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Bulletproof Monk
Bulletproof Monk

5.5

Bulletproof Monk

PG-13·2003·104m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Paul Hunter

Screenplay

Ethan Reiff

Screenplay

Cyrus Voris

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

June 27, 2014

5

Chop Schlockery.

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

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$52,000,000.00

Revenue:

$37,713,879.00

Keywords

martial arts
homeless person
fight
monk
superhero
villainess
fall
based on comic
injection
knife fight
scroll
mysticism
supernatural power