Réalisation:
Michel GondryPhotographie:
John SchwartzmanMusique:
James Newton HowardActeurs·trices:
Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz, David Harbour, Edward James Olmos, Edward Furlong, Jamie Harris (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Fils du plus grand magnat de la presse de Los Angeles, Britt Reid ne s'intéresse qu'aux fêtes auxquelles il compte se rendre. Lorsque son père meurt mystérieusement, il hérite de l'immense empire médiatique et devient ami avec l'inventif Kato. Pour la première fois, ensemble, Britt et Kato voient une chance de donner un vrai sens à leur vie en combattant le crime. Sous l'identité du Frelon Vert et de son fidèle adjoint, ils entament une nouvelle vie. Faisant appel à son ingéniosité, Kato met au point l'arme ultime, la Black Beauty, une voiture indestructible à la formidable puissance. À bord de cette forteresse mobile et grâce à quelques gadgets spectaculaires, le Frelon Vert et Kato font des ravages chez les criminels. Bientôt aidé par la nouvelle secrétaire de Britt, Lenore Case, le duo s'attaque à l'homme qui contrôle le crime à Los Angeles : Benjamin Chudnofsky. Le Frelon Vert et les siens ignorent que leur redoutable adversaire les a déjà en ligne de mire... (Sony Pictures Releasing France)
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Critiques (11)
Un film, qui ne me « parle » pas, dont l'humour est un vrai wtf pour moi, et dont les personnages me sont apparus comme une mauvaise blague. Tout simplement, on ne s'accorde pas avec Gondry. Mais je prendrais bien un café de Kato !
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Yup, the hillbilly rhetoric and horny teenager humor are more or less Rogen's trademark, which is certainly not a complaint by me. However, the script full of infantile humor is tamed by Gondry in the end. He put the perfect stamp of exaggeration on it and turned all that instantaneous crap into a perfect hit, which pleases especially during the action, when playfulness, original ideas, and wit are combined. No, this wasn't supposed to be the second Kick-Ass, but it definitely is the third Iron Man.
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For me, a massively pleasant surprise. Green Hornet was a lot of fun, both with the straightforward jokes and with the way it mocks itself (when the villain puts on a red robe and a gas mask is just hilarious… though not everyone will share that opinion) and other films in the genre (the ending similar to the fateful conclusion of The Dark Night). Gondry made it incredibly brisk and playful, like the fooling around of boys unbound by ethics. And the reflection on how the media manipulates with public opinion is not as cheap as you would expect from a comic-book film. I watched it in 2D, I don’t think the 3D version could be any better.
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Funny, quite solid action and an imaginative change of the superhero scheme. The heroes of The Green Hornet do not rely on the power of the mask and try to handle the symbolic power through a controlled newspaper - the result is extremely refreshing. Though transparent in places, The Green Hornet turns into a very exciting and epicurean spectacle thanks to a few twists and an inevitable sense of trouble behind an otherwise teenage ride. Add to that Gondry's poetic inserts, the excellent Waltz (the guy waltzes again!), a fresh heroic duo and a pleasant tribute to The Pink Panther, we soon have a candidate for this year's best blockbuster. Minuses: unnecessary 3D that looks like a children’s concertina book, and also that The Green Hornet does not have a completely balanced pace. That's why it loses half a star from me compared to last year’s Kick-ass.
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I've been feeling lately that I’m giving harsher reviews. I guess it's because I've gotten a whiff of South Korean filmmaking. It's set the bar pretty high. But to the rating… I like the duo of Rogen and Chou, but it hasn’t got enough action for and action film and not funny enough for a comedy. Cameron Diaz played a completely unnecessary role. I guess this was just a name to catch moviegoers at the movies. The ending was pretty much a big "humbug", so 3.5 stars.
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