Hot Fuzz

Episode 256: Hot Fuzz (2007)

Theme: The Wright Stuff

Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, "The Wright Stuff"—our month-long celebration of the films of Edgar Wright—continues its sweep through the Cornetto Trilogy with the 2007 buddy-cop satire, Hot Fuzz. It’s a film that asks what happens when London’s absolute best, most ridiculously over-achieving police officer gets reassigned to a quiet, picturesque village that is secretly run by a hooded, murder-happy neighborhood watch division obsessed with winning "Village of the Year." Grab a Cornetto, double-check your sea mine for safety, and remember: it's all for the greater good.

The hosts break down:

• Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg): A hyper-disciplined, highly decorated London police officer who is so exceptionally good at his job that his superiors banish him to the countryside just to stop making the rest of the force look bad.

• Officer Danny Butterman (Nick Frost): A well-meaning, action-movie-obsessed local cop who dreams of firing two guns whilst jumping through the air, quickly becoming Angel's loyal partner and ride-or-die best friend.

• Simon Skinner (Timothy Dalton): The endlessly charming, mustache-twirling manager of the local Sandford supermarket who delights in slicing prices—and orchestrating gruesome, "accidental" town deaths.

• The Neighborhood Watch Alliance (NWA): A secret, hooded cabal of local elders and prominent business owners who systematically murder anyone—from bad actors to sloppy journalists—who threatens Sandford's picturesque aesthetic.

• The High-Octane Village Climax: A glorious, full-scale shootout where Angel rides into the center of town on a police horse, arming himself from a massive confiscated weapons cache to fight off senior citizens packing heat.

Final Verdict:

Oz — The NWA (Straight Outta Sandford)

Curtis — 93 Face-Covered Kate Blanchetts