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The Green Hornet (2011)

The Green Hornet poster
Directed by
Michel Gondry
Genre
comedy film, fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, buddy film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 3,508 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After his father dies, a spoiled newspaper heir and his father's martial arts expert mechanic become masked vigilantes. They use gadgets and a souped-up car to fight crime, which puts them in conflict with a Russian mob boss.

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What happens

The Green Hornet is a 2011 American superhero film directed by Michel Gondry from a screenplay by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Rogen stars in the film as the Green Hornet, a character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker in 1936. Jay Chou also stars as his sidekick Kato, alongside Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, and Tom Wilkinson. In the film, a newspaper publisher's son, following his father's sudden death, teams up with a martial arts-skilled mechanic to become crime-fighting vigilantes, attracting the attention of a Russian mobster. The Green Hornet was released to theaters in North America on January 14, 2011, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $227.8 million against a $120 million production budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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