Synopsis
A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.
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Cast
- Chow Yun-fatThe Nameless Monk
- Seann William ScottKar
- Jaime KingJade
- Karel RodenStrucker
- Victoria SmurfitNina
- MakoMr. Kojima
- K.C. CollinsSax
- Rob ArcherBuzz
- Marcus Jean PiraeMr. Funktastic
- Roger YuanMaster Monk
Recommandations
- 70
Variety
Not surprisingly based on a comic book series by Brett Lewis and R.A. Jones (whom pic fails to credit), pic hurtles along at a pace designed by vet music vid and ad helmer Paul Hunter to engage short attention spans. - 50
USA Today
Action star Chow Yun-Fat's latest is as thin as the buzz cut he sports in Bulletproof Monk. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The fight scenes in Bulletproof Monk are not as inventive as some I've seen (although the opening fight on a rope bridge is so well done that it raises expectations it cannot fulfill). - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
The worst sin is the way the film borrows and corrupts the gravity-defying action style of Yun-Fat's international hit, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." - 40
Chicago Reader
A fair amount of visual panache, but the fight scenes are routine, the humor juvenile, and the Toronto locales rendered drab through muddy cinematography. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A plot so preposterous it could only have emerged from the underground comic world. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Monk would probably make a nice rental on a dull evening, with some kind of salty snack and a drinking-game accompaniment. (Drink whenever Scott cries, "Oh, shit!") - 30
Washington Post
It never makes much sense.
