Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

e-70733 This film is another shoddy commercial product under dominated by Luc Besson. It is filled with moldy plot and arrogant logic. Both the display of Japanese culture and design of the facetious atmosphere are very perfunctory. Therefore, the hardworking of talented actress Ryoko Hirosue could only highlights every defect of the film itself. Generally speaking, it seems that the idea of selling genre films as a cheap commodity to foreign audience has already ingrained in Luc Besson's mind for many years.

Enchorde Recap: Hubert is one of the sharpest policemen in the French Police. His methods are effective, but contains a high degree of violence. So, when he made his latest arrest he just happened to knock out four men, besides the suspect. One of these being the son of a parliament member. So even if he is effective, Hubert is not held in very high regard just now. He is made to take two months off, and he goes back to Japan where he worked many years before. There he discovers that he has a unknown daughter who got access to suspiciously lot of money.Comments: Starts off a little weak but grows as it continues. The beginning is actually a little too far-fetched, and a little silly to be honest, to take it seriously. And it doesn't get much more plausible, but it gets a lot more balanced. And sincerely, Reno, does simply rock. A few fight scenes are just spectacular. Not realistic, but very impressive. And accompanied by some fitting and good music too.If you watch this on DVD, make sure you watch it in its original French audio. The English dubbing is one of the worst I have heard and a few moments later unsynchronized seen. It is ridiculous, the movie is much better with original language and subtitles.Watch for the extraordinary choreographed fights, forget most of the other parts… 6/10

jason_13 Wasabi is an ambitious, mindless action-comedy, written by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno and a bunch of unknown actors, most of which are pretty annoying.The story revolves around a French cop, Hubert, who finds out he has a daughter and goes to Japan to take care of her. Shortly after, Hubert, his daughter Yumi and his colleague Maurice are being chased by angry mobs, without knowing why.The high budget doesn't repair any bad part of the storyline. Thankfully, Wasabi is fast paced which is the thing that saves it from being a complete disaster and quite possibly, the worst action film of the 00s. All characters are dull and simply, do not fit into the whole thing. Reno's supposed "hilarious" lines are often a waste of time. The "good guy" is too boring this time. Apart from the first scene, the rest of his on screen presence is pail and highly forgettable. Reno is a good actor, but the character he plays is simply uninteresting and childish.Wasabi, for my surprise, is violent and impudent for such an ordinary action flick, appreciated only by kids, tired of Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy. Lots of action scenes, blood, dead bodies - completely unbalanced plot following. The comedy element is noticeable, only because of the lack of dramatic themes. Terrible humor, terrible dialog.However, Wasabi is a modernized action, with impressive special effects, entertaining stunts and big name under the "Screnwritter" column. It deserves some points for that. As I said, the acting is horrid. The Asian girl, who plays Reno's daughter is almost unbearable. The so called villains are unintentionally funny, completely separated from character individuality that some viewers still expect, even from action films.Besson himself said "Jean Reno is an incredible actor. I have watched him in great roles, but I also have seen him in pretty bad roles". Too bad, that great director didn't know that right there, he was reviewing one of his own creations since the script and the dialog are two of Wasabi's biggest flaws.

threatcondelta What the hell was Jean Reno thinking getting himself involved with this lame movie. Although after seeing his painful display in The Pink Panther, I doubt that he has any sense of good scripts at all. The story is weak and tugs on sentimental heartstrings that have been plucked out of tune by countless other " daddy finds long-lost daughter" movies. Reno's acting, as usual, is as wooden and lifeless as ever ( although it worked well in Leon) and the character of the wild, crazy, kooky, neo-Tokyo-bubblegum-pop-teenie-bopper daughter is so obvious and clichéd that it brought me to tears, and don't get me started on Momo - what a retard of a character - what a retard of a movie.