Director: Michel Gondry
Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
Genre: Action
Starring: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christopher Waltz
I really enjoy Seth Rogen films. However, as much as I enjoy his past works like "Superbad" and "Pineapple Express", there are very few compliments that I can give him for his latest film, "The Green Hornet". An adaptation of the 1930's radio program, Rogen stars as Britt Reid, an underachieving 28 year-old who inherits his father's wealthy estate as well as newspaper syndication upon the latter's untimely death.
Britt befriends his father's mechanic, Kato (Jay Chou) and the two form an alliance to fight crime in Los Angeles. However, in order to infiltrate various criminal organizations, the two pose as villains themselves. Their ultimate goal, bring down the Russian mobster Ben Chudnovsky (Christopher Waltz) before he unites all of the criminal families in L.A. under one banner.
The one glaring problem with "The Green Hornet" is that Rogen makes the screenplay accommodate his acting style instead of vice versa. There is no depth to the character and instead of building some kind of texture in the role of Britt, we instead see right through him and directly into Rogen. We know from Rogen's past roles that he can be a clumsy, sarcastic and funny guy. As Britt Reid, we see more the same and nothing new. We might as well be watching "Pineapple Express II" with less screen time from James Franco.
Jay Chou plays the typical reserved sidekick -- you know, always doing the dirty work and the true reason behind the duo's success. However, the coolest thing that Chou does in the entire movie is make an espresso with a leaf design made out of cream. For myself, that was the highlight of the entire movie. Whether or not that is a good or bad sign, well that would be for you to decide.
2 out of 5 stars.
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