Reno 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.
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10/04/02
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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
Wasabi 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
Luc Besson and Jean Reno Reunite in Wasabi.
04/20/03
Wasabi is one of the best times I’ve had lately enjoying a movie that has no regard for a plot.
02/03/03
A silly, cross-cultural shoot-'em-up -- the sort of movie that will work for those with some time to kill.
10/04/02
Top CriticDawdles and drags when it should pop; it doesn't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding.
09/26/02
Top CriticBeen there, done that, liked it much better the first time around - when it was called The Professional.
11/15/02
There's little tension as Reno's character is one of those invincible heroes that we haven't seen much of since the '80s.
12/28/08
A lightweight, uneven action comedy that freely mingles French, Japanese and Hollywood cultures.
10/05/02
Reno does what he can in a thankless situation, the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again, and Ryoko Hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that.
10/20/02
Top CriticAs plain and pedestrian as catsup--
10/08/02
A bubbly international cocktail.
10/15/03
May lack the pungent bite of its title, but it's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless.
10/05/02
If you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun, Wasabi is a good place to start.
10/12/02
Wasabi is slight fare indeed, with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly (like one of Hubert's punches), but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn.
10/04/02
Arguably the best script that Besson has written in years.
09/27/02
The film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises.
09/26/02
Fluffy and disposible.
10/02/02
[Tries] to parody a genre that's already a joke in the United States. The movie is the equivalent of French hip-hop, which also seems to play on a 10-year delay.
09/26/02
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