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Bulletproof Monk
A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.
Release : | 2003 |
Rating : | 5.5 |
Studio : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lakeshore Entertainment, Lion Rock Productions, |
Crew : | Director of Photography, Security, |
Cast : | Chow Yun-fat Seann William Scott Jaime King Karel Roden Victoria Smurfit |
Genre : | Fantasy Action Comedy |
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Fantastic!
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
I have watched it a few times already and it's become the type of film that I want to watch whenever I'm looking for a good time without having to go out anywhere. If we now really have use of only 10 % of our brain's capability and capacity then does it not seem realistic to conclude that should we all of a sudden be gifted with use of 100 percent of our brain's capabilities we would then be able to do things we never could before? What if this Tibetan Scroll contained linguistic verbiage that actually empowered anyone speaking aloud its textual contents in the same way that creation obeyed the voice of the CREATOR according to the biblical narrative? When the Divine CREATOR said "Let there be light..." there was light! So, words accompanied by pure belief in their meaning have power. In the Bible book of James the tongue is spoken of as a tough member of the body to tame. The words that we speak can either heal, or, cause harm to others and even to ourselves. So, based on the already available knowledge that exists concerning the inherent power of words and speech in any language I choose to recommend the BULLETPROOF MONK as very entertaining, decent, and, good for the whole family. PG!
Bulletproof Monk stars Chow Yun-Fat as a supernatural monk protecting an ancient Buddhist scroll with magical powers. His home is attacked by Nazi's, and he flees to America and hides for many years, protecting the scroll. Unfortunately, the Nazi's are able to make a comeback by opening an NGO that promotes peace as a front to track to the Monk. Meanwhile the Monk meets Kar (Sean William Scott) and Jade (Jamie King), two kung-fu loving street kids with a roguish nature. He sees them as potential successors, and tries to train them as the Nazi's close the net on the Monk and his scroll.If you read that up there without going WTF, then kudos. I had a hard time following the plot of this film. It is wickedly bad, and very predictable. The action is not terrible, but is poorly shot and edited with a fair bit of CGI and post processing, to the point of obviousness. Chow Yun-Fat is campy as the Monk, but Scott and King play clichéd 90's people, with edgy backgrounds and died hair and stuff. The characters are poorly written, and Scott and King just don't pull it off.The Nazi thing is ridiculous as well. Why? The Nazi's have opened up a global peace NGO, as a front to steal an ancient Buddhist Scroll from a Monk in New York City in the 90's. It's just so bad.As I said, the acting, action, script, plot, characters, writing and stunts are all pretty poor. Chow Yun-Fat is alright, and the movie is sometimes bad in a funny sort of way. However, there is little else to redeem this film. It tries and fails to be a campy and fun action flick, and instead feels forced and rushed. This film has little to show for it, and can be safely skipped.
Chow Yun-Fat and Sean William Scott buddy up to retrieve an ancient scroll from baddies, chop sockery does follow.That's pretty much it really, the two characters obviously poles apart, but coming together as one in a series of action scenes that are both laughable and enjoyable because of the former. The script is poor, with much of the dialogue of the tripe delivery kind, and in truth Yun-Fat is wasted in a thankless role. Story throws in a Nazi baddie, a girl on girl scrap and Sean William Scott casting off his petty crime ways to become the way of the samurai – or something like that.Brainless but fun, but also instantly forgettable into the bargain. 5/10
Completely sweet and a major disappointing piece of Fluff combining Martial Arts, Asian Mystical Fantasies, and Indiana Jones into...not much. it is watchable with a minimum of cringe inducing and that's the upside.There is enough eye-candy to be slightly appealing in a visceral, but mind melting, kind of way and the Performers are good looking if mannequin like and the Script wavers from Elementary to Sophomoric (Hot Dogs anyone).The wire work had not yet reached its saturation point, at least in American Theatres, and is fun, but the hand to hand styling that is Photographed here has and is Ho-Hum. What remains is the Story, what there is, and that had some "Potential" but gets overwhelmed by all the Glitter. This is for the casual Viewer of this kind of stuff because true Fans will be at best disappointed and at worst Angry. But "its not about anger, it's about Peace".P.S. The Buddhist ordering the Hot Dog......He said "one with everything"