The filming of Angel and Skinner's first meeting at the supermarket was filmed over the course of two days. The conversation was filmed entirely from Timothy Dalton's perspective first. The next day, early in the morning, they were to film the conversation with Angel's perspective and close-ups. Dalton, much to the surprise of the crew, showed up early the next morning, and even though he wasn't going to be on camera for that particular portion of the filming, he sat off-camera in Skinner's chair and played the role so that Simon Pegg would be able to have him to work with while filming his part as Angel. Pegg stated it really showed Dalton's professionalism.
Yeah this sort of scene set up often brings fascinating insights into actors. I've heard a few anecdotes like that. Respect to Dalton for coming in for a whole day though. Being a relatively 'big name' he could have taken liberties.
This is quite possibly one of the tightest wound movies i've ever seen. Not a single shot is fluff, not a single shot is wasted and there are SO MANY hidden gems of jokes in there. The Cornetto Trilogy is well up there among the best comedies out there, but this one in particular just does it so well. The world's end is another gem you'd love.
"Paul is better than The World's End", a sentence I've heard quite a few times, should be a punishable offence in my opinion. I think the broad easy comedy of Paul is easier to appreciate, but The World's End is so much smarter and rewatchable.
@@SirHilaryManfat I dunno. Paul is fantastic. World's End STILL hasn't really grabbed me, but I've only seen it a few times. Hot Fuzz actually took a while too (I missed their characters from Shawn of the Dead), and now I love Hot Fuzz the most. So I'll watch TWE again. But Paul was great - have watched it numerous times.
Sergeant Angel's ex-girlfriend, Janine the crime scene forensic investigator Jeanine is played, uncredited, by Cate Blanchett. Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson, also uncredited, plays the Santa Claus who stabs Sergeant Angel through the hand.
Right at the Beginning his girlfriend Janine in The Mask is actually Cate Blanchett she wanted to do a cameo in the film because she loves Shaun of the Dead so much
So funny that they got Cate Blanchett in the movie and then don't even show her face. It's like when South Park cast George Clooney to play a dog, lol.
She really has come a long way… her little quips and jokes make for a good laugh. That blonde hair still shines from time to time, but still brightens the day.
5:02 Academy Award winning director Peter Jackson 6:12 Academy Award winning actress Kate Blanchett 9:35 Bond. James Bond. 10:24 Academy Award winning actress Olivia Coleman
I love that when Timothy Dalton (an accomplished stage actor himself) turns up at the "vehicle incident" he's quoting the play and Dire Strait's Romeo and Juliet is on the car radio.
Would take all day to list that casts awards & film & TV credits . Form the Queen to Bond to the original Equaliser ( not that guff on yank TV now ) & the small fact that Simon is kinda the hero in the MI movies too ,pretty impressive
The true magic of this film comes from watching it the second time. The film is laid out so obviously and hilariously, it’s almost embarrassing how much goes over one’s head the first time.
While I don’t expect reactors to get all the British folk horror references I am always surprised how fast Baz Lurman’s Romeo + Juliet disappeared from the collective consciousness.
15:00 Simon Pegg jumped over all the fences himself except the last one, which was done by a stunt actor with a trampoline (hence the backflip). Nicholas Frost did the fall through the fence himself, and looked back on purpose so that the camera saw that it was him and not a stunt actor.
Every time I watch Hot Fuzz I see something I hadn't before. At 10:18 sergeant Fisher is surrounded by thought bubbles on the whiteboard; 'Indecisive', 'lack of leadership skills', 'non-commital'. They all describe him. A great visual gag!
All the actors who were part of the Village Green Society were famous in British TV and movies for portraying detectives, police officers, and secret agents (the good guys). When looking for someone to play Skinner, Simon and Edgar were looking for someone like Timothy Dalton, when one of them got the idea (each of them claim it was the other) to actually ask the James Bond alumni if he wanted to be in their little film. And he did. HIs only acting direction was, apparently, to "ham it up." There is a huge amount of top British acting talent in this movie, even in what are effectively cameo roles. The Cornetto Trilogy is only connected by director, writers, lead actors, and theme - the deconstruction of a film genre, in this case police buddy movies. Danny (Nick Frost) was in fact originally written as Nicholas' (Simon Pegg) female love interest. Changing the sex, but not the dialogue, lost nothing out of the classic cop buddy relationship. Like all of Edgar's movies it has his hallmark of very tight editing (and music cues). There is not a wasted scene or line of dialogue. Checkov's gun is in fact a whole armory here. The direction is the reason why it is always in my top three movies of all time.
So many great little gags like George Merchant being the "Fridge Magnate", and Doris referring to the pig on the spit with, "That's me after a couple of pints!" You can watch this 20 times and pick up on new things each time.
This is to action-buddy-cop-thrillers what "Galaxy Quest" is to sci-fi flicks: both a complete and beat-for-beat send-up of the genre as well as an absolute love-letter to the films it's spoofing. So much so that it actually serves as a perfect example of said genre. And the way that the cast, top-to-bottom, commits to the bit and never once "winks at the audience" just elevates both films even further.
