Review of The Green Hornet (2011) by Tyler E — 05 Aug 2013

I have never seen the Green Hornet tv show or read a comic featuring the character. Just letting that out there right off the bat.

In the 3D action-comedy The Green Hornet, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the son of LA's most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene - until his father (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father's more industrious and inventive employees, Kato (Jay Chou), they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. To get close to the criminals, they come up with the perfect cover: they'll pose as criminals themselves. Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower. Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato's clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt's new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they begin hunting down the man who controls LA's gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all. --(Sony).

The chemistry between Rogen and Chou is what saves this movie from disaster. They both turn in good performances, and you can tell that they are having fun in their roles. The action scenes are pretty bad ass, and the humor is well done and it often made me laugh. I also really like the concept of the Green Hornet, like now I want to learn more about this character.

The movie's biggest problem is the script. The script is so "been there done that". You can successfully predict everything that is going to happen in the movie at the 30 minute mark. Also the cliches are EVERYWHERE!!!!

Overall, I think the Green Hornet is a flawed, but entertaining fun comic book movie.