A classic character of film, television, radio, and comic books returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures’ feature film The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen as the vigilante crime-fighter.
Directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) from a screenplay written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express),it is based upon The Green Hornet radio series created by George W. Trendle, and produced by Neal H. Moritz (The Fast and the Furious).
In this 3D action comedy, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), is the hard-partying son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate James Reid ( Tom Wilkinson) who single-handedly built a media empire, but unfortunately his industrious genes weren't passed down to his son.
Heir to the largest newspaper (The Daily Sentinel) fortune in Los Angeles, Reid is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to lead an aimless life.
When his father mysteriously dies, Britt is left with the vast media empire. He strikes up a friendship with his father’s former mechanic and coffee maker Kato (Chou). Britt sees a chance to do something meaningful in his life: fight crime. In order to get close to the criminals, the pair set about cleaning up the streets of LA with a plan to ‘pose as villains but act like heroes’.
Using Kato’s technical expertise and amazing fighting skills and Reid’s money to fund their actions, Britt becomes the vigilante Green Hornet, protecting the law by breaking it, as he and Kato (his unnamed sidekick) hit the streets.
Driven by the murder of a close friend and the realization that his media empire is infested with ruthless heroin smugglers, Britt Reid, and his human weapon Kato jump into action on a heart-pounding quest to rid the city of this mob once and for all.
With the help of Britts resourceful secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), who unknown to her is the brain of the operation, they begin to gather intelligence on the notorious underworld.
They begin hunting down the man who controls LA’s gritty underworld, Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz) a criminal who holds the entire city in the palm of his hand, and represents everything that Britt's father fought against.
So far as police are concerned, the Hornet is himself a criminal. This misunderstanding enables Reid to operate "outside the law" to battle criminals and racketeers with his faithful valet Kato, the only living person who knows the true identity of the Hornet.
The Hornet spends his off hours thwarting criminals with his Black Beauty, an indestructible, crime fighting car with every weapon and gadget imaginable. As the public's fascination with the mysterious crime fighters hits an all-time high Chudnofsky has plans of his own, to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.
While he may not be familiar to movie audiences yet, Jay Chou who plays Britt Reid’s sidekick Kato is already very popular in the Far East as a very well known singer, actor, director and producer. To help audiences get better acquainted him, Columbia Pictures has released a short interview with Chou in which he discusses working with writer, producer and title star
Seth Rogen in The Green Hornet and how it feels to be stepping into the shoes of the man who made Kato famous, Bruce Lee.
This is not the funniest or best action movie you will see but it is still very entertaining and doesn’t fail to deliver. The makers of The Green Hornet have jumped on the 3D band wagon with this one but apart from Kato’s vision sequences and the odd fight scene it is more of a distraction than anything else.
In this 3D action comedy, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), is the hard-partying son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate James Reid ( Tom Wilkinson) who single-handedly built a media empire, but unfortunately his industrious genes weren't passed down to his son.
Heir to the largest newspaper (The Daily Sentinel) fortune in Los Angeles, Reid is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to lead an aimless life.
When his father mysteriously dies, Britt is left with the vast media empire. He strikes up a friendship with his father’s former mechanic and coffee maker Kato (Chou). Britt sees a chance to do something meaningful in his life: fight crime. In order to get close to the criminals, the pair set about cleaning up the streets of LA with a plan to ‘pose as villains but act like heroes’.
Using Kato’s technical expertise and amazing fighting skills and Reid’s money to fund their actions, Britt becomes the vigilante Green Hornet, protecting the law by breaking it, as he and Kato (his unnamed sidekick) hit the streets.
Driven by the murder of a close friend and the realization that his media empire is infested with ruthless heroin smugglers, Britt Reid, and his human weapon Kato jump into action on a heart-pounding quest to rid the city of this mob once and for all.
With the help of Britts resourceful secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), who unknown to her is the brain of the operation, they begin to gather intelligence on the notorious underworld.
They begin hunting down the man who controls LA’s gritty underworld, Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz) a criminal who holds the entire city in the palm of his hand, and represents everything that Britt's father fought against.
So far as police are concerned, the Hornet is himself a criminal. This misunderstanding enables Reid to operate "outside the law" to battle criminals and racketeers with his faithful valet Kato, the only living person who knows the true identity of the Hornet.
The Hornet spends his off hours thwarting criminals with his Black Beauty, an indestructible, crime fighting car with every weapon and gadget imaginable. As the public's fascination with the mysterious crime fighters hits an all-time high Chudnofsky has plans of his own, to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.
While he may not be familiar to movie audiences yet, Jay Chou who plays Britt Reid’s sidekick Kato is already very popular in the Far East as a very well known singer, actor, director and producer. To help audiences get better acquainted him, Columbia Pictures has released a short interview with Chou in which he discusses working with writer, producer and title star
Seth Rogen in The Green Hornet and how it feels to be stepping into the shoes of the man who made Kato famous, Bruce Lee.
This is not the funniest or best action movie you will see but it is still very entertaining and doesn’t fail to deliver. The makers of The Green Hornet have jumped on the 3D band wagon with this one but apart from Kato’s vision sequences and the odd fight scene it is more of a distraction than anything else.
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