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Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is a slacker by day, party animal by night... until he finds a serious career that's seriously cool: crime-fighting action hero. As the Green Hornet, he teams up with gadget wiz and martial arts master Kato (Jay Chou) to take down LA's underworld. Even Britt's assistant Lenore (Cameron Diaz), doesn't suspect this mismatched pair is the masked duo busting the city's toughest thugs led by Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz)
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The Green Hornet review by BB-Q
Fairly predictable but great fun.
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I found this film very enjoyable, being of a genre that reminds me of my childhood pretending to be comic superheroes (But in reality only rescuing the cat).
The plot line is classic and fairly predictable but the film is still good fun nonetheless. The effects are good and the humour pretty dry in places.
recommended for an easy to watch, enjoyable superhero romp.
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The Green Hornet review by Melissa Orcine, Cinema Paradiso
The Green Hornet Review
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Director Michel Gondry (‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘The Science of Sleep’) is known for lo-fi films with an artsy-fartsy heart, so when he was tapped as the director for another film version of ‘The Green Hornet’, it already had mixed reviews. Add to that the casting of Seth Rogen as Britt Reid aka The Green Hornet it seemed the production of this film was set to amuse – and not in a good way.
Hollywood is such a fan of film reboots that it was no surprise that they would do this famous title yet again. Thanks to Bruce Lee as Kato in the short-lived TV series, The Green Hornet has survived becoming a mainstay of pop culture, and this generation gets Chinese actor/popstar Jay Chou as his substitute (a fine choice, anyway.) The appeal of ‘The Green Hornet’ really relies on Kato. From what I saw on re-runs of the TV show, all I ever wanted to see was Bruce Lee. It’s nice for me that the sidekick is the brawn and the brains of the hero-sidekick relationship, but I suppose, that is the point of ‘The Green Hornet’. And the point is driven home well when you have Seth Rogen as Britt Reid/The Green Hornet. ‘The Green Hornet’ is hilarious when you give it a chance and yes, Rogen as the lead/superhero is an acquired taste. The challenge really is on its director Gondry, who has not tackled ‘action’ in terms of car chases, blowing up cars, firing guns, and the chaos that an action film entails. At first I wasn’t sure it was even Gondry directing – he could actually do an action film, but I knew he was going to showcase his style soon enough. And it did show itself and it made me happy.
Still, ‘The Green Hornet’ fails to impress; maybe on the second and third viewings you will understand what it wants to be. Honourable mentions go to the pimpin’ of the ride The Black Beauty and Christoph Waltz as the villain being super-effective. Best part, really? Kato. Bruce Lee would be proud.
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Rated: 3.0 stars out of 5 from 204 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
| Release Date: | 02/05/2011 |
| Production Year: | 2011 |
| Run Time: | 119 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
Special Features:
- "Awesoom" – gag reel
- Filmmakers' commentary
- The black beauty: Rebirth of cool
- Writing The green hornet
- Deleted scenes
- The green hornet cutting room
- Trust me: director Michael Gondry
- Finding Kato
- The stunt family Armstrong
- The art of destruction
