be interesting to see what they do next. A period drama, perhaps…? --Simon Brew



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Pop culture sponges Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost team up again for Hot Fuzz, their follow-up to the hit movie Shaun of the Dead. Hot Fuzz follows a near-identical formula to its predecessor, simply replacing the various homages to horror movies by heaping on the adulation for action flicks such as Point Break and Bad Boys 2--both of which are referenced throughout. The plot finds outstanding London-based police officer Nicholas Angel (Pegg) transferred to a rural village. On arrival, Angel teams up with the oaf-like PC Danny Butterman (Frost) and together they investigate a series of mysterious murders, all of which are classed as ‘accidents’ by the increasingly strange townsfolk. Director Wright combines gory set-pieces with traditional action-movie staples: moustachioed detectives in sunglasses, corny one-liners, rapid machine-gun fire, and blood-spattered fight scenes all feature heavily. References to other movies come thick and fast throughout, and Hot Fuzz will have film fans' memories working overtime as they try to catch all the allusions to Pegg, Wright, and Frost's favourite films. A veritable Who's Who of British comedy provides support, with Martin Freeman (The Office), Bill Bailey (Black Books), Steve Coogan (I'm Alan Partridge), and Olivia Colman (Peep Show) in small roles. In addition, Timothy Dalton plays the movie’s bad guy with aplomb. Hot Fuzz eases up on the humour of Shaun of the Dead and often threatens to topple over into Chuck Norris territory, but Wright manages to insert enough gags to keep the balance just about perfect, providing a fitting, amusing, and occasionally touching homage to cinema’s action heroes.

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54 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Midsomer Murders was never this funny..., 3 April 2007
By M. D. P. Meechan (Glasgow) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Fuzz (2 Disc Special Edition) [2007] [DVD] (DVD)
The team behind 'Shaun of the Dead' have done it again, producing another excellent comedy that could very well be the funniest British comedy of the decade so far! I'll start by briefly talking about the negatives of 'Hot Fuzz'. The film is too long by about 20 minutes, and I found it dragged the most during the initial team-up between Simon Pegg's character Nicholas Angel, and Nick Frost as Danny Butterman. This is the only criticism, however, and the fact that there's an early 'drag factor' is completely dispelled by the hilarious, pulse-pouding action sequences of Acts 2 and 3. These sequences are superbly directed by Edgar Wright, and the image of frail villagers as gun-toting maniacs will stick in the mind long after the film is over!

Once more, Pegg and Wright have selected a brilliant cast of familiar faces, and there are comic turns from the likes of Bill Nighy, Edward Woodward, Jim Broadbent, Billie Whitelaw, Kevin Eldon (Big Train), Martin Freeman (The Office) and two actors from an obscure '90s comedy series which I think may be called 'Spaced' ;-) being Bill Bailey and Julia Deakin. Best of all the supporting players is former 007 himself, Timothy Dalton, who puts in a panto-baddie turn (complete with moustache) as local shop manager Simon Skinner. One of the final scenes, featuring Dalton and a miniature church's spire, gets what is arguably the biggest laugh of the entire film. There are many brilliant moments that will have you laughing aloud, and many of the best ones come from sight gags, particularly the increasingly gruesome ways in which some of the villagers meet their deaths!

Lastly, the dynamic between Pegg and Frost is the true winning formula, and I hope this is a comedic partnership (with Wright's direction) that stays together until we're watching them as elderly men doing for nursing homes, what they did for picturesque villages in 'Hot Fuzz'!
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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterically funny and well worth going to the cinema to see, 20 Feb 2007
By Kali "bengaligirl" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Fuzz (2 Disc Special Edition) [2007] [DVD] (DVD)
I went to see this movie and I laughed so much I almost fell out of my wheelchair.

One of the best films to come out the UK in a dog's age. It is hysterically funny, deliciously gruesome in parts, you flinch at the scene when the reporter gets part of a church steeple dropped on his head and as for the scene in the model village, well you have to see it to believe it.