I love that you picked up on the writing. The script is so tight and full of jokes, every line is either a setup or a payoff. Not a single wasted line or shot in the whole movie. It's in my top 3 favorite comedies for sure.
It’s truly one of the greatest scripts ever. I’ve seen this film innumerable times & I stIll pick up on little things I hadn’t noticed before. It’s pretty incredible.
One of my favorites that most seem to miss is the detective saying in the country "everyone and their mum" has a gun and the first people he faces off are the farmer and his mum, both packing.
What an amazing movie. The more times you watch it, the better it gets. Layers upon layers of foreshadowing and jokes in a really tight script. Edgar Wright at his best.
Edgar Wright is the zoned out clerk at the Heston services. Also, the two women adjudicators are Simon's and Edgar's mothers. Lots of foreshadowing at the church fete.
Also, its funny that in the script his character is forced to go to Gloucestershire, because Simon Pegg was born and raised in Gloucestershire in real life.
that was Bill Bailey as the twins on reception. if you don't know him he's one of the UK's top comedians, a musical genius and won Strictly Come Dance (Dancing with the Stars to you)
This is part 2 of a trilogy. It's called the "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy" Cornettos are ice cream cones. They get eaten at some point in the movie. 1. Strawberry Cornetto = "Shaun of the Dead". 2. Vanilla (Classico) Cornetto = Hot Fuzz 3. Mint Cornetto = "The World's End".
Nobody mentioning that the head of the village watch was Edward Woodward, AKA The Equalizer, AKA the star of The Wicker Man (also starring Christopher Lee)? Now *there's* a stone-cold classic to watch...
The original Wicker Man would require so much editing to blank out the bits of the human body that You Tube wants to deny it could take longer to edit than watch the film. It is a great film within a sub-genre of Horror. There are no ghosts, spectres nor poltergeists only the human mind and its willingness to bend at the knee.
Edward Woodward was married to Michelle Dotrice who starred in Some Mothers do 'ave 'em with Michael Crawford who was in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Zero Mostel who was in The Producers, which was directed by Mel Brooks who was married to Anne Bancroft who starred in The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman who was in Rain Man with Tom Cruise who was in A few Good Men with Demi Moore who was in Ghost with Patrick Swayze who was in Point Break which was referenced in this movie. (A bit tenuous I know).
35:26 Here's one I had to have pointed out to me: the Barker twins, Roger and Martin -- that's a reference to Lethal Weapon (Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs, a.k.a. Danny Glover and Mel Gibson).
14:34 - never noticed it before but look at the scene where he drops the dvd down. It lands on Shaun Of The Dead. And there's a sticker covering Simon Pegg's face on the cover
This is one of my all-time favorites. I love how little jokes like "Fascist, hag" and "Farmers and Farmer's mums" come back. And it has a stacked cast too. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Olivia Colman, Martin Freeman, Steeve Coogan, Bill Nighy. Fun fact: Santa was played by Peter Jackson and Janine was played by Cate Blanchett.
He's also Callan in the 1967-72 itv spy series "Callan"and a 1974 film "Callan" directed by Don Sharp. Not to mention that he's the star of the 1973 film "The Wicker Man" which has influenced this film.
Greatest of at least the most underrated line: When Kenneth is told he can't just make people disappear he answers "Yes I can. I'm the Chief Inspector".
Hot Fuzz is one of those movies you can watch again and again, and it still feels fresh. The cast is a who's who of talent, finding out who they are is fun in itself. Edited by Chris Dickens, who won an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire the following year. Over 5000 cuts in this movie, a masterclass in the craft. Such a great great fun movie 🍿
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 most reactors are people with no real movie experience, so unless they've reacted to it or just have been lucky enough to have watched it, they're not gonna recognize it.
@@this.is.a.username Yeah, perhaps simply by virtue of it being Shakespeare, it's been relegated to merely the teaching of the play? I'm talking very broadly of course. And it is a shame, certainly it wasn't considered a flop! Some very decent performances and from memory actually some interesting cinematography as well.
This was hilarious , British humor at it's best here one of my favorites from Director Edgar Wright and yes it's a black comedy 😄 great reaction that really livened my evening Cheers for this Cassie !
Everybody recognizing Edward Woodward as the original "Equalizer" 1987 makes me feel old as I watched him as Callan int 1967-72 TV spy series and 1974 film "Callan" But nobody seems to have mentioned that he was the star of the 1973 film " The Wicker Man" whose influences run through "Hot Fuzz". Should be on any film fans list.
Actually the film is inspired by the 1976 series "Children of the Stones" shot in the village of Avebury. its where they got the phrase "The Greater Good" from.
Keep in mind when Dalton quotes Shakespeare that before he WAS James Bond he was famous as a Shakespearean actor. Love the inside humour in this movie.
Before Pierce Brosnan took over James Bond, the franchise was nearly dead. There used to be a joke, "Who killed James Bond?" And you nailed the answer!
Other threads have been discussing this as well, not many reactors do seem to have seen that film. I guess it boils down to 'Shakespeare inverted snobbery' in the public consciousness.🤷♀ Same kind of thing happening when the otherwise fairly open Embrace The Suck guys simply discount ALL classical music.
