Synopsis
Britt Reid, 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 dies, Britt meets Kato, 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.
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Cast
- Seth RogenBritt Reid / Green Hornet
- Jay ChouKato
- Cameron DiazLenore Case
- Tom WilkinsonJames Reid
- Christoph WaltzChudnofsky
- Edward James OlmosMichael Axford
- David HarbourFrank Scanlon
- Chad L. ColemanChili
- Jamie HarrisPopeye
- Edward FurlongTupper
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
The film is a blast. - 75
Miami Herald
A big, boisterous action-comedy - a funny, exciting and intentionally goofy summer movie that just happens to arrive in the middle of January. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Never achieves sufficient traction to go the blockbuster distance. - 60
Arizona Republic
The Green Hornet, which strives to be a different take on the superhero genre, is an interesting film - until it devolves into abject stupidity. - 45
Movieline
While this latest Rogen-penned iteration is a game try, it feels a bit like he's trying to make a volume out of a footnote. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
In a last-minute tweak, the production has also been meaninglessly 3-D-ified - never mind that there's nothing whatsoever 3-D-ish going on. Maybe those clumsy 3-D glasses are meant to let moviegoers mimic the superhero mask-wearing experience? - 40
Time Out
Injecting a devil-may-care attitude into a franchise-focused blockbuster only gets you so far. When all is said and done, this wasp's got no sting. - 40
Village Voice
The Green Hornet provides a half-hour's worth of mildly entertaining travesty before collapsing in a clamor of bombastic action sequences and lame wisecracks.
