All right, so I usually don't review movies I've just seen the first time, but HOLY FUCK! Reviewing Hot Fuzz wasn't a choice; it was decreed by the Movie Gods.
Hot Fuzz is a product of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director, Edgar Wright. That's right, the EXACT SAME lineup from the legendary, Shaun of the Dead. And, no, I wouldn't put it on par with Shaun, but Hot Fuzz does to action movies exactly what Shaun did to zombie flicks. The British humor is thick throughout this one, but it's the uber ridiculous act 3 that moves this movie from pretty good to fuckin' epic status.
It's not even worth mentioning any of the movie until the finale...which is about 40 minutes long. Earlier in the movie, Nick Angel busts a guy with an army arsenal of machine guns and bazookas and a fucking water mine...and you know the shit is going to come into play later on...and boy does it ever. The mystery running throughout the entire movie ends in the most ridiculous way possible (which is a good thing) and then the final showdown involves a shootout with a priest, a guy getting his head caught in a bear trap, the complete annihilation of a super market, and James Bond getting a model church tower impaled into his throat. Balls to the walls awesome...
But the BEST part of the movie has to be the homage to Point Break. Officer Frost is obsessed with cheesy action movies and he loves the surfer/crime thriller. At the end of the movie, when Frost can't shoot his father and instead screams and fires into the air I nearly pissed my pants. Any movie that references a sweet ass action movie like Point Break is all right in my book.
Why Simon Pegg would ever try to make a movie without Nick Frost is beyond me. He might as well be David Spade trying to make a movie without Chris Farley. Hot Fuzz, bitches! Watch it!
Why It's Awesome: Rides the line between ridiculous and awesome better than any movie in the history of film.
Best Line:
Skinner (on walkie-talkie): Michael, are you there?
Angel (pretending to be Michael on walkie-talkie): Yarp.
Skinner: Angel's been taken care of?
Angel: Yarp.
Skinner: He's not going to be back up again?
(Angel hesitates, thinking.)
Angel: Narp?
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