It's About To Kick Off... Rodriguez & Wright Scratch Backs On 'Hot Fuzz'.

Opens end of next week, TV ads are running, not much more coverage than that as far as I've seen, but there will doubtless be Newspaper reviews, Magazine Reviews, perhaps a few TV appearances coming. Given where I'm living, that I think it's one of the few films that I'm certain to go and see at the Cinema this year despite what's going on in reactions elsewhere, it's a good bet that I'll be the first to give a reaction to the film around here, because comedy is my thing...

As it goes, 'Shaun of the Dead's success with non-U.K audiences (plus my abilitiy to contribute to Twitch) remains the reason why I think there's a good chance to talk to a willing audience about British Comedy fairly regularly around here. I still watch more of it than anything else and it just lands in my lap so it doesn't really require any research or learning curve on my behalf. Most of what I know about and like to watch doesn't fit my idea of where it's worth spending time writing about, but considering there's a chance to point some good stuff out, British Comedy is worth the time to cover as it has at least broken a little into peoples minds in the last few years. 'Shaun of the Dead' is an exception to the general rules of how things work though - in that it's above 30-minutes and works, remains funny beyond initial release and doesn't look particularly dated yet, and British Films have a habit of doing just that - it also contains things which appeal outside the U.K (genre cinema, horror cinema, non-regional content, action & violence) which might not be quite so obvious (but still remain likely) in 'Hot Fuzz'.

Initial reactions I've read snippets of seem to think the films superb, and I think it stands a good chance of being much more solid than 'Shaun of the Dead' but less popular because gunplay isn't quite so obviously appealing to any cult status, because it's seen everywhere, but it does have variants which could be referred to here that are classic stylish movie moments, like John Woo's 'The Killer' and 'Hard Boiled' - wonder if there are any slow-mo doves in this? Mind you, if the film's fun (which it should be) then genre issues, preconceptions about what should and shouldn't work will hopefully melt away.

Here's the funny new trailer then, Scored by Robert Rodriguez (must be in return for Edgar Wright's filming of a faux trailer for 'Grindhouse') and it's the funniest cut of footage from the film so far - this time edited by Wright himself, so they say. Some small cameos from Bill Bailey and Adam Buxton make me happy too...

'Hot Fuzz' Robert Rodriguez & Edgar Wright's Internet Exclusive Trailer (Embedded Quicktime).