Michel Gondry directs this modern-day adaptation of the radio/comic book/TV series. Seth Rogen stars as Britt Reid, the spoiled richboy son of a newspaper tycoon. When Britt's father suddenly dies, the empire falls to him and he is forced to clean up his act. One night, Britt - accompanied by his father's loyal mechanic/butler Kato (Jay Chou) - saves a young woman from thugs and develops a taste for crime-fighting. Britt and Kato decide to become masked vigilantes - known as the Green Hornet and his sidekick - and start making headlines. But their good deeds put them in danger when they become the targets of a local drug lord who wants the Hornet's bad-for-business antics quashed. The movie really hangs on whether or not you find Seth Rogen funny. He plays Britt in his usual goofball-with-a-heart manner that has served his career well. Personally, I found Rogen's delivery of the film's one-liners hilarious and his self-centered playboy worked well off of Kato's straight man. The story itself is a bit on the anorexic side, but with Gondry at the helm the pace never stalls (except for the final showdown that goes on a bit too long... there could have easily been 20 minutes trimmed off the film's total running time). I was also expecting a little more whimsy and a little less predictability from the notoriously left of center director. All in all, "The Green Hornet" has some great laughs and is very enjoyable, but it could've used a little more bite.
3 out of 5 stars
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