Despite all the corny, stylized action sequences Wasabi isn't all that bad IF you can get past the Godzilla-type talking which consists of the peoples mouths moving but you can tell they're really speaking in a different language. The movie had some nice weapons carried by Jean Reno's character Hubert Fiorentini, France's toughest detective. A .44 Magnum (I believe) in the beginning when he foiled a bank robbery which was nothing more than a bunch of homosexual cross-dressing men with a hostage and a button to detonate a bomb linked to the hostage, and a Taurus Raging Bull, the longer revolver that he carries through most of the film. He uses it in a gunfight at a dance arcade. And getting back to the bank heist, which has got to be one of the goofiest heists I EVER seen. Sure I like Jean Reno and believe it or not this is my favorite Jean Reno film (The Professional aka: Leon the Professional being my second) but that does not excuse that bank heist. You have a handful of cross-dressing homos armed with a hostage, a button bomb and a bomb wired to the hostage. Reno comes in, drops his gun at the mister sister's orders, BUT starts to walk toward them. Despite the warnings to stop or the hostage will be blown to little bits he still heads towards them. When he stops in front of homo #1 (the one with the hostage and the bomb detonator) he holds up two uncrossed wires and we see homo #1 push the button several times and realize the bomb has been disarmed. He then kicks this weirdo in the crotch sending him flying through the air like some kind of bad Matrix stunt and he then lands sitting on top of a file cabinet screaming. You have got to see this movie. If for no other reason, see it for this goofy bank heist scene. It will leave you saying what the hell was the director thinking and WOW! Did that just happen? Truly a scene to see. But as far as everything else the movie, the characters, and glamorous Japanese places it was about an average movie. Not nearly as much as action as you'd expect from viewing the trailer or seeing the box but it's still a pretty fair movie. The dialog gets a little slow sometimes, but as far as the foreign language speaking people with the English speak over, I'd still recommend this over any Godzilla movie.
Review of Wasabi
