Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Bluebell Alcock
Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Calum Hutton
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
timothykentlawson
I have watched it a few times already and it's become the type of film that I want to watch whenever I'm looking for a good time without having to go out anywhere. If we now really have use of only 10 % of our brain's capability and capacity then does it not seem realistic to conclude that should we all of a sudden be gifted with use of 100 percent of our brain's capabilities we would then be able to do things we never could before? What if this Tibetan Scroll contained linguistic verbiage that actually empowered anyone speaking aloud its textual contents in the same way that creation obeyed the voice of the CREATOR according to the biblical narrative? When the Divine CREATOR said "Let there be light..." there was light! So, words accompanied by pure belief in their meaning have power. In the Bible book of James the tongue is spoken of as a tough member of the body to tame. The words that we speak can either heal, or, cause harm to others and even to ourselves.
So, based on the already available knowledge that exists concerning the inherent power of words and speech in any language I choose to recommend the BULLETPROOF MONK as very entertaining, decent, and, good for the whole family. PG!
bowmanblue
There's absolutely nothing special about the (not so subtly-titled) 'Bulletproof Monk.' In fact, the title should tell you everything you need to know about the film. However, just because it's nothing out of the ordinary, doesn't make it a bad film. In fact... it's rather good fun (if you're not expecting too much).Sean William Scott - better known as 'Who?' unless you're watching an 'American Pie' movie, where he is - of course - 'Stiffler.' He is playing, er, 'Stiffler' basically, only he's really good at martial arts and pickpocketing people. He ends up getting caught up in a plot by Nazis seeking immortality and has to help the titular 'Bulletproof Monk' (Chow Yun Fat) save the world from these out of time creeps.This film was made back in 2003 and I'd love to say that, because of the time it was made, there was less CGI and more 'practical' effects. Yes, there are some practical effects (or should I say well-choreographed fight scenes), however a lot of the more 'fantastical' martial arts moves are all - very blatantly - filmed up against a blue screen. You may just have to forgive them for that.So, you have plucky, wise-cracking hero, wise mentor, evil baddies and obligatory love interest (Jamie King). So, like I say, nothing you haven't seen a hundred times before. It's so run-of-the-mill that there's not an awful lot else I can say about it. However, just because it doesn't set the film-world alight in terms of originality, doesn't mean that it isn't enormous fun. But, if you like your modern martial arts films, or just need a relaxing little action flick to rest your brain to after a hard day's work, then this should fit the bill.
SnoopyStyle
The Monk With No Name (Yun-Fat Chow) takes over guarding a sacred scroll that if read out loud will give unlimited powers. He is tasked to protect the scroll from anybody reading for the next 60 years. On the first day, the Nazis under Strucker attack the monastery massacring the monks. The Monk is shot with the scroll falling off a cliff. 60 years later, the Monk is in the modern world still running from the bad guys and petty thief Kar (Seann William Scott) is running from the cops. They both jump in to rescue a kid from the subway train tracks. Kar steals the scroll from the Monk and he runs into a gang of subway thugs. Jade (Jaime King) is the leader's girl and has an eye on the charming Kar.This comic book concept could work. It just needs to be either less campy or a whole lot more campy. Maybe it needs to be both. The subway gang looks really really really stupid. SWS needs more jokes and he's capable of being funnier. Chow Yun Fat sort of works as the wise monk. The duo has some good chemistry and is probably the best thing about this movie. The camera style isn't the best and looks a lot like 80s Toronto-for-NYC movies. Music video director Paul Hunter just doesn't have the skills. Also Jaime King looks a lot better as a blonde. She could be a great comic book character. It's too silly to be thrilling but not silly enough to be funny.
johnnymacbest
Based on a underground comic book, Bulletproof Monk is not only one of the worst movies ever made, it's also one of the worst comic book adaptations in years. I'm not going to even go into detail how awesomely bad this film is, I'm just gonna point out the many things that it fails at: Character development, incoherent plot, no thought or ideas put into it's completely vague and banal script, very poor and uninspiring marital art choreography, horrendous acting, and pretty much everything else that makes films of this type. And I can never understand why they even bother to make this film in the first place if the end product doesn't deliver. So in all aspects, Bulletproof Monk is one of the worst comic book adaptations made. Watch it on a rainy day if you want but if the weather is nice, then you're better off doing something else in your spare time.Not worth it.
