Nick uses this swear word as the doctor is shot in the foot, much as action heroes are accustomed to do in the films which Hot Fuzz sends up - again, the context is comic. The film exploits the presentation of bad language in one scene, where hero cop Nick Angel snarls, ‘You mothers.!’ at a group of (literal) mums who come down the lane with their children, making a joke about a familiar swear word, without using the word itself. Because of the context, and the fact that the film is comic throughout, examiners felt that there was no need to raise the classification to 18 on account of the language. Nick's response of, ‘What a c**t!’ is an expression of his disapproval of trading in drugs, rather than aggressive swearing directed straight at the offending drug dealer. The second use occurs where police officer Nick listens to his sergeant describing a man's selling drugs to students. Given that the word is not actually spoken at this point, and that the context makes it clear that the word is offensive, examiners felt that the 15 would suffice. The word is seen briefly as part of this list. In this film, the first use occurs in a scene at the police station where we see a swear box, accompanied by a list of all the swear words that warrant a fine to be placed in the box. Where the word is used aggressively and repeatedly in dialogue, an 18 will always result. The BBFC accepts that this word can be highly offensive to members of the public, so careful consideration was given to the context in which this language appeared. More unusual at 15 are two uses of very strong language, ‘c**t’, which normally indicates an 18 rated film. There are some 15 uses of variants of ‘f**k'. The repeated use of strong language immediately leads to a 15 classification. The examiners viewing the film noted the main issues as : The film was submitted for classification and released in 2007. As a follow-up to the popular comic zombie film Shaun Of The Dead, writing team Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright came up with another spoof, Hot Fuzz.
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