Top London cop Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is without a doubt London’s finest officer. His record surpasses any other and he continues to undergo training to polish his skills. Making his peers look bad, they have him unwillingly promoted and transferred to stand ford, a country or so we think.

 

As it is advertised Stanford is seen as a quiet and peaceful, which doesn’t satisfy our London cop. During the first night in the village he’s already at work kicking out underage drinkers out of a pub, then arresting them for disorderly conduct in the streets. One of the arrestees is found to be his new partner. Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) a very goofy absent minded character whose father Frank (Jim Broadbent) is the village’s chief of police. Nick meets his new peers who don’t fully have any interests at their work. The only people to actually care about the law are the alliance, a long term residents who deeply care about the reputation of the village.

 

Due to the lack of action within the village Nick’s most exciting moment have been chasing a swan, confiscating an arsenal of a rusty sea mine and chasing a shop lifter. Afterwards he pulls over a local solicitor and his much younger partner, driving to their “homage” to Shakespeare a bad one at that whom they have decided to invite the cops.

 

Things do start to pick up when we find the said residents brutally murdered, finding their bodies and decapitated heads on the road, Nick and Danny discover their wrecked car, Nicholas suspects that the car was made to look like it was wrecked as a cover and that it wasn’t an accident due to the lack of skid marks on the road, due to their lack of suspicion the other police officers are content with the explanation of the accident.

 

The next day more “accidents do happen as local business George Merchant is found to be dead and the accident was covered with an application of bacon and beans. But Nicholas knows that George Merchant wasn't killed in an accidental explosion - he once again believes this is murder. The next day at the station he and Danny are putting together the pieces of the accident but so far no one believes Nicholas' theory that George was murdered.

 

The following Saturday it's time for the town fair. Nicholas is unfortunately strapped with working security. Danny wants to see Nick's sharp shooting skills during a game - he does so and wins a cuddly monkey. While a local lottery is being held for some rather nice prizes, Nicholas is greeted by the reporter Tim Messenger. He sees Leslie Tiller telling him something. Messenger tells Nicholas to meet him behind the church at 3:00. While drawing the next name for the lottery - which happens to be Tim Messenger, the church clock strikes 3:00. Nicholas stops what he's doing and quickly runs behind the church - but once again it's too late. It appears that a large part of the church roof has fallen on Messenger and decapitated him. Frank quickly rules it an accident but once again Nicholas suspects otherwise.

 

Nicholas and Danny are left guarding the crime scene while the rest of the department has gone home for the night. The next day Nicholas is furious at the rest of his department - who are still believing that the deaths are accidents. But Frank reassures him otherwise, and while Nicholas is busy putting the pieces together of these horrific crimes, the rest of the department informs him that it's Danny's birthday.

 

Nicholas goes to the local flower shop to buy a peace lily for Danny as a birthday present. He is surprised to see the shop's proprietor, renowned for her horticultural skills, leaving town. She tells him that the land she owns was to be bought by the businessman with the assistance of the Thespians. Then, when they were both killed, the reporter informed her that her land was much more valuable than what the businessman offered her, so she has sold her shop to a land developer from the city. She also reveals her connections to Skinner. When Nick briefly goes outside to his car, the dark cloaked figure stabs the woman to death with her garden shears. Nick gives chase but cannot catch up to the villain, who was wounded in the escape. Convinced that Skinner's connection to the property deal and attitude toward those murdered is sufficient evidence against Skinner, Nick takes the police force to confront him. But Skinner has no wound and his store's surveillance tapes establish that he was on the premises all day.

 

Nick is prepared to give up when it occurs to him that instead of a single murderer, several dark-cloaked murderers might be working together. This theory is confirmed when he is attacked in his hotel room by one of Skinner's employees, who is wearing a dark cloak. Nick defeats him and then impersonates him when Skinner radios to see if Nick has been killed. Nick traces Skinner to a castle outside of the village. There he finds the Neighbourhood Watch Alliance, clad in the dark cloaks, chanting ritualistically. The NWA reveals that they have all been behind the murders, with their motive simply being reputation and civic pride, and had nothing to do with property deal between those who were murdered. Anything that could strip Stanford of its status as the nation's best village is violently opposed: The solicitor and his girlfriend were murdered because their terrible acting brought ill repute to Stanford’s theatre company, the businessman was murdered for owning a tacky home, the journalist for poor spelling, and the horticulturalist for even thinking about moving away. Nick tries to arrest them but Frank and Danny appear in support of the NWA. They chase Nick through the grounds of the castle, where he finds the remains of other people the NWA has killed. The NWA surrounds Nick, and Danny steps forward and stabs him. Danny takes Nick's body away in the boot of his car.

 

At a safe distance, he lets the quite-alive Nick go -- they had faked Nick's death using ketchup packets for blood and Nick's notebook to avoid actual skin penetration. Danny refuses to believe his father and the NWA are responsible for murder and persuades Nick to take his car and return to London. In London, Nick sees a collection of action film videos and, inspired, returns to Stanford to put an end to the NWA. He takes the arsenal from the police evidence room and confronts many of the NWA members in the town square. Arriving there well-armed as the other on his white horse, he vanquishes them only through the assistance of Danny, they successfully take most down. 

 

In the local pub (whose owners are also NWA members), Frank and the other constables, in full riot gear, surround Nick and Danny. But Nick is able to persuade the constables that he is in the right. Frustrated, Frank runs away. Nick and the other officers go to the supermarket to apprehend Skinner, but when his employees put up a spirited fight, Skinner is able to escape with Frank. Danny and Nick give pursuit in their police car, and in the process find the runaway swan. Skinner and Frank are forced to abandon their car, and Nick and Danny give chase on foot. Nick and Skinner fight in a scale replica of the village, and Nick wins when Skinner falls and impales his chin on model of the village church, though this doesn't kill him. Frank tries to flee in Nick and Danny's car, but crashes into a tree when the swan attacks him.Nick's former London superiors arrive in Stanford to congratulate him and ask him to return, as London has become crime ridden in his absence. Nick refuses because he has made such good friends and finally learned to enjoy life in Stanford and in general. However, at the station, the last remaining member of the NWA tries to kill him. Danny takes the full brunt of the gun blast, and in the ensuing chase, the sea mine is detonated, destroying the station house.

 

Danny is told to be dead but as Nicholas is seen as the grave of Butterman we found out thats its Frank when Danny comes in.Danny is promoted to Sargent and Nick becomes the Inspector. Danny and Nick continue to patrol the streets of Stanford together with Marcus and Mike from Bad Boys as their role models.

 

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