Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), tabloid playboy and heir apparent to his father's media empire is leading an unfulfilled life of partying and women. His ultra-successful father expresses disdain for Reid's lifestyle, and promptly carks it. Frustrated, Reid fires all his father's servants, but wonder's why his precious, anonymously delivered morning coffee is now crap. He demands the return of the mystery barista. Enter Kato (Jay Chou), who not only makes a kick-arse brew but happens to be a talented engineer and caretaker of Mr Reid senior (the great Tom Wilkinson)'s classic car collection. However when the two are attacked whilst carrying out a schoolyard-type prank, Reid's latent daddy issues spark a motivation to do some good for the crime-riddled LA they inhabit with his newfound partner and indestructible black Chrysler. Add masks, black coats and an arseload of sweet car gadgets and presto, the Green Hornet and Kato.

This is a great example of the Action-Comedy. While there's some great gags, good writing, and a mostly stereotypical love triangle to set the boys at odds, it's framed by cars flying through glass-walled buildings, heartlessly dispatched henchmen and cops, and excellent martial arts from the very entertaining Jay Chou.

Rogen's Reid is in stark contrast to the traditional portrayal of the character. While other renditions of the Green Hornet paint him as a debonair genius, Rogen fittingly plays the fool, consistently and unwittingly upstaged by his superior 'sidekick'. Jay Chou executes this role perfectly as the one-man weapon, and he manages to successfully find the comedy in a language other than his native one.

Speaking of actors with foreign accents, I was interested in seeing Christoph Waltz in his first Hollywood outing since the fantastic Inglorious Basterds. He, of course, plays the villain, but this time the writing didn't serve him as well as it could have. For someone who is meant to be at the very tippy-top of the LA criminal food chain, I just don't see how he could be THAT self-conscious. Most importantly, it lowered the stakes to an extent where I ceased being worried for our protagonists.

Oh by the way, let me just say that Cameron Diaz was just a prop in this movie. Hell I didn't even know she was in the movie until I saw the poster on the way in. In my opinion, her career was all downhill after The Mask. Which I watched recently. Do yourself a favour and see it (again) to remind yourself why she has a career!

But I digress, The Green Hornet is a fun night at the cinema. Big (warranted) explosions, great fighting, and Rogen's funniest performance since Superbad. Well, maybe Pineapple Express then.