Premise: After performing a little too well as a PC in London, Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is shipped off as a Sergeant to Sandford. Partnered with the Chief Inspector (Jim Broadbent)'s dimwitted son, Danny (Nick Frost), Sgt. Angel suspects a suspicious spate of accidents are murders connected to manager of the local grocery store (Timothy Dalton).Think back. Think way back. Think way back to 2004. In that year, many a good movie came out. In fact, several were great. One of the great ones, as you may recall, was Shaun of the Dead. "Dude," you think, "that movie was hilarious!" Yes, it was, gentle reader. It was funny and smart and gory, and you totally loved it. You loved it so much that you still talk about it three years later, and you enjoy nothing more than having an opportunity to add, "Have a sit down?", "I ran it under a cold tap, Barbara", or "Okay . . . gay" to your everyday conversations.
Unfortunately, it's been a few years, and people are starting to look at you weird. 
What you need, my friend, it something just as funny, just as smart, just as gory. Above all, you need something just as quotable to refresh your conversation. Fortunately, those lovely lads behind Shaun of the Dead (director and co-writer Edgar Wright, co-writer and star Simon Pegg, star Nick Frost) figured out that this might be happening to you, and they made another fantastic parody to ease your troubles. I can hardly wait for the opportunity to tell someone to "pack it in, you silly bastard!"
What you need, my friend, it something just as funny, just as smart, just as gory. Above all, you need something just as quotable to refresh your conversation. Fortunately, those lovely lads behind Shaun of the Dead (director and co-writer Edgar Wright, co-writer and star Simon Pegg, star Nick Frost) figured out that this might be happening to you, and they made another fantastic parody to ease your troubles. I can hardly wait for the opportunity to tell someone to "pack it in, you silly bastard!"This movie is so jam-packed with action movie references that a few are bound to pass you by, but who cares? That'll just make it more fun for subsequent viewings. In the meantime, sit back and admire the brilliance that goes into pairing a Sergeant with an overdeveloped sense of right and wrong with an officer who doesn't think too far beyond cornettos and lagers and sending them after an escaped swan. Look out for uncredited cameos by Cate Blanchett and Peter Jackson. Giggle your way through the revelation even if it does send a chill up your spine. In short, have some fun. This movie's got it in spades. A
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