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Hot Fuzz (2007)

Film

DirectorEdgar Wright

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Locations

The Sandford Neighbourhood Watch Alliance (NWA)

Form & technique

The 'gearing up' montage scenes (e.g., preparing for the final shootout) → Kinaesthetic Empathy

Tropes

The film's constant referencing of American action movies
The evolving relationship between Nicholas Angel and Danny Butterman → Homosocial Triangulation
The idyllic yet sinister village of Sandford
Danny Butterman's constant quoting of action films
The shootout in the Somerfield supermarket → Carnivalesque Inversion

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