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{{quote|''"You wanna be a big cop in a small town? Fuck off up the model village."''}}

 

 

Nicholas Angel is ''the'' top [[British Coppers|London bobby]] who pretty much single-handedly keeps crime down. He is, in the words of his former girlfriend Janine (an uncredited and [[The Faceless|heavily disguised]] [[Cate Blanchett]]), incapable of "switching off". His superiors think he is doing too good a job, [[Tall Poppy Syndrome|making the rest of the Met look bad]], so they [[Kicked Upstairs|promote him out of the way]] and make him a sergeant in the [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here|sleepy town]] of Sandford, Gloucestershire. Sandford is the winner of the Best Village In Britain award for several years running; a village renowned for having no crime... but many accidents. Being set in [[The West Country]] means all the typical stereotypes of that region are present, such as thick Somerset accents, farmer folk, tweed and wellies and some good old "Oo-ars!"

 

Compare ''[[The Other Guys]]''.

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==A-D==

* [[Acting for Two]]: Bill Bailey playing both Sgt. Turners

* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Chief Inspector Butterman and Simon Skinner}}.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of both slasher films and buddy cop/action films.

* [[Agony of the Feet]]: Alas, poor Doctor Hatcher. You can even see a toe flying away.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: {{spoiler|The NWA}}.

* [[Badass Moustache]]: Both the Andys though Paddy Considine's is truly spectacular. Timothy Dalton has a pencil thin, evil variation which is completely awesome.

* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: The ''Romeo and Juliet'' tribute. {{spoiler|The reason why the leading actors involved are killed.}}

* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: Subverted, {{spoiler|and played straight - the pub owners are evil. Everyone else who isn't Skinner there isn't... and eventually dead.}}

* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Averted, guns are constantly being shown reloaded.

* [[Buddy Cop Show]]

* [[Blatant Lies]]: When Angel's throwing the underage patrons out of the pub during his first night in Sandford:

{{quote|'''Nicholas''': You. When's your birthday?

'''Nicholas''': You're thirty-seven?

'''Underage boy''': [[Blatant Lies|Yeah...]]

* [[Bleep, Dammit!]]: when Angel is getting a tour of the new precinct, a [[Swear Jar]] is shown. Each swear is given various rates, while some letters are replaced by [[Symbol Swearing]]. ''Except'' the word with the ''highest'' rate, [[Country Matters|Cunt]].

* [[Bloody Hilarious]]: This movie doesn't shy from bloodspray in the least. {{spoiler|Tim Messenger gets his ''[[Your Head Asplode|head]]'' smashed by the tip of a church spire in one of the goriest scenes ever seen in a comedy movie, and it's so over the top, it's bizarrely humorous.}}

* [[Camera Abuse]]: When {{spoiler|Tim Messenger}} is murdered, blood splashes on the camera.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Combines with [[Ask a Stupid Question]] when Angel asks P.I. Staker what the swan looks like. {{spoiler|It's a swan.}}

* [[The Cavalry Arrives Late]]: Complete with a [[Michael Bay]]-style shot of a helicopter flying overhead.

* [[Chekhov's Armory]]: Nearly everything in the first half of the film sets up something for the second half. And in a literal sense, [[Meaningful Name|Webley's]] Barn, then the Evidence Room.

*** '''SWAN!!!!'''

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: The Sanford Police Service pull themselves together for the final battle.

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: "...Cousin Sissy can go and f-"

* [[Danger Takes a Backseat]]: {{spoiler|SWAN!}}

* [[Lawful Stupid]]: Nick gets this occasionally, most notably when he spies on the {{spoiler|NWA at the castle, listening to their explanation of how they murdered a large number of people, ''including a police officer who was on to them''}} and then pulls out his badge and tells them they are all under arrest, [[What an Idiot!|as if they would really listen to him.]]

* [[Leap and Fire]]

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Though the story generally sticks to the main characters, {{spoiler|it is worth note that there are 24 conspirators in Sandford's cult. Only two of them die. Mrs. Tiller is killed by her fellow members when she decides to move and Weaver is killed by the sea mine.}} There are around 50 characters that had speaking lines. Then there's the swan aka "Sandford's most wanted..."

* [[Lock and Load Montage]]: Nick takes very nearly the police station's ''entire'' safe full of contraband weapons. so much that when he stomps out he sounds like he's wearing [[Powered Armor]]; the rest of the officers get the rest later.

** '''"SHUT IT!"'''

* [[Pocket Protector]]: Subverted, but not in the way you might expect. {{spoiler|"It's ketchup."}}

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "Morning..."

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]/[[Bond One-Liner]]: [[James Bond]] himself frequently indulges in these.

* [[Rare Guns]]: {{spoiler|Tom Weaver}} decides to attack Angel with a blunderbuss which is an early type of shotgun that was obsolete by the mid 19th century. A modern day shotgun probably would have been [[Rule of Cool|cheaper...]]

* [[Really Seventeen Years Old]]: Nicholas throws a bunch of underage drinkers who lied about their real age out of the bar.

** Additionally, after his encounter with the deranged Father Christmas, Nicholas is still performing physical therapy to get his hand back up to full strength as the movie commences.

* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: The West Country, actually.

 

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[[Category:Prime Focus]]

[[Category:Buddy Cop Show]]

[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]

[[Category:Bromantic Comedy]]

[[Category:Cult Classic]]