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Bulletproof Monk
2003
Based on a comic book series, this is the story of a monk who has looked after a mysterious scroll for sixty years and kept it out of the wrong hands. It is now time for him to pass the scroll on for someone else to look after and the fates have decided on a petty criminal from San Francisco... Read more
| Starring | Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, James King, Karel Roden |
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| Director | Paul Hunter |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Bulletproof Monk
Based on a comic book series, this is the story of a monk who has looked after a mysterious scroll for sixty years and kept it out of the wrong hands. It is now time for him to pass the scroll on for someone else to look after and the fates have decided on a petty criminal from San Francisco...
| Starring | Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, James King, Karel Roden |
|---|---|
| Director | Paul Hunter |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 15 Sep 2003 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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This martial arts fantasy produced by John Woo is based on a late 1990s cult comic book, and turns out to be a messy mix of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Matrix and Lost Horizon. The plot concerns an ancient life-prolonging Tibetan scroll that's protected by nameless monk Chow Yun-Fat (and, after an unlikely plot twist, his petty-pickpocket disciple Seann William Scott) and pursued by former Nazi officer Karl Roden. Combining daft fortune-cookie philosophy, overdone stunts and fluffed fight-choreography, music-video director Paul Hunter's cheesy fusion resembles a pilot episode from some badly acted mid-1970s clone of Kung Fu. Without even the slightest hint of knowing camp to save it, this comic-strip misadventure soon collapses.
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An invulnerable Buddhist monk (Chow Yun-Fat) is protector of a scroll that could bring infinite power to any man... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful member's review
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79 out of 103 people found this review helpful
I want my hour and a half back.
I love martial arts films.
I love comic books and their screen adaptations.
I love Chow Yun Fat.
I hated Bulletproof Monk.
I did everything right. I suspended disbelief, ignored all my friends, got a couple of beers and picked a night when I had nothing else to do.
It has dreadful fights, poor dialogue, a tedious plot and utterly wastes the most charismatic man to emerge from Asian cinema since Jackie Chan.
I hope they don't ever make a sequel. That would suck a**. -
Most recent members' review
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
An excellent performance
Chow Yun Fat as always gives an excellent performance. Classic John Woo action with all of the expected slow mo fight scenes and gravity defying action - well worth a watch. Sean Williams Scott also turns in a quality performance.
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