Hot Fuzz (Wright, 2007): Prince Charles Cinema, 8.30pm
This 35mm presentation, which is also being screened on August 11th, is part of the Edgar Wright season at the Prince Charles Cinema. Details here.
Chicago reader review:
After scoring with the horror spoof Shaun of the Dead, British comedy
writers Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg take on American cop thrillers, and
as in their earlier movie the good humor bubbles up from a deep
reservoir of affection for Hollywood schlock. Pegg, who played the
underachieving Shaun of the earlier movie, plays it ramrod straight this
time as an overachieving London patrolman assigned to a sleepy country
village. Roly-poly Nick Frost also returns, as Pegg’s partner, an
incompetent bobby with a head full of melodrama derived from
blockbusters like Point Break and Bad Boys II. The transplanted action
cliches mix easily with the eccentric English characters, and as a
director Wright is adept at framing and cutting for excitement as well
as laughs.
JR Jones
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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