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The film opens with a man entering a building and aggressively walking up to the desk, just before he reaches it he takes his hat off and, with a sneer on his face, brings out his ID witch, the picture also sneering, tells us he is P.C Nicholas Angel as the narrator (himself) tells us that as well. He then starts to narrate he life up to that point, telling us of his education, how he joined the police force, his training and how he excelled at the aggressive side of the police force (urban "pacification" and riot control) as well as at theoretical coursework and exams. He then states that he graduated top off his class and received an award (the Baton of Honour) and then entered the Metropolitan Police Service. The shot cuts to him running up some satires in full police uniform and then cuts again to him talking to elderly members of the community and elderly ethnic minorities whilst P.C Angel says that he established an "effectiveness and popularity within the community" and immediately cuts to a shot of him in front of a presentation with a picture of what we assume is a drug dealer in the centre and the elderly couples around the edge with the words "BE A CREDIT TO YOUR COMMUNITY" in block capitals (as shown). It is then shown he was lecturing offenders. He goes on to list how he improved his skill base, e.g advanced driving and cycling, during both he had the same snarl on his face, and then cuts to him practising Fencing, Judo and Chess in the same hall and he states he holds the record for the 100m dash. The shot cuts to Angel in full body Armour carry an assault rifle as he narrates his time with the SO19 armed response unit. Then the shot cuts to him walking down a corridor as he states he has received 9 special commendations, cutting to a fast moving shot of aforementioned commendations, and how he has the highest arrest record for any officer in the Met, cuts to shots of handcuffs being placed on wrists, and then he states his injuries, and how the last one was caused by a man, dressed a Father Christmas, and the scene cuts to Peter Jackson dressed a Father Christmas stabbing Angle just after he knocks on a door.
While this tells us nothing of the films plot it dose set up one of the main characters, Angel, as a "super cop" with a perfect service record. This sets the film up as a parody of the American cop film subgenre, as shown by Angel haveing the same epression when he was driving the car and riding the bike, as well as the extream aggression shown when playing chess and last of all his injury from a man dresses as Father Christmas.
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