Hot Fuzz (2007)

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Synopsis

Comedy/Action. An obsessive London cop (Simon Pegg), sent to a peaceful rural community by jealous colleagues due to his overachieving nature, tries to prove that a series of fatal accidents that have struck the village have a more sinister truth.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity and vulgar expressions
• Frequent use of crude sexual language and innuendo
• Frequent gun, weapons and hand-to-hand violence—some blood, gore and detailed wounds; portrayal of corpses—some detail

Thematic elements

• The bonds of friendship
• Vigilante justice versus due process
• Stereotypes of urban and rural living

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence.

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