All things considered, The Green Hornet is pretty entertaining. It isn't at the same level as Iron Man and Dark Knight, nor does it match the visual bravado of Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, but with visual stylist Michel Gondry at the helm, it manages to get the job done.

In this adaptation of the old radio show and t.v. series, Seth Rogen is Britt Reid-- the spoiled son of a stern newspaper publishing company owner. After his father's untimely death, Britt teams with the publisher's expert coffee maker (aka Kato) in an attempt to clean up the streets. Their crime fighting aspirations pit them against the ruthless Chudnofsky (played by a lively Christoph Waltz)--a mob boss undergoing a bit of an identity crisis.

The Green Hornet was penned by Rogen and his life long buddy Evan Goldberg and the screenplay fluctuates between the juvenile (the banter between Britt and Kato is a bit childish), the witty (the opening of the picture features an immensely entertaining introduction to Chudnofsky, as well as a hilarious cameo by a certain Oscar nominee), the cool (the fight sequences are shot in spectacular Kato-vision), and the clever (the way our fearless dynamic duo use Cameron Diaz's scholar/secretary Lenore Case to help in their crime fighting operation, is actually pretty inspired).

If there's a downside to the film, it might be Rogen himself who never really acquits himself as true hero type. More often than not, I found myself hoping that Kato (played engagingly by Jay Chou--who replaced Stephen Chow) might beat the crap out of Britt and at one point, he actually does! Still, Rogen has some amusing moments here, and it helps that he has an innovative director like Gondry calling all the shots. The Green Hornet is a bit chaotic, particularly in the final act, but it has a goofy spirit about it that's pretty darn amusing.