"Everybody and their mums is packin' round here." "Like who?" "Farmers." "Who else?" "Farmers' mums" The first two people Angel encounters when returning? The farmer and his mum. Every line in this movie pays off. Pure. Genius.
Okay, I can thumbs up this comment in this case. It rarely happens anymore, now I actually just do the opposite, because I just fucking hate that "quoting" trend in comments, that´s been around for way too long by now. But you just put a very interesting and unique personal statement / info at the end and the quotes were just the most relevant for that point to make. So yeah, congrats! You managed to turn me around on my principles this time!
The twist is given away right at the start of the movie when Nicholas is talking with his superiors about moving. "With respect, sir, you can't just make people disappear." "Yes I can. I'm the Chief Inspector." Leader of the cult in Sanford? The Chief Inspector.
@@BrandonLikesMovies let's not forget the big guy who works at the supermarket, who comes for Angel at the hotel, being played by the guy who played Sandor Clegane aka the Hound in Game of Thrones :V
@@evlbzltyr his role doesn't count as a cameo. He's a legitimate character for the story plus his role here precedes his role in Game of Thrones by like 4 years
@@SomeRandomMario i didn't say he was a cameo, i was adding to the list of actors Momo listed as being played by actors who a lot of audience members don't pick up on lol. i just replied to the most recent reply to Momo's comment 🤔
Early drafts of the script had a love interest for Angel to meet when he moved to town, but they cut the role and just gave all the lines to Danny (switch off) with no changes. True Bromance.
The homoerotic-that-isn’t-really-homoerotic movie night scene is brilliant. It turns the bromance trope on its head, and then turns it back on its feet. Not to mention it’s a source for various satisfying callbacks.
I've watched this film many times, and every time I see something new somewhere (two shooters for the price of one! etc) It's also very rewarding to watch with commentary, they go into a lot of the gags and lines. :) I especially love the whole list of things Danny asks Angel about, like have you ever done X etc, they end up doing all of them. :D
hot fuzz is what happens if like you got the simpsons best writers to write a live action comedy with action an drama...its so smart and well made ..i feel the typical audience member does not even get 50% of the jokes references or story
My friends and I consider this to be one of those rare "perfect" films where the story never diminishes, the editing is perfect, the sound is excellent, the acting is spot on for everyone and they truly cared about it. It really makes the film so rewatchable and I love introducing people to it.
Angel: “Decaffeinated?” ... cuts to someone decapitated 😂 It’s the little things in this movie that makes it so great. Honestly in my top 5 movies of all time.
@Farflung Clown they probably mean because its not oscar nominated etc. Its well liked among critics but awards never give anything to films like this so its not seen as "highbrow".
I didn't know this because I never seen Romeo and Juliet with Leo. I knew of the story but didn't care to watch it. There are some things that shouldn't be remade lol.
That's still one of my top 10 favorite movies. I grew up with it and my mom loved it and brought us together so it'll always be one of my favorites so when I saw that scene I was fucking dying laughing
I went to university in this area from a big city and I remember the first time I watched this film I couldn’t understand the farmer or the rambling police officer but after working in a bar for a year I could understand the farmer word for word without the translations and it was very concerning...
I'm rewatching Rome now, and the rambling officer plays Cato - one of the politicians who opposed Ceasar in the first season. It's so strange seeing him there and understanding him.
Did you know the most expensive scene of this movie to shoot was when Angel and Danny were watching Point Break on TV because of the copyright and licensing?
Some things neat about this movie not often talked about: A lot of real policemen like this movie because it shows the part cop action movies almost never do, the paperwork. Police have to write up reports for absolutely everything they do and the stuff they pull in movies like Bad Boys would take weeks to go through, so real police who saw Hot Fuzz found it darkly amusing that they make a point of showing that even the badass action man needs to write up reports. Nobody actually dies in the final action beats. Despite the violence and gunfire, all of the people Angel and Danny wade through are alive at the end of it. The way the shotguns on his back are positioned look like angel wings. And lastly, my favorite little detail, the conspiracy theory Angel comes up with initially for the murders is entirely legitimate, it just happens to be wrong. He's completely correct that all of the evidence thus far pointed to it, it's just that it was something much, much more mundane.
Also the fact that the antagonist group acronym is N.W.A a reference to the hip hop group ‘niggas wit attitude’ And Simon Pegg Spent a lot of time sitting down with police officers and going on ride alongs hearing their stories and gripes with the job as well as what they enjoy. A lot of that forms the basis of the comedy
One of my favourites is at 7:20 - how every swear word is censored in some way, except for 'cunt', which is generally considered the worst swear word in the language.
This film is a masterclass in set ups and payoffs. So many throw away lines in the first two acts in fact are setting up beats for the third act. Not a moment wasted. One of my favorite films ever.
This is a film my friends and I consider to be "perfect". The writing is spot on with every line paying off at some point and is never non-sensical. The editing just enhances the movie and gives it perfect pacing. The sound is wonderfully done and placed. The jokes are just that right level where they are funny, but not too high or low-brow. I'm trying to recall the whole movie, but I don't think there is an overabundance of swearing (they kind of get it out of the way by displaying the swear box with them written down, so they don't have to be said), not that I necessarily care about that, but they're able to make this without it. The actors all clearly care about the film and are putting in great performances that are dramatic, yet funny; witty, yet deep. Going back to the pacing, it ramps up at just the right speed to make you feel satisfied at the end, but it also incorporates enough twists and turns from a normal "whodunnit?!" movie to keep you engaged and guessing until the payoff. It is just so, so good!
Every single shot and line in this movie is a set up for a callback. Masterpiece. Also like Shaun of the Dead is an ode to zombie movies this one is an ode to buddy cop action flicks and you can see it in several shots.
100%. One of my favorite things about both this movie and Shaun of the Dead is the fact that, while they're kind of sending up/poking holes in the genres they're tackling, they're also both legitimately good entries into those genres. Shaun is a great zombie movie, and Hot Fuzz is a great action movie. You can tell that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright genuinely love those genres based on how much care they put into writing tongue in cheek satires that are fantastic entries in their own right.
