Green hornet

The Green Hornet gets the reverse treatment of what Batman got from Christopher Nolan. While Nolan transformed a campy Batman into a dark and intense tale, here The Green Hornet becomes a spoofy vigilante in the shape of Seth Rogen. Following the death of his father (newspaper owner Jack Reid - another short but powerful role from Tom Wilkinson), spoilt rich brat Britt Reid takes a relook at his priorities and teams up with his driver Kato (who’s also a mechanical genius besides being a martial arts expert) to become a fighter to battle the same criminals his father’s paper rallied against. Michael Gondry’s bumbling treatment of the material is saved in parts only because of an amusing villanious performance by Christoph Waltz (of Inglorious Basterds fame) and Jay Chou’s impressive rendition of Kato (once played by the great Bruce Lee in an earlier adaptation). The gadgets,

especially the car Black Beauty are a treat but the campy tone of the story doesn’t let the tale bloom as The Green Hornet story for the new age (its early radio version was quite a serious affair), where Reid’s idea of fighting criminals while posing as one held a lot of potential.