The Green Hornet
Heir to his father’s multimillion dollar media business, slacker and goof Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), is suddenly thrust into the position as editor in chief for the LA Sentinel. Under pressure, Britt and his father’s former assistant, Kato (Jay Chou), accidentally discover they actually make a pretty good team as masked crime fighters while originally trying to blow off steam. Assisted by Britt’s secretary, Lenore (Cameron Diaz), the duo quickly find that their heroics will land them face to face with the head of organized crime, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). But who’s really pulling the strings on crime in LA and how did Britt’s father actually die?
 Admittedly this is a January release film, traditionally a time when anything new in theatres is expected to be scraping the bottom of the barrel, a time when expectations are low. Surprisingly, what looked originally like it was going to be a train wreck, turns out to be not entirely bad. Again, we’re not getting a real stretch from Rogen here, but newcomer to American cinema Chou makes a strong showing as potentially the next martial artist crossover actor with natural sensibilities and comedic timing. Meanwhile, Waltz as bad guy Chudnofsky never really seems to achieve his true potential. Overall, the ensemble could have done a lot worse. Creative points go to director Michel Gondry in choreography and directing in the action sequences. But, screenplay wise the film feels like it’s missing a few cogs in the gears and grinds out in a number of instances, still a few tips of the hat to the original Green Hornet don’t go unnoticed. End result, it’s fun and worth at least a matinee, maybe more. The Green Hornet is rated PG-13.