A biblical reference that everybody gets wrong because the translation from Latin to English does not hold up very well in modern times. Pale doesn't mean white, pale means weak and sickly. In the book of Revelation, the white horse is ridden by War.
I grew up in the same area as Simon pegg. This is a worryingly accurate representation of just how serious the best kept village competition really was.
Fun fact: in the UK police service on test questions to get into the police service they use a fictional town to set the situations that the questions are based on and its called Sanford.
I love what this says about how Londoners feel about people living in small villages like this. I lived over there for a decade and toured around to a ton of small places as a musician. The feeling you get is legitimately like this sometimes, adorable but also an undercurrent of something dark and secretive. It's brilliant the way this captures that.
The one thing I love is when Danny is questioning him "have you done this?" and "have you done that?", Angel ends up doing all of those things at the end of the movie.
It’s the Angel character arc, and really one of the themes if not the major theme. Just as Danny is changed into a better cop, Angel is changed into Danny’s ideal of a Hollywood cop. Notably, it’s after the fake murder when Angel realizes his by-the-book methods haven’t been effective. That’s also a nice bit if “hero’s journey” plot structure--Angel is transformed through a death experience. This might be pseudo philosophical claptrap, but . . . It makes Angel’s transformation from one type of super cop to the other fantasy type believable, no?
This movie has one of the funniest unexpected scenes I have seen. When Timothy Dalton trips at the end and gets skewered, then says "this really hurts". Haha
The "trilogy" is called "Cornetto Triolgy"( shorten ), because in every movie you can spot a cornetto ice cream at somepoint in the movie. It's pretty hard to see it at first, i only noticed after searching online. Maybe you can spot where it is in this movie or on the next one! Once again excited to see your reaction! ( i'm writing this before watching the whole video so if you mentioned the name of the unnoficial trilogy or any other information that i wrote here at somepoint in the video i apologize, just really like to interact and give some info that i know =) )
The colouration of the Cornetto was also significant. Red for Shaun of the Dead because zombies/blood. Blue for Hot Fuzz because it centers on the Police Department. Green for The World's End (and of course I won't spoil the significance there just in case :) )
@@cyberbilly1 Red: Strawberry (Shaun of the Dead) - Early in the movie, in the convenience store Blue: Vanilla (Hot Fuzz) - Middle of the movie, in the cop car Green: Chocolate Mint (The World's End) - End of the movie, ... (not tellin' ;))
Yeah, it took me a while, to finally get my hands on a copy of World´s End, because I couldn´t find it digitally, I actually bought the DVD back then, which even our local video store, which has been closed for years by now, extra had to order for me. You can probably imagine, it turned out to be the most disappointing one for me of the three. I think I just remembered the toilet scene at the beginning with a smile on my face, but that´s it! Hot Fuzz on the other hand... May very well be the funniest movie ever made for me! I´d put it right next to or rather slightly above stuff like Tropic Thunder or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang! And after this, I could never watch Timothy Dalton in ANY other role anymore. I just couldn´t take him seriously anymore, because he did such a fantastic job as Skinner and his German voice actor really did a magnificent job conveying this, too with all his weasel words throughout the movie. Doctor Who sadly proved my right on that, with its series 4 finale...
@@BrandonLikesMovies If you haven't, you should watch the youtube channel "Every frame a painting"'s take on Edgar Wright and his editing. Extremely informative and insightful. It's actually a lot of stuff that you pick up on!
Bro, I fell in love with it in Shaun of the Dead, THIS movie though took that even to a whole other level! When he´s on that train ride to Sandford at the beginning, that little reception bar on the top right of his cell phone - my brother noticed that right when we first watched the movie, I HAD TO REWIND IT *FOUR* TIMES UNTIL I ACTUALLY GOT IT, TOO!!! ;-D
@@seannwalker Exaclty the video, I still remember most vividly and fondly from them. And I did NOT rewatch it very often, last time must have actually been years ago again! So yeah, that´s 100% a recommendation worth checking out, regardless. I just imagine, it must be getting harder and harder for Brandon to pick stuff and bide his time, given how this channel has grown so far. Hope he chooses right... ;-p
My favorite Edgar Wright movie, not just Cornetto trilogy. The comedy, twists and turns make it so very entertaining. I hope Brandon watches World's End too. Some people don't like it. I think that one is his weakest film but still really really good.
Stanley Kubrick did the same thing, he put a soundtrack record of 2001 in the scene where Alex and the Droogs are in a record store in A Clockwork Orange.
I love this movie, not just because it's extremely well-directed, acted, written, and the editing is phenomenal; but because it's a reversal of the "Career-person moves from the city to the country and gets charmed by their small-town values"
Simon Pegg was also one of the writers on the third Star Trek Movie, Star Trek Beyond. So many set ups and call backs in this movie - did you catch the one from the fair? "Take out all the little people, and you can walk off with the cuddly monkey", he took out all the towns folks, and walked off with his new besty!
I’ve seen two of your reviews now, and they’ve both been for films I love. I have to say that I’m delighted with your eloquent appreciation for them. 👍
My favorite running bit in the film is when the old cop hears a sexual innuendo, he nonchalantly says the one word obvious. Example, when Doris says something about having a Gobble, the old cop says, "Cock." This happens several times in the movie.
Simon pegg cowrote the whole trilogy with edgar wright. Their movies are brilliant bc they take what they enjoy from each genre and take them to another level. The use of callbacks, quick montages and dialogue is so detailed and precise. You can see the infancy of this trio's work (nick frost, the bff rounds it out) in their tv show spaced. It will only make u more awestruck 😍
@@chrissonofpear1384 there both seen during the paperwork montage at the end getting there mugshots taken, the bear trap is still attached to his head. The sea mine going off is not his fault the guy stumbled onto it after running through the evidence room door and set it off accidentally.
My favorite line in the movie is when the flower lady gets killed and there’s a shot where she’s sitting there with shears in her neck and the guy is like “You’re saying this WASN’T an accident” F*cking hilarious.
