Category: Action

Year: 2011

Rating: -/10 ()

Director: Michel Gondry

Country: USA

Language: English

Release Date: 14 January 2011 (USA) See more »

Writers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and 1 more credit »

Movie Storyline
Playboy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles' "The Daily Sentinel" after the sudden death of his father. Britt's party life is about to change when he and his driver and kung fu expert, Kato (Jay Chou), stop a robbery. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of fighting crime as the masked superhero "The Green Hornet".

Cast:
Seth Rogen - Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Jay Chou - Kato
Cameron Diaz - Lenore Case
Tom Wilkinson - James Reid
Christoph Waltz - Chudnofsky
David Harbour - Scanlon
Edward James Olmos - Axford
Jamie Harris - Popeye
Chad Coleman - Chili
Edward Furlong - Tupper
Jill Remez - Daily Sentinel Reporter
Joe O'Connor - Daily Sentinel Reporter
Morgan Rusler - Daily Sentinel Reporter
Joshua Erenberg - Young Britt (as Joshua Chandler Erenberg)
Analeigh Tipton - Ana Lee
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Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Color: Color

Filming Locations: 851 New Depot St, Los Angeles, California, USA

Official Site(s): Official site | Official site [Japan] |

Trivia:
When the rights to the Green Hornet property were purchased by Mirimax, Kevin Smith was attached to write and direct this film. However, Smith pulled out of directing due to an insecurity of directing something with such a larger budget than he was used to. He stayed on as writer and wrote two drafts, but with no further progress with the script, the rights were let go and purchased by Columbia Pictures. Then, coincidentally, his Zack and Miri Make a Porno star, Seth Rogen, became attached to star and write the screenplay. Smith's screenplay, however, would resurface later in the form of a comic book miniseries.

Quotes:
Britt Reid: [from trailer] Think about this, Kato. We've been completely wasting our potential. This city needs our help. We could be heroes! We will *pose* as villains to get close to the bad guys. That way, no one will suspect we're really the good guys. Will you come with me on this adventure?
Kato: OK.
Britt Reid: Yes!

User Review:

Surprisingly Good , rated: 7/10
Ever since I heard about "The Green Hornet", I expected a bad movie. It didn't seem like it would work...boy was I wrong. I saw a screening of this recently, and walked in with zero expectations, and walked out having laughed throughout the movie and REALLY enjoyed the action and chemistry between Rogen and Jay Chou. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg did a fantastic job crafting this script, which could have been truly horrible, into a fun ride.

The true star of the movie is Jay Chou, aka Kato. His accent was sometimes hard to interpret, but he was surprisingly funny, and Kato-vision (time slows when his heart starts pumping during fights) turned out pretty cool in 3-D.

Thank goodness Nic Cage walked away from this, and Christoph Waltz came in as the bad guy, because Christoph inhabited the role better than Nic could have. I enjoy Nic Cage, but he wouldn't of worked in this movie, and with that character. Nic Cage would have been too over the top, where as Christoph went a subtle route.

The movie isn't perfect, I didn't feel Cameron Diaz added anything to the movie expect being "the hot girl" to create a rift between guys, but if you're looking for a pure escapist fun ride, then look no further than "The Green Hornet."