Cassie, If you like black comedies, you should watch Harold and Maude from 1971. It's become quite the cult film over the years and is all the rage. I suspect you don't know who Cat Stevens is, but he did all the songs throughout the movie and, you know what, they're wonderful.- Thomas
It’s awesome how far you’ve come. From someone that had no movie going experience, to pretty much pointing out references and characters from other movies. 🙌
Jim Broadbent, the police chief was Professor SLughorn in Harry Potter and the Half BLood Prince, as well as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scull . Bill Nuy (Spelling?) was also in Sean of the Dead and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as well as the Pirates of the Carribean sequels. He's been in so much including Love Actually, which has an all star Cast, you should definitely see that. Martin Freeman was in that as well as Captain America / Civil War, and the SHerlock Holmes series with Cumberbatch. Oh, and the mumbling Mr. Filtch a squib.
Just FYI, Bill Nighy has produced some outstanding movies. There's the Worricker trilogy - _Page eight, Turks & Caicos,_ and _Salting the battlefield._ They're BBC TV movies but you can find them on film sites (and maybe the BBC iPlayer, IDK). He had an Oscar nomination for _Living,_ but my favourite performance of his is his highly unusual hit man in _Wild target,_ which also features a stunning performance by Emily Blunt.
Adam Buxton is the actor, he owns part of the prosthetic head. He and director Joe Cornish (Attack the Block, The Kid Who Would be King) had a comedy show on Channel 4 in the UK many years ago and both had a BBC 6 Music show and podcast. Adam still does the podcast thing on his own interviewing celebs.
An insanely excellent film - superb script, brilliant cast, wonderful references to other action classics, two songs from The Kinks on the soundtrack, absolutely wonderful chemistry between Pegg and Frost...and my man Timothy Dalton! He was so delightfully boo-hiss here - a fabulous villain! Excellent reaction, Cassie - I thoroughly recommend The Rocketeer from 1991, a glorious comic-book adventure set in the 1930s with another truly marvellous Dalton performance.
The "fridge magnate". That was such a subtle joke. There were verbal clues of who was about to die. "We haven't got long." "Just about to pop off." 25:03 -- Simon playing "Fire" while driving by George's manor -- that's my favorite joke in the whole movie. The names of the twins -- Roger and Martin -- are references to the main characters in the *Lethal Weapon* franchise.
This is definitely the funniest film of the Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy. Rory McCann was great in this movie, and just four years later he would go one to play my favorite Game of Thrones character, the Hound!!!
The first draft took eight months to develop, and after watching 138 cop-related films for dialogue and plot ideas and conducting over fifty interviews with police officers for research, the script was completed after another nine months.
I was just going to come on here to comment about Cassie's "Bond villain" comment, but I see there's already lots of people laughing about it already. We will just add that to Cassie's Classics
The best part about this movie is the layers. So many jokes hidden within other jokes and payoffs throughout the runtime. "Everybody and their mum's is packin' 'round here." "Like who?" "Farmers..." "And?" "Farmer's mums."
lol a bond villain! that is James Bond
Best comment of the movie!😂😂
😂 I dunno, I really liked "butt-twad".
Dalton always does a better villain.
Personally I really loved Dalton as Bond! Even if it was only two movies
T-Daltz
Cassie, saying Skinner looks like a Bond villain is hilarious!
Timothy Dalton was James Bond! 😂
I actually met Timothy Dalton.
Great guy!
Just came here to say this! That’s Bond himself 😊
@@user-EricWatson55 a huge compliment I would say
Think we all wanted to tell Cassie that 😂😂😂
Beat me to it! I laughed so hard when she said that!
She reacted to both Dalton Bond films.
I'm glad she's watching this... for the greater good...
THE GREATER GOOD
THE GREATER GOOD
THE GREATER GOOD
FOR THE GREATER GOOD!
THE GREATER GOOD
"You've watched too many movies."
"He hasn't."
So simple, so brilliant.
The filming of Angel and Skinner's first meeting at the supermarket was filmed over the course of two days. The conversation was filmed entirely from Timothy Dalton's perspective first. The next day, early in the morning, they were to film the conversation with Angel's perspective and close-ups. Dalton, much to the surprise of the crew, showed up early the next morning, and even though he wasn't going to be on camera for that particular portion of the filming, he sat off-camera in Skinner's chair and played the role so that Simon Pegg would be able to have him to work with while filming his part as Angel. Pegg stated it really showed Dalton's professionalism.
Yeah this sort of scene set up often brings fascinating insights into actors. I've heard a few anecdotes like that. Respect to Dalton for coming in for a whole day though. Being a relatively 'big name' he could have taken liberties.
This is quite possibly one of the tightest wound movies i've ever seen. Not a single shot is fluff, not a single shot is wasted and there are SO MANY hidden gems of jokes in there. The Cornetto Trilogy is well up there among the best comedies out there, but this one in particular just does it so well. The world's end is another gem you'd love.
Couldnt agree more mate, the least amount of fat on a film I have ever seen and every single moment has a pay off
"Paul is better than The World's End", a sentence I've heard quite a few times, should be a punishable offence in my opinion. I think the broad easy comedy of Paul is easier to appreciate, but The World's End is so much smarter and rewatchable.