This film is a perfect blend between an Ealing comedy and the Wicker man to the point where Edgar Wright even casted Edward Woodward from the original Wickerman (1973) to play the doctor.
When I saw this in the theater and it got to the part where he yells By the Power of Greyskull, I burst out laughing and then realized I was the only one laughing in the whole room.
YES! I absolutely love this film, easily one of my top 5 comedies ever! Also, the guy who played the Santa who stabbed Nicholas Angel in the hand was actually played by Peter Jackson.
@@BrandonLikesMovies Tons of people walked out of this movie because of how slow it was through the first and second acts. They missed out on the massive series of action scenes at the end and IMO I think that makes this movie even more enjoyable. There are probably people out there still who saw the beginning of the movie but have no idea how it ends.
@@BDog54 Yeah they went into it thinking it was going to be action-comedy all the way through, and since the first two acts of the movie are kind of a slow burn they must have gotten bored.
This was shot in a town called Wells in Somerset (about ten minutes from where I live) Amazing film, in fact the entire cornetto trilogy (or blood and ice cream trilogy) is brilliant. I’m sure you’ll love “The worlds end” also. *loving the reviews my man...great stuff 👍🏻
"For the Greater Good.." There are just so many little caught call-backs right from the beginning for example: every question Danny asks Nicholas they end up doing later in the movie; the order of meeting people on his first day is the exact same when he comes back.
The amount of callbacks from the first act in the third act in this movie is staggering. You have to watch it a couple of times just to notice them all.
One thing I'd like to add is how much you can tell Edgar Wright is making an homage to action movies. Love that he had a James Bond as a villain (Skinner) and gave him a proper chase and fight sequence. Also another cool tidbit is David Arnold doing the amazing score and he composed many of the James Bond movies!
Seriously. You need to watch "True Romance". You like seeing great actors shine, you like seeing Gary Oldman disappear into a role, you like Tarantino's writing and Tony Scott's producing and you like films that surprise you with something different. For all these reasons and more you NEED to watch True Romance.
By the way all the "kills" by the police officers are non lethal shots. Might be a bit political at the moment but it was made to be a contrast to the movie cops who shot and ask questions later. This movie has so many layers
@@nicktechnubyte1184 Ahh, but if he hadn't attacked Angel, he wouldn't have been in the position to be propelled into the evidence room in the first place...
My favourite thing about this movie is that if you've ever been to one of the small, creepy little villiages in the UK... this scenario seems perfectly possible haha
very small rural UK village here, small as in blink when you drive through and you miss it and in the south west to boot , where the yarps and oo-arrrs are strong, can 100% confirm this lol however sandford is a town, our villages are much smaller and way creepier lmao
This came out before Scott Pilgrim. The editing in Scott pilgrim was made to complement the comic style since most of the shots in that movie are near perfect replications of the comic frames
Hot Fuzz is one of my favourite comedies and my favourite out of the Cornetto trilogy , love how you sort of predicted but also was genuinely surprised when things happened.
First time?! Oh man you're so lucky. What I'd give to watch this for the first time again. Also the best part about the final battle is that there's no deaths. Angel takes them all in alive.
Brandon - just stumbled upon your channel for the first time and you’re watching my favorite movie! This is such a weird phenomenon - - I’m watching a guy watching my favorite movie and yet it’s just as hilarious in a different way watching you laugh at what made the rest of us laugh the first time around! I think I’m also laughing at the fact that you’re just as amused and confused and surprised at everything that’s happening in all of the same ways that the rest of us were when we first watched it! You’re correct - - Edgar Wright is a freaking genius, the editing is absolutely out of this world, and there’s really no movie like this. A masterpiece of… everything! Oh - and you are no editing slouch yourself! Your editing made it twice as funny. This movie always cracks me up and so did your reactions! Keep up the great work!
@@oliverhughes610 , just curious how old you are. Worlds End maybe appealed more to people the same age as the characters who kind of lived that life . Took me back to my youth of living for the weekends and waking up hungover on Saturday and Sunday and pub crawls 🤢🤢
I'd strongly recommend you check out Spaced, a brilliant little sitcom that was the first collaboration between Wright, Pegg and Frost - only ran for 2 short seasons, but every episode is great and you can really see Wright developing the style he would later use in the Cornetto trilogy.
I love your videos Brandon. You are insightful, open to a bunch of fun genres, and you have the most calming and mirthful voice. I feel like I am watching the movies for the first time when I see your reactions. Keep on keeping on! Love this channel!
One of my favourite movies. Great review. it's great seeing a Yank comment on a British movie, and furthermore, appreciating it, and even better, one who knows what he's talking about! Well done!
This movie is great to rewatch once you know the story. Also I love The Worlds End. If you want more of their work you should check out their tv series called Spaced.
@@Siegbert85 I agree. First half of the movie is on par with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and then it gets too self-serious and straightforward for an Edgar Wright movie.
@@BrandonLikesMovies I beleive that's why they call it a cameo, lol. And in addition to Peter Jackson, that guy Angel shot at during the hostage rescue shot in the opening montage was Edgar Wright himself.
The way Edgar Wright uses the simplest scenes and most obsolete lines to foreshadow major plotpoints and plot twists. Every single line in this movie has a pay off later later on and i love it.
I was planning on watching Lethal Weapon after this video. When the woman at the meeting said Janet Barker was calling her boys Roger and Martin, I almost fell backwards out of my chair!
The big battle in the supermarket "the battle of Sommerfield" , was shot in the same store Edgar Wright worked in collecting trolleys when he was younger
I live in a town very similar. We have a local pub, always turned a blind eye to under aged drinking and to smoking when the smoking ban was introduced, There even was a local police officer who would often come in and drink until the early hours and smoke indoors, too.
"Everybody and their mums is packin' round here."
"Like who?"
"Farmers."
"Who else?"
"Farmers' mums"
The first two people Angel encounters when returning? The farmer and his mum. Every line in this movie pays off. Pure. Genius.
