Before seeing Green Hornet I will advise one thing: Switch your brain off for a few hours. If you turn your brain off and sit back and relax then the Green Hornet will be a blast to watch.
Based on a character which was originally a radio series or as most remember, a TV show starring the Late Bruce Lee as Kato, the Green Hornet film is the story of Britt Reid, a socialite who has a rich dad and because of this lives his life as a non stop party . When his dad dies suddenly due to an allergic reaction from a bee sting, Britt Reid is left in charge of his dad’s newspaper.
After some events and with a help from Kato, a martial arts expert who is also very good with technology and worked for his dad before his death, Britt proceeds to fight crime while posing as a villain known as the Green Hornet to the media so he can take crime down from the inside.
Seth Rogen stars as Britt Reid the socialite turned superhero vigilante and Rogen does what he does best and provides the laughs which is no surprise as he also co wrote the script. Rogen lost thirty pounds to play the Green Hornet to make it more believable and the slimmer Rogen portrays Britt Reid as somebody who after a few mishaps has taken his life for granted but when given the opportunity he sees the chance to make up for that and start helping the world albeit under the guise of a masked vigilante
Seth Rogen’s character develops and gets most of his laughs through interaction with Kato played by Jay Chou. Chou puts in a good performance in a role that was always going to be difficult as many link Kato with the great Bruce Lee so Chou was up against it from the start. Kato is the side of the partnership that provides most of the action and his characters is the brains and most of the muscle in the partnership. This is interesting to watch as Reid gets all the glory as the Green Hornet while Kato does all the work.
Cameron Diaz pops up as Lenore, the love interest the pair fall for however, her character although entertaining to an extent is underused and the same can be said for the Oscar winning Christopher Waltz as the films villain Chudnovsky.
Although entertaining Chudnovsky only seems to be there for most of it just to provide a villain for film and the character although entertaining, is under used and is not developed as much as he could have been although he shares two entertaining scenes with Edward Furlong as a meth dealer and James Franco as a rival dealer at the start although Franco is not credited for this role.
The action scenes in the film are crazy. Some of the scenes look as if they have been written as a joke to see if it was possible but they are very entertaining and the “Kato cam” when Kato is attacking is interesting and reminded me of the recent Sherlock Holmes with the way every action is planned and he is looking for every danger instead of just attacking like Rogen’s character.
The Green Hornet may not be everybody’s cup of tea and if you over think the film then you will be left let down however, if you ignore this. Relax and don’t think about it then the Green Hornet is a blast and is the type of movie that is usually released in the Summer. If you are looking for a couple of hours watching a fun movie in the cinema then the Green Hornet is well worth a look.
8/10
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