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Wasabi

5.4

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Original title

Wasabi

Year

2001

Running time

94 min.

Country

France

Director

Gérard Krawczyk

Screenwriter

Luc Besson

Cast

Music

Eric Serra

Cinematography

Gérard Sterin

Producer

Europa Corp, Samitose Productions, TF1 Films Production, Canal+, JVC, Destiny

Genre

Action. Thriller | Yakuza & Triad

Synopsis

Hubert (Jean Reno) is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 ago, to settle the probate of his former girlfriend who disapeared without notice. There he mets his former collegue Momo ( Michel Muller) and his daughter Yumi (Ryoko Hirosue) whom existence he ignored. To settle a few "problems", he uses his "skills".

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Critics' reviews

"Reno's plausibility and playfulness save this film (...) 'Wasabi' is a silly, cross-cultural shoot-'em-up -the sort of movie that will work for those with some time to kill (no pun intended)"

Jonathan Curiel: SFgate
"The movie's just a lot of fun (...) Fans of Besson and Reno will definitely want to give this one a rent"

Jeremy Conrad: IGN
"'Wasabi' is not his worst movie, and is far from his best (...) There is no artistic purpose for this movie. It is product (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Jean Reno infuses Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool, wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart."

Megan Lehmann: New York Post
2Offers watchable light entertainment, even though the prospect of the most respected national cinema indulging clunky cop-movie stereotypes is, if not scandalous, then at least disappointing."

Noel Murray: AV Club
"Like a Hollywood buddy-cop movie gone through a multi-culti blender. It holds up a funhouse mirror to that familiar scenario in which a maverick cop breaks the rules."

Jami Bernard: New York Daily News
"Driven by sheer enthusiam (much of it for the worst excesses of Hollywood filmmaking), which makes it fun to watch in spite of its fundamental ridiculousness."

Maitland McDonagh: TV Guide
"The real charm of this trifle is the deadpan comic face of its star, Jean Reno, who resembles Sly Stallone in a hot sake half-sleep."

Laura Sinagra: Village Voice

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