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Old 04-21-2007, 03:48 PM   #708
cthomer5000
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Hot Fuzz-- 9/10

This movie had some brilliant and hilarious moments in it. Anyone who loves the cliched action cop thrillers should check this out. They cram every cliche in the book into this one, on purpose, to make fun of it. It was a little slow at first, but enjoyable, maybe a bit overlong. And then the last 30 minutes or so(which, of course, I won't detail) moved into the sublime and really brought the whole satire together.

I'm probably going to go see Fracture tonight.

Wow, we agreed on a movie.

I probably wouldn't go 9/10... 3 of 5 stars, definite thumbs up on my rating scale... but Hot Fuzz definitely deliverd. Makes a nice transition from poking fun at cop thrillers to becoming one. I agree maybe it was 15-20 minutes too long, but it definitely worked overall.
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This is like watching a car wreck. But one where, every so often, someone walks over and punches the driver in the face as he struggles to free himself from the wreckage.
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