Okay, I can thumbs up this comment in this case. It rarely happens anymore, now I actually just do the opposite, because I just fucking hate that "quoting" trend in comments, that´s been around for way too long by now. But you just put a very interesting and unique personal statement / info at the end and the quotes were just the most relevant for that point to make. So yeah, congrats! You managed to turn me around on my principles this time!
ChanCeNecK agreed, and “first” comments get on my nerves!
I like how sheepish the detective is when he says the "farmer's mums" line because he couldn't think of anything better to say.
Its also stupidly true as well... literally the only guns in England that are legal are owned by farmers and its always a 12bore shotgun.
@@tbalmer1207 Eh...no.
The twist is given away right at the start of the movie when Nicholas is talking with his superiors about moving.
"With respect, sir, you can't just make people disappear."
"Yes I can. I'm the Chief Inspector."
Leader of the cult in Sanford? The Chief Inspector.
His ex girlfriend was Cate Blanchett
The thief dressed as santa was Peter Jackson
Dave "hello there" was Edgar Wright
Love all the cameos in this 😄
@@BrandonLikesMovies let's not forget the big guy who works at the supermarket, who comes for Angel at the hotel, being played by the guy who played Sandor Clegane aka the Hound in Game of Thrones :V
@@evlbzltyr his role doesn't count as a cameo. He's a legitimate character for the story plus his role here precedes his role in Game of Thrones by like 4 years
evlbzltyr also left out Walter Frey from GOT who played the incomprehensible farmer.
@@SomeRandomMario i didn't say he was a cameo, i was adding to the list of actors Momo listed as being played by actors who a lot of audience members don't pick up on lol. i just replied to the most recent reply to Momo's comment 🤔
Early drafts of the script had a love interest for Angel to meet when he moved to town, but they cut the role and just gave all the lines to Danny (switch off) with no changes. True Bromance.
I LOVE that lolll
The homoerotic-that-isn’t-really-homoerotic movie night scene is brilliant. It turns the bromance trope on its head, and then turns it back on its feet. Not to mention it’s a source for various satisfying callbacks.
This movie is worth unlimited rewatches. The more you watch, the more you realize that every. single. line. pays off at some point.
I've watched this film many times, and every time I see something new somewhere (two shooters for the price of one! etc) It's also very rewarding to watch with commentary, they go into a lot of the gags and lines. :)
I especially love the whole list of things Danny asks Angel about, like have you ever done X etc, they end up doing all of them. :D
I agree dunno why but i just keep watchin it over n over , guess it's for the greater good.
@@johnhouse9983 The greater good!
hot fuzz is what happens if like you got the simpsons best writers to write a live action comedy with action an drama...its so smart and well made ..i feel the typical audience member does not even get 50% of the jokes references or story
My friends and I consider this to be one of those rare "perfect" films where the story never diminishes, the editing is perfect, the sound is excellent, the acting is spot on for everyone and they truly cared about it. It really makes the film so rewatchable and I love introducing people to it.
Angel: “Decaffeinated?”
... cuts to someone decapitated 😂
It’s the little things in this movie that makes it so great. Honestly in my top 5 movies of all time.
I like to pretend my favourite film is something highbrow but the truth is, hot Fuzz is my all time favourite film 😂
@Michael Mathers I think you can do that for all genres honestly. It's too hard to compare some to others. Maybe favorite of your favorite genre.
You are a woman of impeccable taste! 😁
@@MaggieTheCat01 How do you know how she tastes ?
I’m more of a Shaun of the Dead being my fav. But I get what you mean.
@Farflung Clown they probably mean because its not oscar nominated etc. Its well liked among critics but awards never give anything to films like this so its not seen as "highbrow".
Never forget that Cate Blanchett ASKED to be a part of the film and pretty sure she requested to be uncredited.
*LOVE HER*
She is amazing.
And how she acts the hell out of her bit-part with nothing but her eyes … amazing.
This movie is a masterpiece. Every line says something useful, no throwaways. Every joke, visual or dialogue, pays off.
Also THE EDITING!!.......
@@chanceneck8072 "Michael Bay-style" editing done right!
About the closet thing to a perfect comedy that you're going to find...
It's like intricate clockwork. Brilliant.
The Romeo and Juliet production was making fun of the Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet lol
I actually liked that film weirdly enough
You could say that that film murdered Bill Shakespeare
@@unforeseeable2.058 Soundtrack was great though.
I didn't know this because I never seen Romeo and Juliet with Leo. I knew of the story but didn't care to watch it. There are some things that shouldn't be remade lol.
That's still one of my top 10 favorite movies. I grew up with it and my mom loved it and brought us together so it'll always be one of my favorites so when I saw that scene I was fucking dying laughing
I went to university in this area from a big city and I remember the first time I watched this film I couldn’t understand the farmer or the rambling police officer but after working in a bar for a year I could understand the farmer word for word without the translations and it was very concerning...
Hahaha not what you want to be fluent in
I'm rewatching Rome now, and the rambling officer plays Cato - one of the politicians who opposed Ceasar in the first season. It's so strange seeing him there and understanding him.
I can only understand the farmer because I already know what he's saying, but I get everything the police officer says
Did you know the most expensive scene of this movie to shoot was when Angel and Danny were watching Point Break on TV because of the copyright and licensing?
More fun cameos: The two lady judges for the 'best villiage' competition are Simon Pegg's and Edgar Wright's mothers.
and Simon Pegg's Drama Teacher
This is one fact I did not know!
Cate Blanchett is genine
This was shot in Wells in Somerset. They still have a plastic swan outside the cop shop.
I too would be proud that one of the funniest comedies was filmed in my tiny little hometown! 😄❤
Some things neat about this movie not often talked about:
A lot of real policemen like this movie because it shows the part cop action movies almost never do, the paperwork. Police have to write up reports for absolutely everything they do and the stuff they pull in movies like Bad Boys would take weeks to go through, so real police who saw Hot Fuzz found it darkly amusing that they make a point of showing that even the badass action man needs to write up reports.
Nobody actually dies in the final action beats. Despite the violence and gunfire, all of the people Angel and Danny wade through are alive at the end of it.
