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"THE GREEN HORNET"
(2011) (Seth Rogen, Jay Chou) (PG-13)


Alcohol/Drugs Heavy
Blood/Gross Stuff Moderate
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Moderate
Gun/Weapons Extreme
Imitative Behavior Extreme
Jump Scenes None
Music (Scary/Tense) Heavy
Music (Inappropriate) Mild
Profanity Heavy
Sex/Nudity Heavy
Smoking Minor
Tense Family Scenes Heavy
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence Extreme


QUICK TAKE:
Action/Comedy: Following the death of his wealthy newspaper publisher father, a spoiled man decides to take to fighting crime as a masked superhero, with his father's former assistant as his inventor sidekick.
PLOT:
Britt Reid (SETH ROGEN) is a spoiled partier who's always lived in the shadow of his wealthy newspaper publisher father, James Reid (TOM WILKINSON). When the later unexpectedly dies from a reported allergic bee sting reaction, Britt has to grow up fast, what with inheriting his father's fortune and paper. As he and his father's car mechanic/coffee maker, Kato (JAY CHOU), discuss the late man, they decide to go out for a night of self-indulgent justice.

While defacing his father's cemetery statue, Britt spots some thugs accosting a couple and tries to break that up. When they attack him, Kato jumps into action, using his martial arts prowess to beat up all of them. While Britt barely participated, he's so jazzed by the experience that he decides to become a superhero and convinces a reluctant Kato to join him as his partner and gadget and weapons creator. Their unique stance, however, will be the public perception that they're also bad guys.

That doesn't sit well with District Attorney Frank Scanlon (DAVID HARBOUR) or local crime boss Chudnofsky (CHRISTOPH WALTZ), all while Britt's new personal secretary at the paper, Lenore Case (CAMERON DIAZ), can easily predict the new vigilantes' every move. As they clean up the criminal scum but also make a notorious name for themselves, Britt and Kato must contend with their newfound infamy and Chudnofsky wanting them dead, as well as internal strife about whether Kato is Britt's sidekick or partner.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
They might if they're fans of this particular superhero character, such related movies and/or anyone in the cast.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content.


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