Dir: Edgar Wright | Cast: Simon Pegg, Cate Blanchett, Bill Bailey, Martin Freeman , Bill Nighy, Bill Cornish, Billy Whitelaw, Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine | Uk Comedy 121’
‘Hot Fuzz’ belongs to that select group of movies that on its original appearance received a lukewarm critical response, but by the time it reached television had already deservedly achieved cult status.
When it first hit cinemas critics sniffily compared this gleeful spoof of everything from the Avengers episode ‘Murdersville’ to ‘The Wicker Man’ unfavourably with Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s previous collaboration, ‘Shaun of the Dead’, but it sounded fun so I went to see it anyway and was certainly not disappointed.
Particular thought has gone into the casting, with Cate Blanchett’s unbilled cameo being particularly memorable. @RichardChatten
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