The way the shotguns on his back are positioned look like angel wings.
And lastly, my favorite little detail, the conspiracy theory Angel comes up with initially for the murders is entirely legitimate, it just happens to be wrong. He's completely correct that all of the evidence thus far pointed to it, it's just that it was something much, much more mundane.
Also the fact that the antagonist group acronym is N.W.A a reference to the hip hop group ‘niggas wit attitude’
And Simon Pegg Spent a lot of time sitting down with police officers and going on ride alongs hearing their stories and gripes with the job as well as what they enjoy. A lot of that forms the basis of the comedy
@@roboguard96 I bet its no coincidence that they are N.W.A and wears hoods.
Wait... what about the last NWA member that shot Danny with a blunderbuss and got stuck with a sea mine before it exploded?
Ilham Alfatihah I don’t take your meaning
razer666L yeah he’s defo dead.
One of my favourites is at 7:20 - how every swear word is censored in some way, except for 'cunt', which is generally considered the worst swear word in the language.
This film is a masterclass in set ups and payoffs. So many throw away lines in the first two acts in fact are setting up beats for the third act. Not a moment wasted. One of my favorite films ever.
Timothy Dalton as Skinner was hilarious. I'm a big Dalton fan going back to when he played James Bond.
It's amazing how Olivia Colman came from being a good comedic actress to an Oscar winner!
The 'creepy guy' was James Bond once. And the 'other guy' is Nick Frost.
14:00 This bit's even funnier when you know that both of those accents are barely exaggerated, countryside accents are something else
Exactly I've met people in my own county that I couldn't understand.
This is a film my friends and I consider to be "perfect". The writing is spot on with every line paying off at some point and is never non-sensical. The editing just enhances the movie and gives it perfect pacing. The sound is wonderfully done and placed. The jokes are just that right level where they are funny, but not too high or low-brow. I'm trying to recall the whole movie, but I don't think there is an overabundance of swearing (they kind of get it out of the way by displaying the swear box with them written down, so they don't have to be said), not that I necessarily care about that, but they're able to make this without it. The actors all clearly care about the film and are putting in great performances that are dramatic, yet funny; witty, yet deep. Going back to the pacing, it ramps up at just the right speed to make you feel satisfied at the end, but it also incorporates enough twists and turns from a normal "whodunnit?!" movie to keep you engaged and guessing until the payoff.
It is just so, so good!
Every single shot and line in this movie is a set up for a callback. Masterpiece. Also like Shaun of the Dead is an ode to zombie movies this one is an ode to buddy cop action flicks and you can see it in several shots.
100%. One of my favorite things about both this movie and Shaun of the Dead is the fact that, while they're kind of sending up/poking holes in the genres they're tackling, they're also both legitimately good entries into those genres. Shaun is a great zombie movie, and Hot Fuzz is a great action movie. You can tell that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright genuinely love those genres based on how much care they put into writing tongue in cheek satires that are fantastic entries in their own right.
Several shots? How about the whole friggin’ movie?
Michael the “yarp” guy is the Hound from Game of Thrones.
@@TheMeatwad1 wtf are you on about🤣🤣
@@TheMeatwad1 please see a doctor, i think ur having a stroke
Also got Walder Frey too
Haha I’m glad someone else finally noticed. That’s why there’s no fucking chickens in this movie😂
holy shit, how have i never noticed that!
The white horse riding is actually a biblical reference. Death riding a pale horse.
eh... I'm getting bad GoT season 8 vibes
Which is funny cause he doesn’t kill anyone in the end.
@JakeQwi and yet no one died. though you could argue he meant the death of the village's winning streak
@Leon Russell yarp, indeed
A biblical reference that everybody gets wrong because the translation from Latin to English does not hold up very well in modern times. Pale doesn't mean white, pale means weak and sickly.
In the book of Revelation, the white horse is ridden by War.
I grew up in the same area as Simon pegg. This is a worryingly accurate representation of just how serious the best kept village competition really was.
Fun fact: in the UK police service on test questions to get into the police service they use a fictional town to set the situations that the questions are based on and its called Sanford.
Reminds me of the U.S. army always trains to fight "Atropia" which changes world region depending on the current threat
Nice bit of trivia!
I love what this says about how Londoners feel about people living in small villages like this. I lived over there for a decade and toured around to a ton of small places as a musician. The feeling you get is legitimately like this sometimes, adorable but also an undercurrent of something dark and secretive. It's brilliant the way this captures that.
The one thing I love is when Danny is questioning him "have you done this?" and "have you done that?", Angel ends up doing all of those things at the end of the movie.
ALL of them. lol
It’s the Angel character arc, and really one of the themes if not the major theme. Just as Danny is changed into a better cop, Angel is changed into Danny’s ideal of a Hollywood cop. Notably, it’s after the fake murder when Angel realizes his by-the-book methods haven’t been effective. That’s also a nice bit if “hero’s journey” plot structure--Angel is transformed through a death experience.
This might be pseudo philosophical claptrap, but . . . It makes Angel’s transformation from one type of super cop to the other fantasy type believable, no?
This movie has one of the funniest unexpected scenes I have seen. When Timothy Dalton trips at the end and gets skewered, then says "this really hurts". Haha
The "trilogy" is called "Cornetto Triolgy"( shorten ), because in every movie you can spot a cornetto ice cream at somepoint in the movie. It's pretty hard to see it at first, i only noticed after searching online. Maybe you can spot where it is in this movie or on the next one! Once again excited to see your reaction! ( i'm writing this before watching the whole video so if you mentioned the name of the unnoficial trilogy or any other information that i wrote here at somepoint in the video i apologize, just really like to interact and give some info that i know =) )
The colouration of the Cornetto was also significant. Red for Shaun of the Dead because zombies/blood. Blue for Hot Fuzz because it centers on the Police Department. Green for The World's End (and of course I won't spoil the significance there just in case :) )
@@cyberbilly1
Red: Strawberry (Shaun of the Dead) - Early in the movie, in the convenience store
Blue: Vanilla (Hot Fuzz) - Middle of the movie, in the cop car
Green: Chocolate Mint (The World's End) - End of the movie, ... (not tellin' ;))
Yeah, it took me a while, to finally get my hands on a copy of World´s End, because I couldn´t find it digitally, I actually bought the DVD back then, which even our local video store, which has been closed for years by now, extra had to order for me.
