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A top London cop who is so good at his job that he makes his fellow officers look like slackers by comparison is “promoted” to serve in the sleepy village of Sandford in this contemporary action comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead. Police constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) always gets his man, but these days his impeccable record seems to be more indicative of his fellow officers’ shortcomings than his own formidable skills as a keeper of the peace. Loathe to stand idly by as their once respectable track record is steadily soiled by the hyper-competent actions of one lone overachiever, Sergeant Angel’s superiors at the Met soon determine to remedy their problem by relocating the decorated constable to the West Country village of Sanford — where tranquil garden parties and neighborhood watch meetings stand in stark contrast to the violent crime and heated gunplay of the city. As Sergeant Angel does his best to adjust to the relative calm of his new environment, his oafish new partner Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) strives to gain the respect of his fellow constables while sustaining himself on fantasies of his favorite action films and police shows. Later, just as it begins to appear as if Sergeant Angel has been relegated to an uneventful existence in the relative calm of the countryside, a series of horrific “accidents” lead him to suspect that the tranquil hamlet of Sanford has fallen prey to a sinister plot which reeks of foul play. Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Steve Coogan, and Martin Freeman co-star in the Edgar Wright film., Exceptional London cop Nicholas Angel is involuntarily transferred to a quaint English village and paired with a witless new partner. While on the beat, Nicholas suspects a sinister conspiracy is afoot with the residents., Exceptional London cop Nicholas Angel is involuntarily transferred to a quaint English village and paired with a witless new partner., Director-writer Edgar Wright, writer-star Simon Pegg and costar Nick Frost, the U.K. trio behind the frighteningly silly but bloody hilarious “Shaun of the Dead,” reunite for this smashingly entertaining cop-buddy joyride. Pegg is a big-city superofficer who gets teamed with Frost’s small-town booby bobby to fight crime in the quaint old town of Sandford, where things are not as calm as they seem. Features cameos by Cate Blanchett, Timothy Dalton and director Peter Jackson., A London policeman gets teamed with a small-town bobby in this comedy directed by Edgar Wright., Police officer Nicholas Angel is transferred to a rural village. On arrival, Angel teams up with the oaf-like PC Danny Butterman and together they investigate a series of mysterious murders, all of which are classed as ‘accidents’ by the increasingly strange townsfolk., A London cop is reassigned to a sleepy village but grisly accidents suggest the hamlet is not as peaceful as it seems.