Hot Fuzz

Today I watched a movie called Hot Fuzz on Comedy Central. The short version of the plot for this film is that the main character Nicholas Angel is a police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. However, he performs his duties so well that he is accused of making the other officers look bad, and as a result the Chief of Police transfers him to a crime-free town called Sandford. Once there, he immediately arrests a large group of underage drinkers, and a drunk driver who turns out to be his partner named Danny Butterman who is the son of local police inspector Frank Butterman. Danny, a well-meaning but naive police officer, is in admiration of his new partner. Nick struggles to adjust to the slow uneventful pace of the village, but then a series of gruesome deaths shocks the village. Angel investigates, believing the deaths to be murders. This movie is the prime example of an action comedy. There are some dark moments in the movie having to do with some of the deaths, but they are replaced with some comedic moments shortly after. I thought this movie was very well made and that the types of shots and angles used were spectacular. For example, every time we see Nick go back to his apartment we see him walking down the hall and when he almost gets to his room it all the sudden shows an extreme close up shot of his hand opening the door, then the next shot is of him inside. The movie does this a lot and uses the extreme close up shot like there's no tomorrow. However, the movie also incorporates a lot of long/extreme long shots like many/every action movie as well as some high angle shots for when certain characters are on top of buildings for example. This is a great movie and I would recommend it to anyone who can't decide on whether to watch an action movie or a comedy.