Movie review - "Hot Fuzz" (2007) ***1/2

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright obviously got the desire to make zombie movies out of their system with Shaun of the Dead; here they fulfil their dreams of making a high octane buddy cop action film - just as Shaun, while a comedy, still had plenty of blood and guts and genuine emotion, Hot Fuzz has plenty of action sequences/montages, tormented heros and homo-erotic male friendship. Pegg is the tense, devoted, slightly manic supercop; the wonderful Nick Frost is the dopey kind of useless partner. Like a lot of the action films on which this is based, it goes on too long - a few action scenes too many, takes a while to get started (it lacks Shaun's narrative momentum - they don't realise it's murder until a bit too long into the film), and lacks a bit of heart. Many superb moments - Wright's direction is full of energy, the supporting cast are a delight, and reason behind the murders is hilarious.