Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
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Critic Consensus: Venerable action star Chow Yun-Fat is the only saving grace in this silly action flick that more often than not resembles a commercial in style.
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Cast
as Monk with No Name
as Kar
as Jade/Bad Girl
as Strucker
as Nina
as Mr. Funktastic
as Mr. Kojima
as Master Monk
as Sax
as Diesel
as DV
as Buzz
as Buzz
as Wicho
as Shade
as Brother Tenzin
as Young Monk
as Boy Monk
as Old Sho Girl
as Subway Cop
as Young Mother
as Little Girl
as Three Piece Suit
as Cabbie
as Breathless Cop
as Hotdog Vendor
as Merc
as Merc
as Merc
as Monastery Monk
as Merc
as Merc
as Merc
as Merc
as Merc
as Merc
as Merc
as Merc
as Kommando
as Kommando
as Kommando
as Kommando
as Kommando
as Kommando
as Kommando
as Kommando
as Transit Cop
as Transit Cop
as Kommando
as Transit Cop
as Monastery Monk
as Monastery Monk
as Monastery Monk
as Temple Monk
as Temple Monk
as Temple Monk
as Temple Monk
as Wu Shu Monk
as Wu Shu Monk
as Wu Shu Monk
as Wu Shu Monk
as Wu Shu Monk
as Wu Shu Monk
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Critic Reviews for Bulletproof Monk
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The fight scenes are routine, the humor juvenile, and the Toronto locales rendered drab through muddy cinematography.
Chow was never a martial arts star back home, but he's a good enough actor -- and an engaging enough personality -- to pass for one here.
They made a ton of junky movies in Hong Kong, but those were dazzlingly fluid and high-flying junky movies. This American retread has the same sort of hack plot but none of the bravura.
[T]he thing about the martial arts sequences -- you've got the great Chow Yun-Fat, but this thing is directed MTV style: cut here, cut there, close-up. So we can't really tell if he's doing stunts or if it's all tricks of camerawork.
One of those motley movies that borrows from just about everywhere.
Everything here is borrowed from other movies ...
Audience Reviews for Bulletproof Monk
I felt a stabbing pain watching this movie. I had dark hole expectations watching it and I was still dissapointed. Bulletproof Monk is the biggest Americanisation of the eastern action movie i've ever seen. Seann William Scott has only ever been funny in Role Models. Yung kicks ass but unfortunately the rest doesn't. Especially the ridiculous non-existent plot.
Super Reviewer
What a weird movie, it's a modern kung-fu fantasy/comedy. While that's pretty brave to attempt to make that plot work, it just wasn't executed properly and it just didn't have enough personality. I think what makes it work the most is the buddy cop antics between Seann William Scott and Chow Yun Fat, aside from that it falls pretty flat.
Super Reviewer
I really enjoyed this corny action movie, and I wish that it was longer than it was, and improved on it's little flaws, because I really wanted to love this one, but I still really liked it!
Super Reviewer
Bulletproof Monk Quotes
| The Bulletproof Monk: | Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten while hot dog buns come in packages of just eight? |
| Mr. Kojima: | And I am through taking your messages. My name is Kokijima. Not Sony, Sanyo, Toshiba. |
| The Bulletproof Monk: | Somehow I sense he has a lot of potential. |
| Jade/Bad Girl: | Really? I sense he's mostly full of s****. |
| The Bulletproof Monk: | An enlightened man would offer a humble traveler shelter for the night and share a quiet conversation over a bowl of cocoa puffs. |
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