@@SirHilaryManfat Yeah fuck that noise. Paul is easy enough on the eyes but The World's End is amazing
@@SirHilaryManfat I dunno. Paul is fantastic. World's End STILL hasn't really grabbed me, but I've only seen it a few times. Hot Fuzz actually took a while too (I missed their characters from Shawn of the Dead), and now I love Hot Fuzz the most. So I'll watch TWE again. But Paul was great - have watched it numerous times.
Exactly. HUGGGE rewatchability value!
That "girl cop" making the sexual remarks is an Academy Award winner :D
Sergeant Angel's ex-girlfriend, Janine the crime scene forensic investigator Jeanine is played, uncredited, by Cate Blanchett. Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson, also uncredited, plays the Santa Claus who stabs Sergeant Angel through the hand.
@@IntrospectorGeneral You made a typo, it's Sergeant AngLe :P
Yeah, a lot of people miss that for some reason!
@@IntrospectorGeneralGiving away all the secrets only the big fans of this Trilogy know 😉
@@IntrospectorGeneralyou forgot the priest which no one ever points out his cameo. He's the villain in Raiders of the Lost Arc.
"He looks like a Bond villain" is the best quote ever!!! Pssst he was James Bond.
It really was I re
membered as soon as I heard that
I have a fond memory of License to Kill, since it was the only movie I saw at the cinemas with my late uncle!
Well he did pay a Bond Style Villian in season 4 of Chuck.
I came here to make this comment. Too funny.
@@andromedafan Damn I had forgotten about that.
Something being “not funny” while making you laugh is the definition of British humour. Can’t be replicated.
Right at the Beginning his girlfriend Janine in The Mask is actually Cate Blanchett she wanted to do a cameo in the film because she loves Shaun of the Dead so much
I did not know that.
Yeah, and Peter Jackson plays father Christmas too!
So funny that they got Cate Blanchett in the movie and then don't even show her face. It's like when South Park cast George Clooney to play a dog, lol.
"He even runs like a pervert"
Our girl just quoted Deadpool 2?!?
I'm so proud.
I was wondering where I heard that line before.
She's came so far... so proud...
I'm so proud of her.
She truly is becoming one of us.
She really has come a long way… her little quips and jokes make for a good laugh. That blonde hair still shines from time to time, but still brightens the day.
"Looks like a Bond Villain." That's funny, I'd say he looks like Bond.
😂
Must be an unreleased third Dalton bond film where his clone is the evil villain of the movie....
5:02 Academy Award winning director Peter Jackson
6:12 Academy Award winning actress Kate Blanchett
9:35 Bond. James Bond.
10:24 Academy Award winning actress Olivia Coleman
Was go to say that!
Academy Award Winning supporting actor Jim Broadbent
11:01 Viserys Targaryen
Peter Jackson? I never knew that!
Stuart Wilson played Jack Tavis in Lethal Weapon 3 is the Doctor.
Edward Woodward was the Equalizer in the 80s TV show played the head of the NWA.
45:25 Fun fact: the "village of the year" assessors were played by the parents of Nicholas Frost, Simon Pegg, and Edgar Wright.
Nice touch, didn't know that.
о, очень интересно
Actually, it was only Simon and Edgar's parents. The third jidge was Edgar's drama teacher.
I love that when Timothy Dalton (an accomplished stage actor himself) turns up at the "vehicle incident" he's quoting the play and Dire Strait's Romeo and Juliet is on the car radio.
And "Fire" by Arthur Brown is playing after the Fridge Magnet burns in the house fire
Hilarious that she said Timothy Dalton looks like a Bond villain
Supposedly, when casting, they were asking for a Timothy Dalton *type* to play that part.
the priest falling out of frame screaming "jesus christ!" ALWAYS gets me🤣
So many good lines like that.
That priest being Belloq from Indiana Jones.
“Peas and rice!” in the censored version.
@@godalmighty83and Ivan Ooze from power rangers. He’s had a strange career that man 😂
Me too! I can’t help but laugh every time 😅
the ex girlfriend was cate blanchett aka Galadriel.
Though so
and the Santa that stabbed him was Peter Jackson
Would take all day to list that casts awards & film & TV credits . Form the Queen to Bond to the original Equaliser ( not that guff on yank TV now ) & the small fact that Simon is kinda the hero in the MI movies too ,pretty impressive
Imagine casting A-Lister like Blanchett and only showing her voice and eyes 😆 so British
@@greekschmike Both Blanchett and Jackson are fans of Shaun of the Dead and wanted to be in this film in any way possible.
The true magic of this film comes from watching it the second time. The film is laid out so obviously and hilariously, it’s almost embarrassing how much goes over one’s head the first time.
Like the desk sgt Turner in the police station being different twins but both played by Bill Bailey?
This is one of my comfort movies. The buddy relationship is so wholesome. It’s a movie I never want to end.
While I don’t expect reactors to get all the British folk horror references I am always surprised how fast Baz Lurman’s Romeo + Juliet disappeared from the collective consciousness.
Romeo + Juliet with guns!
it didn't. it will never leave genx/elder mills consciousness.
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@@this.is.a.username Never entered mine.
