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The Green Hornet
For a blast of good clean escapist fun, The Green Hornet fits the bill. It’s filled with cool gadgets, uncomplicated dialogue and a lot of extreme action. It’s a very modern take on a very old franchise. The origins of the Green Hornet date back to a radio show that was popular in the thirties, so for the few that claim it’s too derivative of Batman, check your facts as it actually came out three years earlier than the Dark Knight.
In this contemporary update Britt Reid (AKA The Green Hornet) is played by Seth Rogen and not just any Seth Rogen but a newly slender Seth who still doesn’t have the matinee idol good looks, so his character is played mostly for laughs. Trying to fill the very big shoes left by Bruce Lee as Reid’s sidekick Kato is Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou (who through the art and science of special effects come remarkable close to doing so).
The storyline is fairly inconsequential and has something to do with Reid’s father, his newspaper and a behind the scenes crime boss whose identity is one of the films worst keep secrets. The out front crime boss however is played with a ramped up sense of melodrama by Christoph Waltz (he of Inglourious Basterds and Oscar fame) and his charm transcends the awkwardly written role.
The Green Hornet is a film with a few flaws (the end action sequence is too over the top even by superhero standards) but one that parents can comfortably drop their kids off to and know that they will not be exposed to excess amounts of sex, drugs and profanities. They should however think twice about not accompanying them, as they will then miss out on a lot of frivolous fun.
Rob Hudson
www.thegreenhornet.com.au
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