{"id":769,"date":"2007-06-11T11:31:33","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T10:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/06\/11\/the-dvd-review-hot-fuzz-apocalypto\/"},"modified":"2007-06-13T23:49:23","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T22:49:23","slug":"the-dvd-review-hot-fuzz-apocalypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/06\/11\/the-dvd-review-hot-fuzz-apocalypto\/","title":{"rendered":"The DVD Review: Hot Fuzz & Apocalypto"},"content":{"rendered":"
The second feature from the team behind Shaun of the Dead<\/a> and is a smart and riotous spoof of cop movies.<\/p>\n Simon Pegg<\/a> stars as a London cop who is so effective at his job he embarrases the Met<\/a> and gets transferred to a sleepy Somerset village<\/a>. There he finds it difficult to adjust to the local ways but soon finds himself drawn into a series of grisly murders.<\/p>\n A highly entertaining and surreal mix of Lethal Weapon and The Bill, this is made with a loving attention to detail and looks set to further the careers of director Edgar Wright<\/a> and actor\/writer Pegg.<\/p>\n > Buy Hot Fuzz on DVD from Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n A bold and brutally violent drama set in the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula<\/a> in Mexico before the Spanish conquest, it depicts one man’s experience during the decline of the ancient Maya civilization<\/a>.<\/p>\n It follows a young tribesman named Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood<\/a>) who is enslaved and taken to a city in order to be sacrificed before the gods.<\/p>\n Director Mel Gibson<\/a> attracted all the wrong headlines last summer for his now infamous drunken anti-Semitic rant<\/a> but this shows him to be a daring and accomplished director.<\/p>\n > Buy Apocalypto on DVD from Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n Listen to the DVD Review podcast here:<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/podcast\/get.php?fla=podcast-2007-06-11-95362.mp3<\/a>]\n To subscribe to The Review Podcast via iTunes just click the image below:<\/p>\nHot Fuzz <\/strong>(15)<\/p>\n
<\/a>Apocalypto <\/strong>(18)<\/p>\n