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'Resident Evil Village' Is Just Spooky 'Hot Fuzz', Hear Me Out

Mark Foster

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'Resident Evil Village' Is Just Spooky 'Hot Fuzz', Hear Me Out

Featured Image Credit: Capcom, Universal Pictures

So there I was. Sat minding my own business and idly daydreaming about Resident Evil Village when the image of the unlucky old man (lovingly nicknamed Shotgun Grandpa) who gives Ethan a pistol towards the start of the game crossed my mind.

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It just so happened that an advert for Hot Fuzz was playing on the TV at the same time, and I remembered the "aye, 'spose" farmer who needs to have his speech translated for Sergeant Nicholas Angel thanks to his indecipherable dialect. Hey, I thought, they're kinda similar. Little did I know that I'd only scratched the surface of a number of bizarre similarities between Capcom's new horror title, and Edgar Wright's legendary action comedy. Strap in, because it's about to get fuzzy in here.

Before we get started, why don't you get yourself all caught up with our Resident Evil Village review:

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It should go without saying that I'll be spoiling some parts of both the game and the movie here, so if you've not played or seen either, why are you here? Go live a fruitful life. Avail yourself of some frivolity, you deserve it. But do come back please, we need you. Now then. Let's get the more obvious similarities out of the way before we dig into the interesting/more tangential stuff. I want to take a second here to address the elephant in the room. Hot Fuzz is very... loose with its definition of Sandford being a village. It is referred to as both a town and a village so, for argument's sake we're going to call it a village. Savvy? Savvy. By the end of the article this will be the least of your worries anyway.

So, the two take place in a village. I know, I know, please hold your applause until the end. But both villages have their strings pulled by a shadowy cult of individuals with aspirations beyond the understanding of the normal townsfolk. I will grant you that in Village, the cult leader and her cronies are attempting to resurrect a baby using a life-altering mold, and in Hot Fuzz the cult want to keep their village nice and clean; but both are striving for what they consider to be the greater good. The Greater Good.

Okay so, next up we have Nicholas Angel and Ethan Winters. Blonde bombshells? Check. Arrive in their villages totally against their will? Check. Both get stabbed in the hand? Big check. I admit, that's probably where the likeness ends, but there is a Nicholas Angel easter egg hidden in Resident Evil Village - which is either a huge coincidence, or proof that Capcom love the movie and wanted to give it a little nod.

Next up we have the end scene of each piece of entertainment. In Hot Fuzz, Nicholas Angel and Danny Butterman place flowers on Irene Butterman's grave. Irene is Danny's mum. At the end of Resident Evil Village, Rose Winters places flowers on the grave of Ethan Winters. Ethan is Rose's father.

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Resident Evil Village / Credit: Capcom
Resident Evil Village / Credit: Capcom

Also, did you notice how Timothy Dalton's character in Hot Fuzz, Simon Skinner, looks more than a little like Karl Heisenberg - and they both share similarly eccentric mannerisms? Then there's Heisenberg's hulking, bald series of abominable mecha-warriors. While he's no mecha-warrior, Skinner's hulking, bald lacky Michael is essentially Sandford's answer to the Soldats and a formidable unit down the local Somerfield. Danny tells Nicholas he's not made of eyes, and Moreau in his mutated form is literally made of eyes.

Okay, I'll admit I'm running dry on inspirations now, but you can hopefully agree that there's one or two things that both Resi Village and Hot Fuzz have in common. I would like to thank you for indulging me in what is essentially a 600-word shitpost. I'm off to comb Resident Evil 2 for similarities to Shaun Of The Dead now. Honestly I'm not sure the two will be even remotely similar, but I'll report back with any findings.

Topics: Features, Resident Evil Village

Mark Foster
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