Fan Films

The Green Hornet

By Hervé St-Louis
Jul 31, 2006 - 9:21:00 AM

The Green Hornet
Director: Aurélien Poitrimoult
Screenplay: Aurélien Poitrimoult
Cast: Manu Lanzi, Patrick Vo, Mickael Troude, Alain Figlarz
Producers: Aurélien Poitrimoult, Emmanuel Lanzi
France
2006 | 9 min | video
English language
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The Green Hornet and his associate, Kato, must fight their way to the top of the criminal establishment and clear their names. However, reaching the intermediary boss and then the town’s kingpin is not easy as both are heavily protected. Can Green Hornet and Kato muster enough courage to fight their way through all these martial arts and combat experts, or will they die trying?

Perhaps it’s because the theatre had sound problems when the film started, but the back story on the Green Hornet wasn’t told properly. All we got were introductory shot of a city and then the characters went on to fight. There isn’t much story there anyway as it’s all fighting slugfest. The story does end in a cliffhanger making viewers want to know more about the revelations of the crime boss. Perhaps they are preparing another short film.

As a way to introduce the Green Hornet, it was fine, although the fact the Green Hornet acts as a criminal and doesn’t bother clearing his own name is lost in this short film. People who don’t know the character will be left thinking he’s just another super hero.

The highlights of this short film are of course the martial arts. They are great. Everything was well choreographed and is of Hollywood action fight quality. The actors playing Kato and the Green Hornet are excellent and their costumes render justice to the comic book version. If there were a new Green Hornet film released, this short movie should be used as a template for the fights.

The main problem with the cinematography was the dark lightning. Even in day light scenes, everything was dark. It seems like the director applied a dark green filter on the entire film to capture the mood of the Green Hornet. Well it doesn’t work and gives a cheap aspect to the film instead.

Rating: 8/10