The Green Hornet (2011) poster
2011 · action · crime · comedy · revenge

The Green Hornet

Directed by Michel Gondry1h 59m2011
ElsewhereIMDb5.8168kRT45%Metacritic39
  • kinetic
  • extreme
Movie DNA

Neutral, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky.

Our read · The Green Hornet (2011) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · crime · comedy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want loose, silly superhero action with Seth Rogen banter and Jay Chou fights.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 2/5earns its lengthsubtitles: partial
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightYou need a competent superhero film or dislike slacker-comedy tonal whiplash.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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