The funny thing is, I didn't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit.
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10/02/02
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Wasabi (2002)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:19
Rotten:24
Average Rating:5.1/10
Theatrical Release:Sep 27, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: This boisterous crime-cop dramedy is written and produced by Luc Besson and stars Jean Reno. Like THE PROFESSIONAL (the 1994 Besson-Reno film), it is the story of a man with a grim, lonely life and... [More]
Starring: Jean Reno, Michel Muller, Ryoko Hirosue, Carole Bouquet
Director: Gerard Krawczyk
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Reviews for Wasabi
Top Critic
Slight, but colorful and forward-moving... Wasabi has the cheeky verve and heart of a shaggy dog movie that is aiming to please its owner, nothing more, nothing less.
09/30/02
Wasabi is one of the best times I’ve had lately enjoying a movie that has no regard for a plot.
02/03/03
...as far as action flicks go, you could do worse.
01/04/04
If you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun, Wasabi is a good place to start.
10/12/02
Sleek, shallow, but frequently amusing.
09/27/02
Top CriticReno himself can take credit for most of the movie's success. He's one of the few 'cool' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness.
10/04/02
A silly, cross-cultural shoot-'em-up -- the sort of movie that will work for those with some time to kill.
10/04/02
A bubbly international cocktail.
10/15/03
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.
09/24/02
May lack the pungent bite of its title, but it's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless.
10/05/02
The film is a contrivance, as artificial as the video games Japanese teens play in a nightclub sequence, but it's an enjoyable one.
11/14/02
The spaniel-eyed 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.
09/27/02
Luc Besson and Jean Reno Reunite in Wasabi.
04/20/03
No review available.
11/12/02
One scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce.
10/07/02
Top CriticWasabi does its job colorfully and entertainingly, as long as you don't lean too hard on such niggling details as logic, legality and the laws of physics.
10/03/02
Arguably the best script that Besson has written in years.
09/27/02
Despite the title, Wasabi isn't so spicy.
09/27/02
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