• The Green Hornet (2011)

    Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).

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The Green Hornet
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Release Date: January 14th, 2011

DVD Release Date: May 3rd, 2011

PG-13 |1 hr 59 min

Plot Summary

Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).

Cast: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz, David Harbour, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Harris

Director: Michel Gondry

Genres: Action , Adventure

Production Co: Original Film

Distributors: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Keywords: Mystery , Transformation , 2010s , Suspenseful , Los Angeles ,

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  • 70
    Michael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood Reporter

    Never achieves sufficient traction to go the blockbuster distance. show more

  • 38
    Carrie RickeyPhiladelphia Inquirer

    Hiring this sensitive fantasist (Gondry) to make the superhero saga The Green Hornet is like hiring satirist John Waters to make "Rambo." Hard to think of a more mystifying mismatch of filmmaker and material. show more

  • 10
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    The film's only unqualified success is the end title sequence-because it's genuinely stylish, because it looks like it was shot in genuine 3-D and, most of all, because it's the end. show more

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