The Green Hornet | Review

When his father dies suddenly, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) - a slovenly and careless sod - is left with his fathers multi-million dollar media empire. Rogen plays the role of irresponsible, lazy drunk well, though this is no surprise since he has played the same role in most of his other movies.

Soon after his father's death, Britt forms an unlikely alliance with one of his father's favourite employees, Kato (Jay Chou). The pair forms a plan to get close to the city's most dreaded criminals by posing as villains themselves. Britt is the "face" of the duo, calling himself "Green Hornet" and Kato is the man behind the awesome weapons, devices, and impressive martial arts moves.
Kato's ingenuity reminds me vaguely of Alfred, Batman's right-hand man, though not nearly as lovable.

The plot follows the two masked villains as they encounter blunder after blunder.

Bottom line: I would not pay to see this in the theatre let alone in 3D.

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I give this movie a 5.5/10 and here's why:
Plot: This was typical; I have very little to report here.
Characters: I formed no attachments to any of the characters and, more often than not, hoped Rogen's character would fail. The acting left much to be desired. There were a lot of bad attempts at one-liners.
Visuals: Although totally unrealistic and ridiculous, I did enjoy Kato's moves and the ridiculous stunts the duo was able to survive.
Genre rating for action comedy: The action portion of this movie was decent, until the last half-hour or so. I found the movie dragged on at the end. The comedy, however, was brutal. Attempted hilarity only sometimes elicited a groan from me, but other times only a straight poker face.

 Trailer courtesy of IMDB.