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Hot Fuzz

2007 FR HMDB
febrero 14, 2007

Nicholas Angel es, sin duda alguna, el mejor policía de Londres. Sus detenciones superan en un 400% al segundo mejor agente del Cuerpo. Es tan bueno que, comparado a él, cualquier poli es malo. Por eso sus superiores deciden trasladarle a un lugar en que su talento no ponga a nadie en evidencia, a Sandford, un aparentemente adormecido y pacífico pueblecito.

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Produccion: Tim Bevan (Producer)Eric Fellner (Producer)Nira Park (Producer)Natascha Wharton (Executive Producer)
Guion: Edgar Wright (Screenplay)Simon Pegg (Screenplay)
Musica: David Arnold (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Jess Hall (Director of Photography)

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Giuliano Giacomelli

Nicholas Angel es un agente de policía todo terreno, extremadamente interesado en llevar a cabo su trabajo de la mejor manera posible; su récord de arrestos es extremadamente impresionante y se distingue por sus innumerables habilidades y por los méritos recibidos en cada campo. Nicholas es el mejor agente de policía de Londres y, precisamente por eso, es trasladado desde Londres a la pacífica ciudad de Sanford (con Angel en circulación, todos los agentes de policía de Londres, pronto, se quedarían sin trabajo). Aunque inicialmente contrariado, el agente Nicholas Angel acepta el traslado a Sanford, una ciudad modelo en la que nunca se comete ningún crimen, y notará de inmediato que es un pez fuera del agua. Pero la tranquilidad se prepara para ser alterada desde el momento en que un despiadado asesino en serie comienza a cosechar víctimas haciendo pasar los asesinatos por simples accidentes. El agente Angel intuye desde el principio que el caso es más complicado de lo que parece y comienza a investigar con la ayuda del torpe colega Danny Butterman; siguiendo las pistas correctas, descubrirá una terrible y inesperada verdad. En 2004, Edgar Wright y Simon Pegg nos deleitaron y sorprendieron con la divertidísima "Shaun of the Dead" ("El amanecer de los muertos" para el mercado italiano), una irreverente comedia de terror capaz de ganarse en muy poco tiempo y por unanimidad el apelativo de "culto" por ambos lados: crítica y público. Ahora, en 2007, el dúo Wright-Pegg ha vuelto a la palestra firmando una nueva y divertidísima aventura, "Hot Fuzz". Con su último trabajo, Wright parece querer continuar su obra de reinterpretación de los géneros cinematográficos; de hecho, si en "Shaun of the Dead" se podían leer claras intenciones de parodiar el género de terror (siendo siempre una comedia "seria" que no se beneficia absolutamente de un lenguaje demencial), aquí podemos notar cómo Wright ha tomado como blanco el género de acción y está dispuesto a parodiar las muy difundidas películas estadounidenses de "palomitas" (películas como "Bad Boys 2", para entender, que también se citan claramente varias veces). No eran muchas, para Edgar Wright, las posibilidades de producir una película capaz de estar a la altura de la anterior, pero, contrariamente a lo que todos podíamos esperar, "Hot Fuzz" no tiene nada que envidiarle al ya culto "Shaun of the Dead". "Hot Fuzz" cuenta con varios méritos, pero probablemente el más grande corresponde al brillante guión que, una vez más, está escrito a cuatro manos por Wright y Pegg. El guión es tan perfecto como se podía concebir y, sin duda, el mayor elogio puede dirigirse al saber mezclar, con extrema naturalidad, varios géneros cinematográficos en una sola obra: se comienza con un tema claramente afín a la comedia (un policía todo terreno y extremadamente activo enfrentándose a las "dificultades" ofrecidas por un pueblo donde no sucede prácticamente nada y donde el trabajo más importante es recuperar un cisne escapado de su dueño), se pasa por el acción policial hasta llegar, incluso, al puro thriller/terror. Otro gran mérito corresponde a la magnífica construcción de los personajes que, a primera vista, pueden parecer trillados y estereotipados, pero luego, a medida que avanza la película, uno puede darse cuenta de que Wright juega con los estereotipos sin caer nunca en ningún lugar común. Así, el agente Nicholas Angel no será el típico policía todo terreno visto mil veces (al estilo de Maurizio Merli o, mejor aún, al estilo de Clint "Callaghan" Eastwood) que durante toda la película tendrá esa actitud de "superior", aquí este cliché está ausente y el agente Angel tendrá la oportunidad de mostrar también su lado "humano" logrando captar, con extrema facilidad, la simpatía del espectador; pero este "jugar con los estereotipos" también es evidente en el inicio: un policía valiente y merecedor, en lugar de ser premiado y exaltado, es alejado de la ciudad y enviado lo más lejos posible, justo allí donde todas sus habilidades son totalmente inútiles. Además, la película tiene un ritmo muy dinámico (a pesar de las dos horas de duración, el tiempo pasa rápido) que no presenta "puntos muertos" y evita cualquier prolongación y, al igual que "Shaun of the Dead", logra crear muchas situaciones irónicas y gags hilarantes. Apreciable, luego, el marcado tono citacionista hacia el cine de acción americano y la elección de sazonar toda la obra con asesinatos fantasiosos, enriquecidos con una buena dosis de splatter (el asesinato bajo la iglesia hará agua en la boca de cualquier amante del cine splatter). Gran mención merece la dirección de Edgar Wright que ya había dejado entrever su talento detrás de la cámara con su anterior largometraje (y no por casualidad fue elegido precisamente él, entre tantos, para dirigir uno de los falsos tráilers presentes en el proyecto "Grindhouse" de Tarantino y Rodríguez) pero que aquí demuestra haber alcanzado una mayor madurez y profesionalidad porque logra dar mayor personalidad a toda la obra. De un nivel excelente, una vez más, se demuestra el reparto que cuenta con grandes talentos como Simon Pegg (el Shaun de "Shaun of the Dead") en el papel del protagonista y Nick Frost (visto también él en "Shaun of the Dead" en el papel de Ed) en el rol del torpe colega del agente Angel; no faltan, sin embargo, otros rostros famosos como el de Timothy Dalton (uno de los muchos rostros de James Bond) y Bill Nighy (el Davy Jones de la saga "Piratas del Caribe"). En conclusión, "Hot Fuzz" es una pequeña joya, al igual que lo fue, hace unos años, "Shaun of the Dead" y es increíble notar cómo el joven director inglés ha sido capaz de realizar consecutivamente dos grandes cultos. ¡Esperamos que continúe por este camino! ¡Una película imperdible! Curiosidad: En la escena en la que el agente Danny Butterman está revolviendo entre los DVD en oferta en los cestos del supermercado es posible ver, entre los varios títulos, la portada de "Shaun of the Dead".

