Never achieves sufficient traction to go the blockbuster distance.
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Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
The Green Hornet, which strives to be a different take on the superhero genre, is an interesting film - until it devolves into abject stupidity.
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Movieline
Movieline
While this latest Rogen-penned iteration is a game try, it feels a bit like he's trying to make a volume out of a footnote.
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
In a last-minute tweak, the production has also been meaninglessly 3-D-ified - never mind that there's nothing whatsoever 3-D-ish going on. Maybe those clumsy 3-D glasses are meant to let moviegoers mimic the superhero mask-wearing experience?
Injecting a devil-may-care attitude into a franchise-focused blockbuster only gets you so far. When all is said and done, this wasp's got no sting.
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Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The Green Hornet provides a half-hour's worth of mildly entertaining travesty before collapsing in a clamor of bombastic action sequences and lame wisecracks.
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Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
A violent, clumsy, jokey, badly-plotted and miscast mess.
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Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Billed as an action comedy, The Green Hornet isn't funny, and the action is often too frenetic to make any impression.