The Green Hornet

Special Effects Good; Rogen Saved by Costar

From Freaks and Geeks to Knocked Up, from Observe and Report to Funny People, Seth Rogen has played a dazed and confused teenager, a complete loser who manages to get lucky in love through bad judgement, a down on his luck mall cop and a wannabe comedian, but this is the first time he's ever played a superhero...oh wait, he's not a superhero. He does just about nothing in this movie.

Roger stars as Britt Reid, the son of a wealthy Los Angeles newspaper tycoon who's content to let his life go nowhere. Apart from the money, the character is similar to the one he portrayed in "Knocked Up" years ago. When his father dies, however, he meets Cato, a brilliant young martial experts who also happens to be a wizard with building and technology. Tired of feeling like a loser, Reid gets Cato to deck out one of his father's cars and the two become an undercover crime fighting duo. Their heroics usually include Reid trying to be a hero but completely messing things up in the face of danger, and Cato having to come to his defense. Reid then turns to his late father's newspaper, which he has been left control of, to make his new alter ego "The Green Hornet" as big as possible. The public comes to have mixed feelings about this masked murad...er...poser who attempts to take down the city's top crime lord on almost a regular bases, but his attempts never quite go as planned. He also leaves business cards after every "bust." That's right, business cards! This isn't your average super hero flick, and it sometimes feels like a spoof. It's not horrible, but if your looking for a decent superhero action this is not a good choice. If your just looking to laugh though, Green Hornet might not be so bad.

3 Stars