Walking Amongst Dark Shadows

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost are back!

Ah man, I have just returned from watching Hot Fuzz with my girlfriend Deena and I have a jaw ache from laughing so much. Deena has a mad attack of the hiccups right now. This film is so hilariously funny, and there are not many films that can make me laugh this hard!

Straight from the massive success of their last film, Shaun of the Dead comes Hot Fuzz! The pair join forces together when Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is transferred to a small crime free village of Sandford. On his first day he arrests Danny Butterman (Frost) who he eventually finds out is his partner! Angel doesn’t get off to the best start with the village community who seem to have very loose views on crime

Just as Angel begins to become increasingly frustrated with the lack of action which this village has, a series of strange murders unleashes the dark side of the village community. Angel and Danny then investigate only to have their claims dismissed by the residents.

Hot Fuzz is just so hilariously funny that the both of us were almost in tears as we moved from one hilarious scene to another. Hot Fuzz manages to perfectly transfer its black British humour over from Shaun of the Dead, with Edgar Wright directing and what a superb job he has done. Simon and Nick shine in this film, which has cameo appearances from Steve Coogan, Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman and the brilliant Edward Woodward of Wicker Man fame.

Some of the funny moments in this film just had us bursting out in laughter with the rest of the cinema sniggering helplessly. The fence-jumping scene shown in the trailer still makes me crack up, especially the look on Danny’s face just before he does his run. In the end, I think we agreed that out favourite scene was when Simon quizzes a bunch of teenagers in the pub about their age, he then asks a geeky looking lad and the response was too funny!

I wish I could talk more about the funny bits, but I would be giving away some funny spoilers, so no more. Nick Frost does a brilliant job acting out the fat, cake-eating cop who is more interested in DVD movies then his career. Simon is just as brilliant with his smart, intelligent demeanour and his hardened London copper attitude. If you loved Shaun of the Dead, then you are just going to love this. We are going to watch this again mid-week just because it is so amusing. Now if someone would kill that damn swan….