Bulletproof Monk

The writing in this movie is very weak. Yun-Fat Chow does well in his role as the nameless monk. It falls to him to give an air of credibility to Seann William Scott, who up to now has played goofball characters. ... Full Review

Paul Hunter, who helmed 2003's "Bulletproof Monk" but is best known for his work in music videos, is in talks to direct "Venice. ... Full Review

Bulletproof Monk is most enjoyable if accepted for the light-weight comic-book fantasy it purports to be. Its always a case of HOW not just WHAT, and storytelling on film needs to be as respectful of its audience as does a book. ... Full Review

Bulletproof Monk is most enjoyable if accepted for the light-weight comic-book fantasy it purports to be. With the casting of Yun Chow Fat, the filmmakers were confident that this immediately elevated it into a more intelligent movie. ... Full Review

Bulletproof Monk is not a good movie. I think Bulletproof Monk could have been fun. There are a lot of movies that can pull of some beautiful wirework; Bulletproof Monk is not one of these. ... Full Review

The action is impressive enough....Yet he and Scott spark some fine chemistry, with amusing contrasts between the philosophical monk and punkish hero..... ... Full Review

Which is a real shame, because this could have been an outstanding film. Still, the idea, the players, and some of the execution, manage to keep this film more or less fun. ... Full Review

The supplements for the film were interesting and generally entertaining....some really aggressive moments in the film that deliver nice directional splits, impressive LFE usage, and sweet surround usage....Bulletproof Monk is hard to recommend sight unseen....Eric Serra's very appropriate score was definitely the highlight of the track.... ... Full Review

Produced by Terence Chang and John Woo?s Lion Rock, and adapted from the Flypaper Press comic book, Bulletproof Monk is a hybrid project, part buddy flick, part martial arts extravaganza, part comic book heroics, and part class-based melodrama. The movie, in other words, has a couple of ideas rattling around in its head, ideas that are?or could be?strangely relevant (or perhaps just eternal): atrocities come variously packaged, some perpetrators understand PR, and privileged folks can use... ... Full Review

Its not impossible to guess why producers Terence Chang and John Woo might think Paul Hunter was a good choice to direct Bulletproof Monk . But for the most part, the resulting movie, adapted from the Flypaper Press comic book, doesnt look slick and kind of burnished (like the video), but looks haphazard and silly, like its been assembled from fragments of other movies, with scant attention to sense. ... Full Review