Its possible for it to leave? ....where can i learn this power? 😂
YARRP!
N'AAARP?
I say yarp fairly often in real life. Sadly, nobody gets the reference.
Apparently that's the sound a hound makes
@@billthomas478I understood that reference.
It's a good thing he didn't work as the butcher, or he'd eat every f***ing chicken in the place.
Doris- “I quite like a midnight gobble… That’s me after a couple pints… Nothing like a bit of girl on girl” always gets me 😂
15:00 Simon Pegg jumped over all the fences himself except the last one, which was done by a stunt actor with a trampoline (hence the backflip). Nicholas Frost did the fall through the fence himself, and looked back on purpose so that the camera saw that it was him and not a stunt actor.
And of course it was an homage to the fence jumping scene in _Shawn of the dead._
Every time I watch Hot Fuzz I see something I hadn't before. At 10:18 sergeant Fisher is surrounded by thought bubbles on the whiteboard; 'Indecisive', 'lack of leadership skills', 'non-commital'. They all describe him. A great visual gag!
Edgar Wright films are an absolute goldmine of hidden details like that - you can watch them a hundred times and still keep picking up on new things
@@christianwise637 Like when Doris sees the pig on a spit & says something like 'that's me after a couple of pints'.
"Not everyone's a murdering psychopath"
Turns out, yeah, they are. The HOA from Hell.
You mean NWA?
So... a normal HOA?
The vicar was the French archaeologist in raiders of the lost arc
Belloq
Holy hell.. Did not realize that.. Cool
@@momalwayssaiddontplayballi3973 They call him "Bellosh".
All the NWA were played by actors who previously played villains.
They call him Belosh
Timothy Dalton played Bond twice.
Cassie has reacted to both those Bond movies , Timothy Dalton plays a great villain in Rocketeer and Flash Gordon as well !!
@@harveylee51 and yellowstone 1923
Well, he did change a bit between playing Bond and this movie.
@@harveylee51 I thought she'd seen the TD Bond films, surprised she did not recognise him. I'd not really say he was a villain in Flash Gordon though.
@@Temeraire101she doesn’t quite have a good memory for faces it seems.
All the actors who were part of the Village Green Society were famous in British TV and movies for portraying detectives, police officers, and secret agents (the good guys). When looking for someone to play Skinner, Simon and Edgar were looking for someone like Timothy Dalton, when one of them got the idea (each of them claim it was the other) to actually ask the James Bond alumni if he wanted to be in their little film. And he did. HIs only acting direction was, apparently, to "ham it up." There is a huge amount of top British acting talent in this movie, even in what are effectively cameo roles.
The Cornetto Trilogy is only connected by director, writers, lead actors, and theme - the deconstruction of a film genre, in this case police buddy movies. Danny (Nick Frost) was in fact originally written as Nicholas' (Simon Pegg) female love interest. Changing the sex, but not the dialogue, lost nothing out of the classic cop buddy relationship. Like all of Edgar's movies it has his hallmark of very tight editing (and music cues). There is not a wasted scene or line of dialogue. Checkov's gun is in fact a whole armory here.
The direction is the reason why it is always in my top three movies of all time.
Plus there is a cornetto flavor in each movie... Blue (original) for this one, Red strawberry in Shaun of the Dead, and ????
Unlike the others, Timothy Dalton might be more known for playing baddies. He was Heathcliff AND Mr Rochester 😂
I watched this film about 30 times and every time I see or hear a new joke there are literally hundreds it's a masterpiece
Your punctuation certainly isn’t any masterpiece.
@@ALLrobotsAreSad Mate bugger off. Your sentiment is verifiably less than masterpiece.
@@TheFoggyjones That’s better. At least I pushed you enough for you to use punctuation. Good job you donut
Poor Edward Woodward barely gets recognised. He was a legend in his own right years before this
The original Equalizer.
Allegedly Noël Coward said his name sounds like a fart in the bath. A position now held by Holly Willoughby.
@@mm9773 His name is why the letter 'D' exists. Else he'd be '' Ewar Woowar ''
Which would be silly
@@BXBZ88 Dang I watched Equalizer a lot as a kid and still didn't recognize him.
Original Wicker Man too
Hot Fuzz is a Masterpiece!
“I’m not Judge Judy and executioner!”
Came here to say this. Best line in a movie👌
This is a brilliant line and it happens so fast.
So many great little gags like George Merchant being the "Fridge Magnate", and Doris referring to the pig on the spit with, "That's me after a couple of pints!" You can watch this 20 times and pick up on new things each time.
This is to action-buddy-cop-thrillers what "Galaxy Quest" is to sci-fi flicks: both a complete and beat-for-beat send-up of the genre as well as an absolute love-letter to the films it's spoofing. So much so that it actually serves as a perfect example of said genre. And the way that the cast, top-to-bottom, commits to the bit and never once "winks at the audience" just elevates both films even further.
"He's from Love Actually" - Also the stepfather in Shaun of the Dead!
Also Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean.
Also Viktor in the Underworld movies.
And Slartibartfast in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
Also Rufus Scrimgeour in the Harry Potter movies.
