Like being trapped inside a huge video game, where exciting, inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again.
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10/17/02
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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 CriticIf you sometimes like to go to the movies to have fun, Wasabi is a good place to start.
10/12/02
As plain and pedestrian as catsup--
10/08/02
One scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce.
10/07/02
Top CriticA lightweight, uneven action comedy that freely mingles French, Japanese and Hollywood cultures.
10/05/02
May lack the pungent bite of its title, but it's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless.
10/05/02
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
A silly, cross-cultural shoot-'em-up -- the sort of movie that will work for those with some time to kill.
10/04/02
Don't let the subtitles fool you; the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action.
10/04/02
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.
10/04/02
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
A cheerful enough but imminently forgettable rip-off of [Besson's] earlier work.
10/03/02
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10/02/02
Fluffy and disposible.
10/02/02
One minute, you think you're watching a serious actioner; the next, it's as though clips from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and/or Sailor Moon have been spliced in.
10/02/02
The funny thing is, I didn't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit.
10/02/02
Top CriticSlight, 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
Sleek, shallow, but frequently amusing.
09/27/02
Top CriticThe 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
Manages to be somewhat well-acted, not badly art-directed and utterly unengaging no matter how hard it tries to be thrilling, touching or, yikes, uproarious.
09/27/02
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