The buzz around The Green Hornet comes from the collision of weird talents involved: Seth Rogen plays the crime-fighting hero and writes the movie with his Superbad bud Evan Goldberg; pop star Jay Chou plays Kato; and the whimsy-headed Michel Gondry directs. Toss in Inglourious Basterds Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as a super-villain highly self-conscious about his brand, and you've got a blockbuster that definitely isn't going for the normal. And for a while, the movie's Apatovian comedy and bromantic tendencies supply some definite fun; plus, Waltz and his double-barreled... revolver (along with an uncredited cameo by James Franco) launch the picture with a giddy opening action sequence. At some point, though, you want all this stuff to mesh, and The Green Hornet keeps zipping about in three directions at once, never quite maintaining its early comic zip, but not grounding itself in an engaging enough crime-fighting plot, either. And there's little to do for nominal female lead Cameron Diaz; although both millionaire playboy Britt Reid and Kato make half-hearted passes at her, it's clear their main interest is each other. You just knew a franchise that began as a radio serial in the 1930s (and took a brief but memorable detour into TV in the '60s) would end up being part of that unavoidable 21st-century genre, the male-bonding comedy. Of course, it's really a triangle. Their boss car, Black Beauty, also gets a lot of love. --Robert Horton [show more]
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is a slacker by day party animal by night until he finds a serious career that&39;s seriously cool crime-fighting action hero As the Green Hornet he teams up with gadget wiz and martial arts master Kato (Jay Chou) to take down LA&39;s underworld Even Britt&39;s assistant Lenore (Cameron Diaz) doesn&39;t suspect this mismatched pair is the masked duo busting the city&39;s toughest thugs led by Chudnofsky (Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz 2010 Supporting Actor Inglourious Basterds) With style swagger and an arsenal of awesome gear the Green Hornet and Kato are doing justice their way making every mission a mix of over-the-top action and outrageous comedy Please note this title requires a 3D TV 3D glasses and a 3D-ready Blu-ray player or a PlayStation 3 with the latest firmware update Please check your equipment for compatibility
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