She wasn't really paying attention to Shaun Of The Dead
also the dad from about time
I love that you picked up on the writing. The script is so tight and full of jokes, every line is either a setup or a payoff. Not a single wasted line or shot in the whole movie. It's in my top 3 favorite comedies for sure.
It’s truly one of the greatest scripts ever. I’ve seen this film innumerable times & I stIll pick up on little things I hadn’t noticed before. It’s pretty incredible.
One of my favorites that most seem to miss is the detective saying in the country "everyone and their mum" has a gun and the first people he faces off are the farmer and his mum, both packing.
@@vincegamer That's a good one. Or when they're running from the sea mine, they jump over the hedge that Mr. Webley had just chopped down.
What an amazing movie. The more times you watch it, the better it gets. Layers upon layers of foreshadowing and jokes in a really tight script. Edgar Wright at his best.
Edgar Wright is the zoned out clerk at the Heston services. Also, the two women adjudicators are Simon's and Edgar's mothers.
Lots of foreshadowing at the church fete.
You are right!!
When i‘m in a bad mood, i whath it and i‘m good again.
Also, its funny that in the script his character is forced to go to Gloucestershire, because Simon Pegg was born and raised in Gloucestershire in real life.
that was Bill Bailey as the twins on reception. if you don't know him he's one of the UK's top comedians, a musical genius and won Strictly Come Dance (Dancing with the Stars to you)
He is so great in Black Books.
And the twins are reading books by Iain Banks and Iain M Banks - who are also the same person.
@@sanitychek Thank you - another gag I hadn't noticed in this masterpiece.
This is part 2 of a trilogy. It's called the "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy" Cornettos are ice cream cones. They get eaten at some point in the movie. 1. Strawberry Cornetto = "Shaun of the Dead". 2. Vanilla (Classico) Cornetto = Hot Fuzz 3. Mint Cornetto = "The World's End".
18:00 Love the "He looks like a Bond villain" comment... directed at Timothy Dalton... who was in fact himself, James Bond 🤭🤭
I came here to say the same thing 😂
Damn! Lol...was going to say similar once she said that!
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain in the eyes of reactors.”
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It’s good to see Cassie giggle and enjoy a light hearted movie once in a while. 😊
"He looks like a Bond villain". So close and yet so far away.
I love Skinner (Timothy Dalton) in this movie. You can tell he was having so much fun playing such a sinister character.
20:40 What most Europeans think most Americans’ gun collections look like.
There aren't nearly enough Bubba'd WW2 Soviet rifles in there for that.
You've been in my gun safe and I somehow forgot?!?! 😅😅
it's not, but it is what we wish it was.
Double it. Maybe.
It's not?
'Stabby Santa' at the beginning was a very quick cameo from LOTR director, Peter Jackson.
Wasn't that part filmed during the press tour of King Kong 2005 🤔
The police actually like this for the most realistic part every other movie forgets about.
Paperwork!
Nobody mentioning that the head of the village watch was Edward Woodward, AKA The Equalizer, AKA the star of The Wicker Man (also starring Christopher Lee)? Now *there's* a stone-cold classic to watch...
The Wicker Man is the best!❤
The original Wicker Man would require so much editing to blank out the bits of the human body that You Tube wants to deny it could take longer to edit than watch the film.
It is a great film within a sub-genre of Horror. There are no ghosts, spectres nor poltergeists only the human mind and its willingness to bend at the knee.
And his last line in both movies is the same: "Oh god, no!"
Edward Woodward was married to Michelle Dotrice who starred in Some Mothers do 'ave 'em with Michael Crawford who was in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Zero Mostel who was in The Producers, which was directed by Mel Brooks who was married to Anne Bancroft who starred in The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman who was in Rain Man with Tom Cruise who was in A few Good Men with Demi Moore who was in Ghost with Patrick Swayze who was in Point Break which was referenced in this movie. (A bit tenuous I know).
@@richardscratcher6075 Jesus - I've got to give you a 'like' just for the effort. 😄
35:26 Here's one I had to have pointed out to me: the Barker twins, Roger and Martin -- that's a reference to Lethal Weapon (Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs, a.k.a. Danny Glover and Mel Gibson).
The doctor (Stuart Wilson) is the main bad guy in Lethal Weapon 3 and the Mask of Zorro
Hot fuzz is one of if not the best most rewatch able movies, every line every shot is linked to something else it’s outstanding
14:34 - never noticed it before but look at the scene where he drops the dvd down. It lands on Shaun Of The Dead. And there's a sticker covering Simon Pegg's face on the cover
They also changed the title
Was Timothy Dalton James Bond? I can't tell from the comments.
Welcome to the internet, where every joke has to be beaten to death.
@@clarkmichaels822 Or, people can express their own loving amusement.
No one needs your permission or approval to laugh at irony.
I'm pretty sure he was actually Inspector Gadget - easy mistake to make, though!
@@RamathRS What irony?
They were setting you up for this joke.
I still love the Shaun of the Dead reference when jumping the fences.
Something like "Have you never taken a shortcut?" in both movies IIRC.
This is a film I can watch again immediately after watching it. The more times I see it, the more I enjoy it. Brilliant humor.