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John Chard

John Chard

10 /10

Homage or parody, Hot Fuzz is the best of modern British comedy.

Police Constable Nicholas Angel is the pride of the London Service, trouble is is that he is making everybody else look bad, so much so his superiors promote him to Sergeant in the sleepy village of Sandford, Gloucestershire. Yet all is not right with Sandford as the locals start meeting grizzly deaths, thus thrusting Angel into his biggest case so far.

The biggest question on most film goers lips was could the pairing of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg triumphantly follow the monster cult success of Shaun Of The Dead? Well the plot premise for Hot Fuzz hardly leaps out as something to grab the attention span of many, but they have crafted a tremendously funny film that winks at the action genre with genuine love and admiration.

Simon Pegg and his trusty sidekick, Nick Frost, clearly have an earthbound appeal that many (even outside of Britain) can warm too, not pretty or over svelt, these guys are fans of movies making movies purely for the fans, and it shows. Neither Pegg or Frost try to steal scenes from each other, both men after over a decade of working together are clearly comfortable with their coupling and thus manage to fine tune their working chemistry.

Once Angel (Pegg) lands at Sandford Village we are introduced to a ream of British Village stereotypes (archetypes actually), all characters ripe for hilarious scenarios that our fish out water (big city cop) Sergeant struggles to comprehend. We observe as he is dumb struck at the ineptitude of the Village Police Force (erm service actually) and is then forced to work alongside dough eyed Constable Butterman (a film stealing Frost). Angel's exasperation at where he finds himself is mirthful joy to us the viewers. The dialogue is priceless, one liners and hat tipping nods to the action genre come thick and fast, in fact you can watch Hot Fuzz repeatedly and play spot the homage each time. I mean come on people, we got both James Bond (a delicious turn from Timothy Dalton) and Belloq in here strutting their stuff. The action set pieces are not found wanting either, director Wright having the time of his life with the crash bang wallop that flows in the final third.

