Hot and Fuzzy

I don't have much to say about Hot Fuzz, from the Shaun of the Dead team. Simon Pegg plays a hotshot, by-the-books policeman transferred to a small English village because he was making the rest of the London police look bad. His partner is Nick Frost, a fat lazy git who is also the son of the police chief. The only crimes in the village seem to be underage drinking and public urination, but there are a surprising number of fatal accidents.

OK, here goes:

• It's very funny. Not very jokey, but always funny.
• It is sharp and tight. I've started expecting a loose, goofy, improvisational style in 21st C. comedy, where consistency and character don't matter as much as laughs. You don't get that here. It's a little thing, but I appreciate it if people stay in character.
  
• The characters are classic, yet fresh. It's partly a buddy film, where strict Pegg learns to bond with sloppy Frost. But Pegg isn't a Dirty Harry type - he takes care of paperwork, insists on "police officer", because "policeman" is sexist. And while Frost gets him to loosen up and have a beer, he also tries to learn from him, although it may come out as "policeman officer".
• Everyone's name makes sense: Pegg is "Angel", Frost is "Butterman". A local shopkeeper is named "Merchant". The reporter is "Messenger" (curiously, a translation of Angel). I wonder what role Mr. Reaper will play? A farmer, I bet.

Homages:

• Frost's favorite DVDs are Point Break and Bad Boys II
• Pegg's only interest outside of his job is a Japanese Peace Lily, like Leon the Cleaner's houseplant, or Le Samourai's canary
• Monty Python, with repeated use of the line, "It's ..."
• Sledge Hammer, with the line, "Trust him, he knows what he's doing"
• And who knows how many I missed
  

Finally, how does this relate to the last movie I watched, The Seventh Victim? The answer may surprise you (spoiler!): Satanic cults!