History Headscratchers / HotFuzz

* Why is Lurch, who is mentally handicapped, doesn't know the difference between right and wrong and is clearly afforded leniency under the law, tossed in jail with the people who knowingly and willfully murdered tons of people?

[[folder: The Mayor?]]

** Angel's back, he's tooled up, he knows every detail of their evil scheme, knows where to find the evidence, he's an officer of the law with full authority to arrest them for murder and he's clearly not interested in talking. At that point, the priority rapidly switches from "win Village of the Year" to "Make Nicholas Angel dead ''now'' and worry about the rest later."

** Also, let's be brutally honest here. This is a small village am-dram society, not RADA. The quality of acting talent available to choose from is unlikely to especially high. Yes, Eve Draper and Martin Blower were rubbish actors, but the people "waiting in the wings" were basically an extra and someone who had played a corpse on TV. They might have been an improvement (they probably couldn't have been worse), but it was probably little better than a marginal one overall.

** They are all thick as bricks and seem quite content to just lounge about the office all day, allowing the NWA to basically run the town, if you were a murderous cult, who would you rather have "policing" the town? a bunch of incompetent idiots or a squad of people like Angel?

** It's just as likely that [[spoiler:the parents were in on it the whole time, and willingly murdered their kids for "The Greater Good."]]
** It's equally (or even more) likely that [[spoiler:some people in Sandford knew, if not of the whole conspiracy, that something horribly wrong was behind the seemingly idyllic façade, but were too terrified of ending up victims of more "accidents"]]. Proof would be that [[spoiler:NWA members kept hidden firearms ready to use, as we see when the FinalBattle breaks out, to strengthen their silent reign of terror. And, did you notice that on that day, when the judges for the [[TownContestEpisode "Best Village" contest]] were to come, barely anybody beside the NWA was out on the streets?]]

** [[spoiler:While the rest of the town might not be aware that the NWA is killing everybody, I could still see the NWA "nudging" them all to stay indoors and keep the peace while the judges are there, hence why it's only NWA members outside.]]
** [[spoiler:Chances are, almost everyone not in or with the NWA had already been killed.]]
** Jossed. There are only [[spoiler:24 conspirators]]. Many, many people are seen wandering around or at social gatherings in the town. More mentions are made to townsfolk who weren't even seen. More likely, the town had at least a few hundred people in and around the farms. The police force did have like a dozen people and the town had a super market so it's not like it was THAT small. Just look at how many people are at the carnival. Also, did anyone else notice that Tony Fisher had a son? It's not like the characters we saw ([[spoiler:conspirators included]]) didn't have families that we didn't see ([[spoiler:didn't know about the plot]]). After all, the shoplifter was Danny's cousin. Not to mention we didn't see Danny's aunt, the aunt's brother, or the aunt's brother's sister who was the shoplifter's mother.

* Don't you think that Angel is a bit too much attached to the police law? [[spoiler:During the climax he never shoot to kill. Considering all the monstrous mass murders the NWA committed and their demented reasons don't you think Angel should have gone in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge?]]

** It's equally (or even more) likely that [[spoiler:some people in Sandford knew, if not of the whole conspiracy, that something horribly wrong was behind the seemingly idyllic façade, but were too terrified of ending up victims of more "accidents"]]. Proof would be that [[spoiler:NWA members kept hidden firearms ready to use, as we see when the FinalBattle breaks out, to strengthen their silent reign of terror. And, did you notice that on that day, when the judges for the "Best Village" contest were to come, barely anybody beside the NWA was out on the streets?]]

* Just who is the Mayor of the village and why are they never shown? There's obviously some form of legitimate administration since Eve used to be a member of the council. If the NWA holds sway over the council and the mayor, then wouldn't Eve be suspicious of her murder? Or at least be afaraid that she could be next? If the NWA ''doesn't'' have any power over the council, then how can they run things?