The Green Hornet (2011)
by Justin Hawes
“I was born in Shanghai. You know Shanghai?”
“Yeah, I love Japan.”
The Green Hornet is not a very complex movie. It is, however, a hilarious movie with some ridiculously legit fight scenes. The Green Hornet is not a very deep movie, either. But it doesn’t try to be. If you watch it with the expectation that this movie will change your life, you’d be wrong. But if you watch this movie expecting extreme hilarity and some of the coolest fights you’ve ever seen, you won’t be disappointed. This movie accomplishes all it sets out to do, and that’s good.
It all starts when Britt Reid (played excellently by Seth Rogen) decides to become a super-hero with his father’s mechanic, Kato (played by Jay Chou). Let me get this straight right away… Kato completely owns; there is no stopping him. He’s like a freaking Terminator. Britt Reid, on the other hand, is a complete wimp. Some of the only times he actually gets to actually punch anyone is if they’re being distracted by Kato in some way. It’s kind of sad, but his suit is awesome and he’s got a gas gun, so it’s all good.
I loved the dialog. It was an almost perfect mix of comedic timing and Britt Reid’s utter stupidity. The scene where he shoots Kato with the gas gun? Priceless comedy gold. But even though this movie is completely hilarious, and it’s never all that transparent, they swear way too much, and there are a lot of sexual references, so I wouldn’t let a kid watch this. This is not a family movie; you have been warned.
The cinematography for the fight scenes was brilliant, and so was the choreography. Supreme martial arts, dude. Kato has some serious skills. He has this thing where when his heart rate reaches a certain level, his reflexes go super fast and everything slows down, it’s awesome.
Basically, see this movie if you can, just don’t expect Inception or The Dark Knight. It’s not that kind of movie. It’s a watch people get owned by Kato movie.
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