Hot Fuzz: A Visual Treat for Everyone! – Editorial

Introduction

Hot Fuzz is based on the story of Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), a hero hard-boiled London cop. Angel was so good at his job that his superiors (to save face) transfer him to a model village Sandford, where the most important case filed, was for a missing Swan. The boring village gets interesting when a series of accidents (?) happen between mysterious circumstances. With the help of Danny (Nick Frost) uncovers the actual crimes behind these accidents and bringing justice in a freakishly stylish way possible.

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Argument

Visual comedy is an art that was born in the early 20th century and was practiced by some of the greatest movie pioneers of all time like Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and of course, Tom and Jerry. If you think the zero gravity scene in the hallway of Inception was genius, what words could do justice for explaining the same thing pictured by Keaton some odd 80 years ago with no dialogues to distract you from the screen? Sensationally fun!!

Nowadays, only a few handful directors still practice and improve their visual storytelling as they progress. Edgar Wright is one of them. If you haven’t heard of him yet or haven’t seen his movies yet, I highly recommend watching his ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ (google it and you’ll know). It starts as a barrel of laughs transforming into a laughing riot where you can’t resist watching his other popular works like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and his latest work, Baby Driver.

Hot Fuzz was his best yet with the best of both worlds. Great visual comedy with a strong story and a stellar cast. There are countless scenes in the movie like Danny jumping the fences, a car chase that starts and ends in a couple of seconds. Wright even managed to achieve something that nobody in the world could’ve thought…. making paperwork stylish and downright sexy.

There is so much entertainment in this movie, you might get cynical of regular movies. From crossword puzzles to the showdown of the largest unlicensed weapon cache (with a sea mine on top) found in a barn, from Danny trying to jump fences to Angel moving to Sandford… packed with humor if you are attentive enough to find it.

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Conclusion

So, if you are in a mood of feeling like sh*t or just stressed out because your boss chewed you out at the office, watch Hot Fuzz and enjoy watching a movie….. quite literally. With the help of Danny (Nick Frost) uncovers the actual crimes behind these accidents and bringing justice in a freakishly stylish way possible.