The test of a great comedy is how it stands up to repeat viewings, to me Hot Fuzz delivers no matter how many times it is viewed. For even when you know what is coming up next, the smile on your face is already there before the event, wonderful, wonderful film made by guys who love movies as much as ourselves. 10/10

Per Gunnar Jonsson

8 /10

I was not sure what to expect from this movie that I found on Netflix a while ago while browsing through the catalog. The movie poster makes it look like a hard-boiled police action movie but reading the reviews it became clear that it was more of a comedy. I had not heard of the movie before but it generally got good reviews so the other evening me and the boys sat down to watch it.

This is a fun movie. A good, old-fashioned British comedy. The core story could very well have been a serious crime story but the way it is implemented makes it so incredibly silly in a fun way. It starts off pretty much right away when PC Angel is told that he will be promoted but moved, because he makes the rest if the bunch of the dimwits at the precinct look bad, to a small British town where the most fun you can have is to watch the grass grow or get drunk and from there it goes downhill for Angel.

His new colleagues are somewhat weird not to mention more or less useless when it comes to police work. The by-the-book Angel is getting more and more frustrated and his only friend is the son of his new boss, whom he arrested on the first day by the way. When the grizzly “accidents” starts to happen the movie, in particular the explanations as to why they are “accidents” and not crimes, become more and more absurd. The special effects guys seems to have learned a trick or two from the Monty Python gang when it comes to over the top gory blood splattered scenes by the way.

In the final showdown between Angel and the totally whacko gang that keeps the town “clean” by deadly serious methods is short references to great many action movies. The amount of shots fired and the ratio of misses versus actual hits is nothing short of ludicrous. It was just so absurdly funny that it is difficult to describe.

If you are in the mood for some good solid British comedy then I can recommend this one. It is a very well done comedy and a lot more enjoyable than the get drunk and/or fall on your arse and/or and puke all over the place “comedies” that comes thirteen to the dozen today.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7 /10

A victim of his own meticulous success, “Angel” (Simon Pegg) is promoted to sergeant but relocated from the metropolis to a remote rural constabulary where he anticipates that nothing much will go wrong under the watchful eye of “Insp. Butterman” (Jim Broadbent). Less than impressed with this enforced relocation, he arrives in a town where everyone already knows who he is and where the pub with fellow cop, the younger ”Butterman” (Nick Frost), where he downs some orange juice before bed in his hotel room is his only real diversion. One night, though, the pair are to be representatives of the police at a local am-dram effort where the two stars are obviously more than just “colleagues”. Next morning, though, they are not even that when their decapitated bodies are found next to their car following what the pretty hapless CID think is just an accident. “Angel” thinks otherwise, though, and as he starts to investigate he starts to smell a rat. Well, quite a few rats, as it happens the body count starts to quite spectacularly mount up and things become quite hairy for him and his pal as this sleepy town becomes more like “Sleepy Hollow”. Might the suave local supermarket manager (Timothy Dalton) be behind it? Or the pub owner (Peter Wright)? Maybe it’s his landlady (Billie Whitelaw) or even the vicar (Paul Freeman)? With no absence of suspects, can they get to the bottom of this murderous mystery? It isn’t that far removed from “Shaun of the Dead” (2004), this film, only there aren’t any zombies marauding about for them to shoot. There is still plenty to aim at as this takes a fun pot-shot at all things rural from old grudges to planning applications, land deals and there’s even a bit of cultism thrown in for good measure. It’s the chemistry between Pegg and Frost that holds this together well as they deliver a pithy and amiable script whilst the rest of the cast do their best to deliver the sort of villagers that Agatha Christie would have relished in creating. It does take it’s time to end, but for most of it’s two hours it moves along quickly and entertainingly.

ErichB85

Buckle up, buttercup - you're gonna see things beyond imagination, especially if you've never waded into these completely over-the-top waters before. The 'moderate violence' part of the tagline is sort of on target: no one's brains are blown out, nobody pitches face-first into a woodchipper,or gets run straight over by a train. Otherwise - SPOILER ALERT - people are creatively dispatched by falling mortar and other ingenious (and inglorious) means.

The second half of this utter insanity is like a hysterical mashup of Pulp Fiction and The Blues Brothers, with a dash of Monte Python thrown in for good measure - you can't believe a single thing that happens, and you're not supposed to! Gleeful absurdity abounds, but with a decent moral core, as well as an unwillingness to fully dispatch any of the various villains (bonus points for the most fiendishly creative use of a steeple I could imagine!). I never imagined I could like this, but here we are!

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