Well that was freakin’ brilliant!
Much like Wong Kar Wai’s Love trilogy, I backed into the Cornetto trilogy in the middle, watched the end, and then came back to the beginning. Fun Fact: Here in the Colonies, a Cornetto is known as a Drumstick. They are also available in at least three flavours.
While I liked the first act of Hot Fuzz, it’s descent into a cliché shoot-em-up third act put me off. I vaguely knew at the time that it was homage to cop / crime films, but I didn’t click with it. I loved The World's End and its dandy mix of buddy film come sci-fi. Shaun of the Dead, however, is in a league of its own.…