You can probably imagine, it turned out to be the most disappointing one for me of the three. I think I just remembered the toilet scene at the beginning with a smile on my face, but that´s it!
Hot Fuzz on the other hand... May very well be the funniest movie ever made for me! I´d put it right next to or rather slightly above stuff like Tropic Thunder or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!
And after this, I could never watch Timothy Dalton in ANY other role anymore. I just couldn´t take him seriously anymore, because he did such a fantastic job as Skinner and his German voice actor really did a magnificent job conveying this, too with all his weasel words throughout the movie. Doctor Who sadly proved my right on that, with its series 4 finale...
I prefer the name Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy
I was going to mention this lol.... I want a Cornetto now
I just noticed how when Angel rides into town on a white horse, the shotguns on his back look like angel wings.
The editing in Edgar Wright movies is always on point!
Absolutely top notch!
@@BrandonLikesMovies If you haven't, you should watch the youtube channel "Every frame a painting"'s take on Edgar Wright and his editing. Extremely informative and insightful. It's actually a lot of stuff that you pick up on!
Bro, I fell in love with it in Shaun of the Dead, THIS movie though took that even to a whole other level! When he´s on that train ride to Sandford at the beginning, that little reception bar on the top right of his cell phone - my brother noticed that right when we first watched the movie, I HAD TO REWIND IT *FOUR* TIMES UNTIL I ACTUALLY GOT IT, TOO!!! ;-D
@@seannwalker Exaclty the video, I still remember most vividly and fondly from them. And I did NOT rewatch it very often, last time must have actually been years ago again! So yeah, that´s 100% a recommendation worth checking out, regardless. I just imagine, it must be getting harder and harder for Brandon to pick stuff and bide his time, given how this channel has grown so far.
Hope he chooses right... ;-p
Sorry, I just saw it again at 4:19, it´s actually on the left side of the phone screen.......
"Yeah, cuz we all sell apples round here don't we?"
"You Dad sells apples Andy."
"And rasberries!"
My favorite from the Cornetto trilogy. Can't wait to see this, my man!
@@Madg0bby agreed!
My favorite Edgar Wright movie, not just Cornetto trilogy.
The comedy, twists and turns make it so very entertaining. I hope Brandon watches World's End too. Some people don't like it. I think that one is his weakest film but still really really good.
'Hot Fuzz' is one of those films you can watch over, and over, and over again. Loved the reaction Brandon!
When Danny is looking at DVD's in the supermache, one of them is Shaun of the Dead with Pegg being hid by the sales sticker!!
this is great :D
And they had to ask both Simon and Nick if their likeness could be used for that scene.
Stanley Kubrick did the same thing, he put a soundtrack record of 2001 in the scene where Alex and the Droogs are in a record store in A Clockwork Orange.
Wait. I thought that was a French fancy joke or something. Yall actually call it that?
@@-gemberkoekje-5547 I think it's a chain in Europe.
I love this movie, not just because it's extremely well-directed, acted, written, and the editing is phenomenal; but because it's a reversal of the "Career-person moves from the city to the country and gets charmed by their small-town values"
Simon Pegg was also one of the writers on the third Star Trek Movie, Star Trek Beyond.
So many set ups and call backs in this movie - did you catch the one from the fair? "Take out all the little people, and you can walk off with the cuddly monkey", he took out all the towns folks, and walked off with his new besty!
He also co-wrote the other two movies in this trilogy with Edgar Wright.
Here are Simon Pegg and Edge Wright on writing HOT FUZZ : ruclips.net/video/0P-Is2EJpEA/видео.html
@Michael Mathers he's obviously talking about the new ones. Don't be such an ass
@Michael Mathers Your attitude implies that you're the one who was born after the original Star Trek movies came out.
I’ve seen two of your reviews now, and they’ve both been for films I love. I have to say that I’m delighted with your eloquent appreciation for them. 👍
My favorite running bit in the film is when the old cop hears a sexual innuendo, he nonchalantly says the one word obvious. Example, when Doris says something about having a Gobble, the old cop says, "Cock." This happens several times in the movie.
I’ve seen the movie 30ish times, found something new every time yet didn’t understand the joke this well.
One of my favorite bits!
Simon pegg cowrote the whole trilogy with edgar wright. Their movies are brilliant bc they take what they enjoy from each genre and take them to another level. The use of callbacks, quick montages and dialogue is so detailed and precise. You can see the infancy of this trio's work (nick frost, the bff rounds it out) in their tv show spaced. It will only make u more awestruck 😍
Hilarious enough, although most of the "deaths" look lethal none of the townspeople are ever killed by Angel, A perfect by the book cop.
"by the book" if the book was on fire and the only thing left was a line saying 12a45b62m3: dont kill people
Even the chandelier and the bear trap? They weren't lethal?
And, obviously, the sea mine...
@@chrissonofpear1384 there both seen during the paperwork montage at the end getting there mugshots taken, the bear trap is still attached to his head.
The sea mine going off is not his fault the guy stumbled onto it after running through the evidence room door and set it off accidentally.
@@chrissonofpear1384 Nope, Hot Fuzz has the longest non-lethal shootout in movie history.
My favorite line in the movie is when the flower lady gets killed and there’s a shot where she’s sitting there with shears in her neck and the guy is like “You’re saying this WASN’T an accident” F*cking hilarious.
"Leslie tiller was fucking murdered!"
@@spuuud it was for the greater good
Olivia Colman is so fun in this movie!
Love a little girl on girl.
This film is a perfect blend between an Ealing comedy and the Wicker man to the point where Edgar Wright even casted Edward Woodward from the original Wickerman (1973) to play the doctor.