Cassie should reply to every comment that demands she watch such-and-such movie with, "I'm not made of eyes!", in future👀🤣
😂😂😂😂
After seeing Paddy Considine absolutely crush his dramatic role ing HotD it only makes his performance in this funnier to me
If you’ve never seen Dead Man’s Shoes, you need to
This is one of my all-time favorites. I love how little jokes like "Fascist, hag" and "Farmers and Farmer's mums" come back. And it has a stacked cast too. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Olivia Colman, Martin Freeman, Steeve Coogan, Bill Nighy. Fun fact: Santa was played by Peter Jackson and Janine was played by Cate Blanchett.
Aaron A. Aaronsen
The character of Tom is played by Edward Woodward, the original Equalizer.
He's also Callan in the 1967-72 itv spy series "Callan"and a 1974 film "Callan" directed by Don Sharp. Not to mention that he's the star of the 1973 film "The Wicker Man" which has influenced this film.
If you ever go to places like Cricklade (just south of Gloucestershire) you'll realise that a lot of this film is actually a documentary!
Greatest of at least the most underrated line: When Kenneth is told he can't just make people disappear he answers "Yes I can. I'm the Chief Inspector".
It’s the little nose twitch when he delivers the line too. Top acting.
Looks like a Bond villain?! Lol. He played Bond!!!
I hope Super Troopers is on the list soon
"He looks like a Bond villain" might be the single most unintentionally hilarious thing I've ever heard 🤣🤣🤣
I knew that church roof part would get you. Hilarious 😂
“He looks like a Bond villain.”
Who’s gonna tell her?
Considering that she had this on her Patreon already, I'm sure 1000 people already did.
EVERYONE
The six comments above and six below yours all did.
Eeeeverryyyooone!
Everyone
Hot Fuzz is one of those movies you can watch again and again, and it still feels fresh. The cast is a who's who of talent, finding out who they are is fun in itself. Edited by Chris Dickens, who won an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire the following year. Over 5000 cuts in this movie, a masterclass in the craft. Such a great great fun movie 🍿
I love when americans watch hot fuzz, its such a great film. But it just hits different when you understand all the little references.
An homage to Romeo + Juliet (1996) starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes 😂
I’ve yet to see a reactor pick up on that. I hope for it every time🤣
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 most reactors are people with no real movie experience, so unless they've reacted to it or just have been lucky enough to have watched it, they're not gonna recognize it.
@@this.is.a.username Yeah, perhaps simply by virtue of it being Shakespeare, it's been relegated to merely the teaching of the play? I'm talking very broadly of course.
And it is a shame, certainly it wasn't considered a flop! Some very decent performances and from memory actually some interesting cinematography as well.
This was hilarious , British humor at it's best here one of my favorites from Director Edgar Wright and yes it's a black comedy 😄
great reaction that really livened my evening
Cheers for this Cassie !
It was for the greater good.
@@andrewparfrement8583The greater good
Like the madea movies?
I think Cassie should watch a Monty Pythons movie.
Everybody recognizing Edward Woodward as the original "Equalizer" 1987 makes me feel old as I watched him as Callan int 1967-72 TV spy series and 1974 film "Callan" But nobody seems to have mentioned that he was the star of the 1973 film " The Wicker Man" whose influences run through "Hot Fuzz". Should be on any film fans list.
I think I should give the 1973 version a chance.... the 'NOT THEEE BEEEEE''SSSSSSSS!!!' 2006 version was fitting for a proper inebriated night movie.
Actually the film is inspired by the 1976 series "Children of the Stones" shot in the village of Avebury. its where they got the phrase "The Greater Good" from.
“The other Girl Cop!” You mean ‘Best Actress Oscar Winner’ Olivia Colman!
Keep in mind when Dalton quotes Shakespeare that before he WAS James Bond he was famous as a Shakespearean actor. Love the inside humour in this movie.
The team also did a brilliant tv show called Spaced.
Would love to see a reaction to that series.
One of the best series, it's soo good!
Oh yes, highly underrated
@@Reani71 Or almost unknown I would say!
Julia Deakin is in both this and Spaced. As well as Nick Frost. And Kevin Eldon.
seeing people from other countries enjoy very English movies brings me such joy! 🤣🤣
The Cornetto Trilogy. Cornettos are the frozen ice cream cones (Brain Freeze) eaten, or referenced in all three films
And they used a different flavor/color of Cornetto for each film: Red for blood, blue for the police, and green for aliens.
20:14 my favorite part 🤣🤣:
"What else ya got, Crockett & Tubby?"
"Skidmarks!"
(snicker)
"Now who's being childish?"
Before Pierce Brosnan took over James Bond, the franchise was nearly dead. There used to be a joke, "Who killed James Bond?" And you nailed the answer!
Have you not seen Baz Luhrmann's Romeo+Juliet? That's why she had wings and they sing Lovefool at the end.
Other threads have been discussing this as well, not many reactors do seem to have seen that film. I guess it boils down to 'Shakespeare inverted snobbery' in the public consciousness.🤷♀
Same kind of thing happening when the otherwise fairly open Embrace The Suck guys simply discount ALL classical music.
Rory McCann as Michael Armstrong was "The Hound" in Game of Thrones, yaarp.
