David Wilder - Hot Fuzz

I recently went to see this movie and I personally found it very entertaining. Although the majority of the film lacks religious themes, one theme stood out to me. The main character, a sergeant in the police force, is an atheist. However, he is sent to a little country town where the people seem to be deeply religious and centered around good living and church. The people there want a perfect community. They seem to live religiously while he lives a life of atheism. Nevertheless, things aren't as they seem. The Policeman discovers the town's secret. In their zeal to maintain a perfect community, they have resorted to killing off anyone who lowers the standard, hoping to be England's best village every year. Near the end of the movie, he confronts all of them, one of them being the preacher. What an ironic situation. The preacher believes the main character to be wrong; what they are doing is for the greater good. However, the policeman replies that even though he's an atheist, at least he knows right from wrong. I thought it was a very interesting movie that portrayed these two sides with an interesting twist. I highly suggest the movie.