Reverend Shooter is also Belloq from Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the lost ark.
Awesomely spotted.
It was KILLING me. Ty
And also Ivan Ooze from The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie.
The Dr is also the main villain Jack Travis in Lethal Weapon 3.
When I saw this in the theater and it got to the part where he yells By the Power of Greyskull, I burst out laughing and then realized I was the only one laughing in the whole room.
Where in the film does this happen please? I've haven't seen it in years
@@Blitzwing83 As Nick Frost sees the weapons cache for the 1st time in the farmers shed.
If you like visual comedy then you should check out Kung fu hustle by Stephen Chow. It a great martial arts comedy from Hong Kong.
When I first heard about kung fu hustle I thought it sounded horrendous. Then I watched it and it was fantastic.
Amazing movie. Especially the knife throwing scene.
For a second there I thought you meant Kung Pow..... lol
I haven't thought of this movie in ages. Need to rewatch it too!
Absolutely love Kung Fu Hustle, one of my favourites for sure.
"It's too obvious man. There's no way it's him."
And that's the joke...
...well, one of them.
You should check out "Attack the Block." It's a sci fi comedy that stars John Boyega and Nick Frost; that film deserves more love.
This is entirely accurate!
Hell yeah!!! That’s a annual movie for me now.
The aliens in that film are so crazy!
Yes!!!
Such a great movie with such a tight script and so much fun.
"A great big bushy beard!"
YES! I absolutely love this film, easily one of my top 5 comedies ever! Also, the guy who played the Santa who stabbed Nicholas Angel in the hand was actually played by Peter Jackson.
That's awesome haha
@@BrandonLikesMovies Tons of people walked out of this movie because of how slow it was through the first and second acts. They missed out on the massive series of action scenes at the end and IMO I think that makes this movie even more enjoyable. There are probably people out there still who saw the beginning of the movie but have no idea how it ends.
@@TheHighSorcerer I consider anyone who walks out of this movie at any point insane lol
@@BDog54 Yeah they went into it thinking it was going to be action-comedy all the way through, and since the first two acts of the movie are kind of a slow burn they must have gotten bored.
This was shot in a town called Wells in Somerset (about ten minutes from where I live)
Amazing film, in fact the entire cornetto trilogy (or blood and ice cream trilogy) is brilliant.
I’m sure you’ll love “The worlds end” also.
*loving the reviews my man...great stuff 👍🏻
I knew I recognized the locations from somewhere
The Hound just steals the scenes in this movie! Yarp
Yarp
..Narp?
Have you seen any chicken? No? Well there is a reason, he ate it all.
Yarp
The Hound is practially an evil Hodor in this movie
"For the Greater Good.."
There are just so many little caught call-backs right from the beginning for example: every question Danny asks Nicholas they end up doing later in the movie; the order of meeting people on his first day is the exact same when he comes back.
It’s just like in Shaun of the dead where after Shaun’s breakup, Ed’s drink monologue subtly spoils the movie
The greater good
@@Mert_Yanik the greater good.
@@unforeseeable2.058 'Course if you know that, then it ain't being spoiled...
The amount of callbacks from the first act in the third act in this movie is staggering. You have to watch it a couple of times just to notice them all.
One thing I'd like to add is how much you can tell Edgar Wright is making an homage to action movies. Love that he had a James Bond as a villain (Skinner) and gave him a proper chase and fight sequence. Also another cool tidbit is David Arnold doing the amazing score and he composed many of the James Bond movies!
Seriously. You need to watch "True Romance". You like seeing great actors shine, you like seeing Gary Oldman disappear into a role, you like Tarantino's writing and Tony Scott's producing and you like films that surprise you with something different. For all these reasons and more you NEED to watch True Romance.
My favorite movie of all time, hence my profile picture.
Not to mention the soundtrack
Totally agree - once of my all time favorites - the Dennis Hopper scene with Christopher Walken is perfect.
YES. True Romance is so fucking good.
True romance has Tarantino all over its
The peace lily is a nod to Leon: the professional which you should definitely watch if you haven’t already
By the way all the "kills" by the police officers are non lethal shots. Might be a bit political at the moment but it was made to be a contrast to the movie cops who shot and ask questions later. This movie has so many layers
Except the guy killed by a sea mine!
@@nicktechnubyte1184 Ahh, but he did that himself!
@@Doctor_Kissworthy technically, Angel did it by hitting him with an empty trash bin causing him to trip and fall on the sea mine!
@@nicktechnubyte1184 Ahh, but if he hadn't attacked Angel, he wouldn't have been in the position to be propelled into the evidence room in the first place...
My favourite thing about this movie is that if you've ever been to one of the small, creepy little villiages in the UK... this scenario seems perfectly possible haha
very small rural UK village here, small as in blink when you drive through and you miss it and in the south west to boot , where the yarps and oo-arrrs are strong, can 100% confirm this lol however sandford is a town, our villages are much smaller and way creepier lmao
It could be a HOA (Home Owners Association) in the U.S.
This came out before Scott Pilgrim. The editing in Scott pilgrim was made to complement the comic style since most of the shots in that movie are near perfect replications of the comic frames
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, it's the perfect combination of comedy, action, excitement & just editing/directing genius
Hot Fuzz is one of my favourite comedies and my favourite out of the Cornetto trilogy , love how you sort of predicted but also was genuinely surprised when things happened.
Also, the priest was Belloq in Raiders of the lost ark.
This role is the best Timothy Dalton has ever been, change my mind
Sorry to disappoint you, but I tend not to try change the mind of someone who is 100% correct.
Surely it wasn't his role in FLASH.......GORDON! Defender of the UNIVERSE!
@@cheeseburger12 😂 Don't you mean FLASH....... AAAH-HAAAH!?
Simon pegg’s face @ 11:56 is one of the hardest I’ve ever laughed in a movie theater.
First time?! Oh man you're so lucky. What I'd give to watch this for the first time again.
Also the best part about the final battle is that there's no deaths. Angel takes them all in alive.
I love how it’s so silly and funny and then all of a sudden just takes this turn like what the hell just happened
"Decaffeinated?!"
