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Just saw it, it's great. But it's not really a homage to action movies, like Shaun of the Dead was a homage to zombie films (the latter was so spot-on it truly resembled a Romero film but set in Britain and with more humour). I'd say it's more like Spaced: The Movie but crazier. It's got the obligatory Shining reference that they always had on their show, in addition to references to classic 70s horror like The Wicker Man and The Omen. All the explosive stuff we've seen in trailers actually only occurs in the last 30 minutes of the film. Hot Fuzz is closer to the 70s cop dramas like Serpico and Dirty Harry ("Fascist!") than actual 80s action flicks. The film is really a blending of a variety of different genres and styles, including horror (obviously, the team are big on horror movies) and, in one point, a Western. It's utter lunacy, actually. Perhaps the maddest movie of the year.