Seth Rogen Succes - Green Hornet is Perfect fit for Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen is the Green Hornet. What else do you need to know? Best known as the guy from "Knocked Up," Rogen would seem an unlikely choice to portray the no-nonsense vigilante of comic book, radio and TV fame. But this film takes a humorous and largely entertaining approach to the crime-fighting saga.

Rogen is a perfect fit for newspaper heir Britt Reid, who discovers that chasing crooks can be fun.

Wielding a gun full of knockout gas and patrolling the streets in an indestructible car that would make the Batmobile envious, Reid gets quality assistance from Kato (Jay Chou), whose martial-arts moves are right out of "The Matrix."

Reid's secretary Lenore (Cameron Diaz) warns that the Hornet is headed for trouble. But he's too busy pursuing Chudnofksy (Christoph Waltz), a criminal kingpin who frets about his image.
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"The Green Hornet" was directed by Michel Gondry, whose work includes "The Science of Sleep" and the brilliant "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Charlie Kaufman won an Oscar for scripting "Sunshine," and it's too bad he wasn't involved with "Hornet." Rogen and co-screenwriter Evan Goldberg are good at the funny stuff, but the crime plot is disappointingly boilerplate.