Made me giggle, that. I call my coffee _decapitated_ .
*Sees Brandon post a Hot Fuzz Reaction Video*
"by the power of Greyskull...."
Also James Bond is the villain
It's a literal Bond villain
He already had the license to kill. He simply became a slasher...of prices. Lol.
Brandon - just stumbled upon your channel for the first time and you’re watching my favorite movie! This is such a weird phenomenon - - I’m watching a guy watching my favorite movie and yet it’s just as hilarious in a different way watching you laugh at what made the rest of us laugh the first time around! I think I’m also laughing at the fact that you’re just as amused and confused and surprised at everything that’s happening in all of the same ways that the rest of us were when we first watched it! You’re correct - - Edgar Wright is a freaking genius, the editing is absolutely out of this world, and there’s really no movie like this. A masterpiece of… everything! Oh - and you are no editing slouch yourself! Your editing made it twice as funny. This movie always cracks me up and so did your reactions! Keep up the great work!
This movie came out in 2007, 3 years before Scott Pilgrim vs the World(2010).
I just love Simmon Pegg's trilogy, is such a talented actor...this duo man...they rock...Exelent reaction bro...
I enjoyed how much you genuinely enjoyed this movie.
Simon Pegg co-wrote the whole Cornetto Trilogy, Paul,and the most recent Star Trek film.
Can’t wait until worlds end!
I'll definitely be watching that one soon
@@BrandonLikesMovies ohhh that one is also freaking great this one and Paul as well!
Worlds End makes me so melancholy , reminds me of weekend binge drinking back in the day and how people grow apart . Excellent movie tho .
I really didn't like World's End. I really enjoyed Shaun and Fuzz but found End to be really dull.
@@oliverhughes610 , just curious how old you are. Worlds End maybe appealed more to people the same age as the characters who kind of lived that life . Took me back to my youth of living for the weekends and waking up hungover on Saturday and Sunday and pub crawls 🤢🤢
I'd strongly recommend you check out Spaced, a brilliant little sitcom that was the first collaboration between Wright, Pegg and Frost - only ran for 2 short seasons, but every episode is great and you can really see Wright developing the style he would later use in the Cornetto trilogy.
If you're into the trilogy there is no way you won't find some joy in this series. Such a good story, great characters and good laughs.
What is this Vietnam? “Paintball shots” yeahhhhh!
I love your videos Brandon. You are insightful, open to a bunch of fun genres, and you have the most calming and mirthful voice. I feel like I am watching the movies for the first time when I see your reactions. Keep on keeping on! Love this channel!
Thanks so much for the kind words Thomas! So glad you're enjoying the videos
One of my favourite movies. Great review. it's great seeing a Yank comment on a British movie, and furthermore, appreciating it, and even better, one who knows what he's talking about!
Well done!
BRO I love this movie. Love the constant mystery and misdirection, it's like... perfect
Perfectly... green 🙂
Fun Facts:
- The man dressed as Father Christmas in the intro is played by Peter Jackson
- Nicholas' ex Janine is played by Cate Blanchett
This movie is great to rewatch once you know the story. Also I love The Worlds End. If you want more of their work you should check out their tv series called Spaced.
I love half of The World's End. Imho it gets shit at half point
@@Siegbert85 it feels like 2 completely different movies, but its supposed to, and i personally love both halves
@@Siegbert85 delete this please
Spaced is amazing!
First class Edgar Wright!
@@Siegbert85 I agree. First half of the movie is on par with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and then it gets too self-serious and straightforward for an Edgar Wright movie.
My friend is a UK police officer, this is his favourite movie. He says it's the most realistic and recognisable film about his job he's ever seen.
Angel's ex-girlfriend was Cate Blanchet!
Haha that's awesome!! Funny they kind of disguised her
@@BrandonLikesMovies - Also, the Santa that stabbed Angel in the hand is famed director Peter Jackson.
The 'Yarp guy' is Rory McCann, more recently recognized as the Hound from Game of Thrones
@@BrandonLikesMovies I beleive that's why they call it a cameo, lol. And in addition to Peter Jackson, that guy Angel shot at during the hostage rescue shot in the opening montage was Edgar Wright himself.
I remember back when she was still doing ads.
The man dressed as Father Christmas, who stabs Angel in the hand, is a cameo from Peter Jackson. Angel's ex is a cameo from Cate Blanchett.
"You've got a moustache"
"...I know"
The way Edgar Wright uses the simplest scenes and most obsolete lines to foreshadow major plotpoints and plot twists.
Every single line in this movie has a pay off later later on and i love it.
Olivia Coleman is an absolute treasure
thanks
She always is
The RDJ Tropic Thunder analogy is soooo good. Love your reactions!
If you like this creative team, you should watch the British comedy series “Spaced”.
I second this!
100% this! You will not be disappointed!
@Boop honestly dude full of amazing film parodies and genuinely funny show, only ran for 2 seasons, Pegg and Frost before they started doing films.
The amount of work put into the editing of this movie is incredible. Superb from start to finish.
I always forget that Sandor Clegane is in this flick.
Yaarp!
Woof!
I was planning on watching Lethal Weapon after this video. When the woman at the meeting said Janet Barker was calling her boys Roger and Martin, I almost fell backwards out of my chair!
Fun fact: the Yarp guy is also the Hound from GoT.
...and the farmer with all the guns and sea mine is Lord Frey
@@RealJustinCrow That actor is comedic gold. Weird that he plays such an unlikeable character in GoT... but he does play him funny at times
I'm embarrassed that I never made that connection. Granted I watched them a decade apart, but it seems so obvious now
Rahhh didn't know that
And the forensic officer is cate blanchett
The big battle in the supermarket "the battle of Sommerfield" , was shot in the same store Edgar Wright worked in collecting trolleys when he was younger
"Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"
I live in a town very similar. We have a local pub, always turned a blind eye to under aged drinking and to smoking when the smoking ban was introduced, There even was a local police officer who would often come in and drink until the early hours and smoke indoors, too.