SUMMARY :
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the 28-year-old slacker son of widower James Reid (Tom Wilkinson), publisher of the Los Angeles newspaper The Daily Sentinel. Britt is an irresponsible playboy, but his attitude changes when James is found dead from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. After the funeral, Britt fires the staff aside from his maid and Kato (Jay Chou), James' mechanic and a skilled martial artist.
Britt and Kato get drunk together and, upon agreeing that they both hated James, visit the graveyard to cut the head off James' memorial statue as payback. After they succeed, they see a couple being mugged, and rescue them. Britt and Kato are themselves mistaken by police for criminals and chased through the streets, but Kato evades them and he and Britt return to the mansion.
Britt convinces Kato they should become crime-fighters who pose as criminals in order to infiltrate real criminals, and also to prevent enemies from using innocents against them. Kato agrees, and develops a car outfitted with several gadgets and weapons, which they call the Black Beauty. Britt plans to capture Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz), a Russian mobster who is uniting the criminal families of Los Angeles under his command, and whom his father was trying to expose. To get Chudnofsky's attention, Britt uses the Daily Sentinel as a vehicle to publish articles about the "high-profile criminal" the Green Hornet.
(adapted from wikipedia)
REVIEW :
Why call it the Green Hornet when the Green Hornet does almost nothing. Might as well call it the Kato or something like that.
Did I like the movie? Well, it was enjoyable but it won't be my favourite or anything like that.
I think Britt is a rich spoiled brat who doesn't know how to do anything. I worry for him. Unlike Bruce Wayne, Britt's an idiot. Atleast, Bruce Wayne is pretending to be an idiot & a playboy. BUT Britt, he's that way.
Yea, I shouldn't be comparing Bruce Wayne to Britt.
But I'll give Britt some credit. It's thanks to his stupidity that the movie is more funny and interesting. Most of the humour comes from him. Ok, he's not all that bad. He was just useless through out 3 quaters of the movie. At the end, he finally DID something.
However, thank god Kato isn't a stupid asian. Atleast, he step up and show Britt that he's not idiot who gets to be bullied. I like that part.
This is just an enjoyable movie. Nothing special. It's not a great movie but it's not the worst either. It's just alright. Something to watch so that you can waste time and escape the world.
ONE thing lacking is that I think Kato should get a nickname eventhough he's just a "sidekick". (I mean, even Batman sidekick has a nickname which is called ROBIN.)
I rate this movie 4.5 out of 10.
