When I saw the small TV trailer for this film, I kind of wanted to see it at the time it was out, but now, I'm glad I missed it. Basically there is this scroll that can give whoever reads it the power to change the world as we know it, for good or for bad. It is the job of the Monk With No Name (Crouching Tiger's Chow Yun Fat) to protect it from any bad guys, and he has done so for 60 years, oh and whoever protects the scroll has no ageing process and is apparently indestructible (just about). Monk is on the lookout also for a new scroll keeper, and he finds young streetwise pick-pocket Kar (American Pie's Seann William Scott), they become unlikely partners to save the world from the scroll's avid pursuer, Jade/Bad Girl (Jaime King), who you find out is working for once thought dead Russian Struker (Karel Roden). That's about it. Also starring Victoria Smurfit as Nina, Marcus Jean Pirae as Mr. Funktastic, Mako as Mr. Kojima and Roger Yuan as Master Monk. Scott is usually likable as the cocky guy, and Yun Fat is just as likable as he was in Crouching Tiger, it is just a shame that the similar fight sequences and special effects look very cheap, the story suffers from being too boring, well, the whole film suffers from this. Pretty poor!
Review of Bulletproof Monk
