'Perfect Stranger' perfect bomb, 'Hot Fuzz' The Bomb!

Go ahead! Go see bombshell Halle Berry bomb to get a glimpse of her body parts and beautiful face, or do something a lot less jittery like blow your mortgage or rent money at the casino because you’re “feeling lucky.”

The nonexistent storyline in “Perfect Stranger” leaves the audience feeling sorrier for the child molester than the victim. It might appeal to those who frequent chat rooms where they have intimate relations with strangers online (hence the title). Possibly, Berry and co-star Bruce Willis overestimated their star power and underestimated the gullibility of audiences to pay money to watch two actors they like in this dry hole of a movie.

“Hot Fuzz,” however, will have you jumping out of bed the next morning like a jack-in-the-box, chipper and ready for action. It’s The Bomb!

An English film, “Fuzz” is a brilliant dark comedy about a senior neighborhood watch group (armed with walkie-talkies, remote security cameras and heavy artillery) who keep their small village of Sandford free of “crusty jugglers, gypsy scum and live statues” any way they can for the “general good.” They find themselves fighting against the new “twat in the hat,” top-of-his-class police sergeant Nicholas Angel (writer/actor Simon Pegg), who is so dedicated to his job that he denies himself a girlfriend.

“Fuzz” is easy on the eyes, surprises and startles you, but keeps the action moving with comedy and gruesome fake horror (the Heinz ketchup variety) that, of course, seems funny given the complicated circumstances.

Nothing is introduced in “Fuzz” unless it has some relevance to the entire plot. Danny (Nick Frost), the police captain’s son, lives his career through American cop movies. Though Nicholas arrests Danny for being drunk the first night he’s in Sandford, they become partners and sit in the patrol car eating ice cream cones and reliving the movies. Mayhem breaks out shortly afterward and all those films come in handy while solving “accidental deaths” in Sandford.

There are some 20 characters, all crucial to the overall storyline, like a puzzle with human pieces. Most of those actors are over 65 and extremely active in the movie, which will tickle seniors’ fancies. Young people love this movie because its writers, Pegg and Edgar Wright, also created the zombie film “Shaun of the Dead.” It’s a great comedy if that’s your gig, but even more it remains a whodunit ’til the bitter end.