The Green Hornet (2011)

Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.

Director:

Michel Gondry

Writers:

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg,

Stars:

Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Seth Rogen	...	Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Jay Chou	...	Kato
Cameron Diaz	...	Lenore Case
Tom Wilkinson	...	James Reid
Christoph Waltz	...	Chudnofsky
David Harbour	...	D.A. Frank Scanlon
Edward James Olmos	...	Mike Axford
Jamie Harris	...	Popeye
Chad L. Coleman	...	Chili (as Chad Coleman)
Edward Furlong	...	Tupper
Jill Remez	...	Daily Sentinel Reporter
Joe O'Connor	...	Daily Sentinel Reporter
Morgan Rusler	...	Daily Sentinel Reporter
Joshua Erenberg	...	Young Britt (as Joshua Chandler Erenberg)
Analeigh Tipton	...	Ana Lee

Storyline

Playboy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles' "The Daily Sentinel" after the sudden death of his father. Britt's party life is about to change when he and his driver and kung fu expert, Kato (Jay Chou), stop a robbery. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of fighting crime as the masked superhero "The Green Hornet".

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Plot Keywords:

kung fu | superhero | crime boss | vandalism | party | 

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Taglines:

Protect the law by breaking it.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

14 January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Green Hornet

Filming Locations:

2000 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,878,905 (UK) (14 January 2011)

Gross:

$98,780,042 (USA) (15 April 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Original Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Britt Reid and Kato first go out to vandalize the statue of Britt's father, their disguises closely resemble the costumes of the early incarnations of the Green Hornet and Kato of the 30s film serials.

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Goofs

Some people think that when Kato offers Britt a beer, he spins the bottle caps off with his hand. The brand of beer he does this to does not have twist off caps, but that's the point; he's showing off his abilities to Britt by uncapping a beer bottle with ease and style.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jack Reid: [on the phone] Tell the Mayor, I'm insulted. I would never jeopardize the journalistic integrity of this newspaper for some rent-a-mayor's political agenda.
Jack Reid: [to his son] So Britt, here we are again. Sent home after another schoolyard fight. I know you miss your mother. So do I. But I have to take care of 750 employees, and you have to take care of yourself. Still that seems to be asking too much.
Young Britt: But I was trying to stop some bullies...

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Connections

Referenced in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major 'Eroica' Op. 55"
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Arranged by Jim Long
Performed by South German Philharmonic Orchestra
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corp. and Point Classics

User Reviews

"Let's roll, Kato! "

What or who is the The Green Hornet? A masked vigilante, who fights crime at night alongside his trustful sidekick Kato. This superhero comes from a radio show and a comic book series. He is a something of a grandfather to Batman. Sounds like serious movie, right? Well, it isn't. It's an action comedy starring Seth Rogen. Some may not like this comedian but I have thoroughly enjoyed Pineapple express. I enjoy his style, he seems realistic and I love how excited he gets in movies(especially this one)when he is about to do something crazy because that's how I would be like. Jay Chou shows that maybe he has some comedic timing, that he is very good at martial arts and looks good in slow-motion. He also shows that as an actor he is very wooden. He's got the same expression on his face the whole movie but he isn't that bad actor to downgrade the movie, I actually think he was like that on purpose. Christoph Waltz is the best thing in this movie. Every scene with him is hilarious. He plays the main villain, a gangster, who is being told from various people that he is not scary anymore so he tries to establish himself as a scary mob boss again. Christoph Waltz excellently plays the very goofy villain, I think that it's not the lines, it's the guy what's funny, he makes it funny. If it would be different actor I think the scenes wouldn't be as funny. The always funny and always beautiful Cameron Diaz doesn't really get much screen time here, which is a huge pity. She plays Lenore Case, Britt Reid's new secretary who is unknowingly the mastermind behind the crime fighting duo. There are great cameos by Edward Furlong and a recent Seth Rogen co-star James Franco. Franco's cameo is just brilliant.

The action scenes are great fun to watch, it's nice how they mixed the comedy into them, but they aren't that original but what the hell I will always pay to see cars blowing up and crashing into each other.

I have not seen this in 3-D and I think it wouldn't bring anything new, maybe some action scenes would look cool but that would be it, nothing more. Although it would be worth the money seeing Cameron Diaz in 3-D.

Overall this is very enjoyable fun action movie with some great one-liners from Rogen. Go and watch it, the year 2011 couldn't have started any better than with this movie.