The plot is simple and to the point, hot shot London police officer Nicholas Angel played by Simon Pegg gets sent to a sleepy little village in middle England because he is too good at his job and is making his colleagues look bad.

However this little village isn't quite what it seems, there are a lot of unexplained deaths that are being passed off as accidents, and Nicolas finds out that the police chief isn't all that keen to rock the boat for his own reasons.

With a lumbering side kick who just happens to be the police chief's son, Nicholas tries to find out what is going on but is thwarted at every turn, and we watch in hysterical amusement as he arrests naughty boys for underage drinking, tries to capture a run-a-way swan, and collects an armoury of weapons from a farmers barnyard, whilst trying to work out why so many people in the village are having such "terrible accidents."

Not popular with the rest of the police officers/staff who would rather eat cake and drink tea, he tries to instil in them some pride in their job, he finally gets them to believe that not all is what it seems in their sleepy little village and one of the best scenes in the film is when they have to attack the Somerfield supermarket and are met by enraged villagers lobbing supermarket trolleys, vegetables and other food stuffs at them, you've not seen anything like it before but it is worth seeing the film just for those ten minutes alone.

Taking the Mickey out of every American buddy-buddy cop movie ever made, from Bad Boys, to Point Break, to 24 Hours, we are treated to an outrageous tongue in cheek comedy that leaves you wiping your eyes from laugher and hysteria.

With a star studded cast that include Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent, Edward Woodward, and Steve Coogan to name but a few, we get quality acting in a comedy that should be nominated for an Oscar just based on laughs alone.

As squeamish in parts as Shaun of the Dead but well worth going to the cinema to see and I will be buying the DVD as soon as it comes out because I will have to watch it all over again, because I am sure I have missed a lot of the jokes and humour when I was laughing so much in the cinema.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious surrealism, 9 Sep 2007
By Bezzer (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hot Fuzz (2 Disc Special Edition) [2007] [DVD] (DVD)
I really enjoyed this film. It's a wonderfully surreal representation of English village life (very exaggerated) and also has loads of slapstick moments. I still laugh out loud when I remember Nick Frost's 'ice cream headache'. The movie is peppered with little gems like that - an unexpected take on a traditional 'cop movie' moment. The climax of the movie doesn't disappoint - again, the surrealism is brilliant.

It's just as good as Shaun of the Dead, but in a different way. It's also pleasing to see that Simon Pegg has more than one role in him. This time he is quite different to his Spaced or Shaun characters. Nick Frost is absolutely endearing as Danny and has some of the funniest lines and scenes.

Well worth watching. The extras are good too.
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2.0 out of 5 stars hot fuzz
not a lot to say really. read it was a comedy.i'm still waiting to laugh.not my cup of t.
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Diana Ballinger

1.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps I missed something.
It's not often that I struggle to watch a film through to the end, but that was the case with this one. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. A. Chettleburgh

3.0 out of 5 stars Fuzzing Violent
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4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and clever though not very memorable
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Published 3 months ago by Greg Farefield-Rose

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film
Language: English
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After "Shawn of the Dead" this is another brilliant film with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Top Second Film from the Team
This is a great follow up to their fantastic first film. It's the funniest film I've seen since... well since `Shaun of the Dead'. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Hot Fuz review
Read good reviews of this film but when I got to watch it I was not so sure they were right! Very unrealistic and ridiculous story line. Read more
Published 7 months ago by M. Labudova

3.0 out of 5 stars What's all the fuzz about
This film was recommended to me but having watched it I felt a bit let down. It was by no means the terrific laugh that I expected. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. MORGAN

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Hilarious
Ok, I have to admit this takes a while to get going but after that, my word, i have never laughed so hard.
Best film in 2007, no doubt about it.
Published 8 months ago by Dr. Susanna M. Maybin

5.0 out of 5 stars Best film ever!!!!
Oh my God, when I first saw this film I couldn't believe how good it was! I had to have it! I do have it now and I never get bored of watching it. Read more
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