Cassie,
If you like black comedies, you should watch Harold and Maude from 1971. It's become quite the cult film over the years and is all the rage. I suspect you don't know who Cat Stevens is, but he did all the songs throughout the movie and, you know what, they're wonderful.- Thomas
Harold and Maude would be a PERFECT movie for Cassie!
Has she done Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang yet? Genuinely one of the best ever Dark comedies
Harold & Maude is a must watch for any film aficionado. A truly wonderful black comedy.
@@ariadnepyanfar1048I think she’d love it. That’d be a good one to watch with her sister.
Possibly my favorite comedy ever.
It’s awesome how far you’ve come. From someone that had no movie going experience, to pretty much pointing out references and characters from other movies. 🙌
"Not Judge Judy and executioner!" 😅😅
Jim Broadbent, the police chief was Professor SLughorn in Harry Potter and the Half BLood Prince, as well as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scull . Bill Nuy (Spelling?) was also in Sean of the Dead and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as well as the Pirates of the Carribean sequels. He's been in so much including Love Actually, which has an all star Cast, you should definitely see that. Martin Freeman was in that as well as Captain America / Civil War, and the SHerlock Holmes series with Cumberbatch. Oh, and the mumbling Mr. Filtch a squib.
*Bill Nighy.
He was Professor Slughorn in _Indiana Jones?_
(It's Bill Nighy.)
Just FYI, Bill Nighy has produced some outstanding movies. There's the Worricker trilogy - _Page eight, Turks & Caicos,_ and _Salting the battlefield._ They're BBC TV movies but you can find them on film sites (and maybe the BBC iPlayer, IDK). He had an Oscar nomination for _Living,_ but my favourite performance of his is his highly unusual hit man in _Wild target,_ which also features a stunning performance by Emily Blunt.
27:24 Everyone expected that reaction. One of the most unnecessarily graphic deaths ever to be put on screen, in a comedy no less
Adam Buxton is the actor, he owns part of the prosthetic head. He and director Joe Cornish (Attack the Block, The Kid Who Would be King) had a comedy show on Channel 4 in the UK many years ago and both had a BBC 6 Music show and podcast. Adam still does the podcast thing on his own interviewing celebs.
@Soopytwist Attack the Block is one of my favourites!
An insanely excellent film - superb script, brilliant cast, wonderful references to other action classics, two songs from The Kinks on the soundtrack, absolutely wonderful chemistry between Pegg and Frost...and my man Timothy Dalton! He was so delightfully boo-hiss here - a fabulous villain!
Excellent reaction, Cassie - I thoroughly recommend The Rocketeer from 1991, a glorious comic-book adventure set in the 1930s with another truly marvellous Dalton performance.
The "fridge magnate". That was such a subtle joke.
There were verbal clues of who was about to die. "We haven't got long." "Just about to pop off."
25:03 -- Simon playing "Fire" while driving by George's manor -- that's my favorite joke in the whole movie.
The names of the twins -- Roger and Martin -- are references to the main characters in the *Lethal Weapon* franchise.
This is definitely the funniest film of the Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy. Rory McCann was great in this movie, and just four years later he would go one to play my favorite Game of Thrones character, the Hound!!!
And Paddy Constantine who played one of the policeman officers played King Viserys in House of the Dragon!
You also have Walder Frey, King Viserys, and Balon Greyjoy.
Jim Broadbent as well, who was Archmaester Ebrose in GoT (though more folks know him from HP I'm sure)
@@kirby702Balon Greyjoy actor wasn't in this?
@@kirby702 which character did Balon Greyjoy play in this movie!!!
Not sure I expected the "fingered" joke to hit so hard with her. lol
Cassie had an extensive ho phase
20:25 Is it weird that I actually understood the farmer the entire time? 😂😂
Yarp!
This is easily one of the smartest written, tightest screenplays of the last half century. Every line in every scene matters. Great reaction!
The first draft took eight months to develop, and after watching 138 cop-related films for dialogue and plot ideas and conducting over fifty interviews with police officers for research, the script was completed after another nine months.
“He looks like a Bond villain.”
😂😆 So close 🙂
PIB: Engage!
*Microwave burst out of wall and jumps to warp!* 😂😂😂
I was just going to come on here to comment about Cassie's "Bond villain" comment, but I see there's already lots of people laughing about it already. We will just add that to Cassie's Classics
The best part about this movie is the layers. So many jokes hidden within other jokes and payoffs throughout the runtime.
"Everybody and their mum's is packin' 'round here."
"Like who?"
"Farmers..."
"And?"
"Farmer's mums."
I don’t honk I have ever seen a single reaction to this movie where the reactor didn’t say “Not DANNY!”
36:54 - In unison: "CRUSTY JUGGLERS..."
Really good movie, my favorite from Edgar Wright. You should watch Baby Driver also sometime
Since I haven't seen it mentioned, I'll point out that Yarp was The Hound in Game of Thrones.
Also, the old farmer was Walder Frey (and Argus Filch in Harry Potter)
6:28 - Cate Blanchett.
I didn't know that until about ten years after the movie was released, and I'd seen it about six times by then. lol
Hot Fuzz is SO good. And it ages like fine wine.