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This is an recent film that was made last year but i was always reluctant to watch this film because it Sean william scott the guy who plays stifler in the American pie movie but after watching this film i have changed my mind, i quite like him in...
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This is an recent film that was made last year but i was always reluctant to watch this film because it Sean william scott the guy who plays stifler in the American pie movie but after watching this film i have changed my mind, i quite like him in this film and it was not as annoying as i once thought.

i really enjoyed this film and his female co-star was quite good epically how relevant she was in profese which i never expected but it was nice, Chown young fat was impressive as the monk and his skill was impressive but moves were brilliant performed and skilful done. i am impressed with how brilliant it was moves and fighting. more surprised that fake moves turn into impressive moves.

i really hope there would make a sequel to this film but i haven't heard nothing from it so i guessing there wouldn't be a sequel which would be a shame but it was surprise to me that instead of one person holding the power it is two people which i really liked but since bad guys are dead it would be the end of that but there couldn't make one monk want the words.

it nice to actually watch a story unfold from 1936 to present day. how every 60 years monk with power have to transfer it to someone else through 3 different test and it amazing how interpretation can be applied to current time. that one things i like about Chinese film it always have history which is impressive to see.

Enough of me rambling on about how great this movie is, i would give this film 7 out 10 rating. it a short film but very enjoyable to watch.

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Posted feb 8, 2007 12:58 am pt

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I really like this movie. I think that it was funny and original and that Sean William Scott was really cool too. This movie is great!

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Posted jan 13, 2007 4:08 am pt

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not the best film but still worth watching

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Posted jan 1, 2007 6:30 am pt

• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  It has a life and style that other buddy action movies lack

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  70
  Lightweight but delightful martial-arts romp.

  by Charles Taylor | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  70
  Not surprisingly based on a comic book series by Brett Lewis and R.A. Jones (whom pic fails to credit), pic hurtles along at a pace designed by vet music vid and ad helmer Paul Hunter to engage short attention spans.

  by Robert Koehler | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  60
  Too much seriousness can be fatal to a picture like this one, since it impedes the efficient delivery of dumb laughter and easy thrills.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  60
  It’s a film that walks a fine-line between serious superhero flick and slapstick, giving the audience a conglomerate of great martial arts moments intertwined with some very funny dialogue and impetus.

  by Clint Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  50
  The story's entire foundation is based upon a plot hole so gargantuan that anyone not suffering a brain cramp will identify it at once.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  50
  It’s a testament to Chow's star power that, even with an accent more than casually reminiscent of Elmer Fudd's, he comes off charming, handsome and cool in a movie as ridiculous as Bulletproof Monk.

  by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  50
  One of those motley movies that borrows from just about everywhere.

  by Mark Jenkins | Read Full Review »
• [+] Dallas Observer
  
  50
  It's pretty good fun, once it gets going, but still makes some of the same mistakes that have plagued other Hollywood films that interpolate the concepts of Hong Kong action.

  by Andy Klein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  50
  Some reliably vertiginous fight sequences (rope bridge, rooftop signage) and modest flight experiments liven up the mix, but for all the leads' individual appeal, they seem to occupy slightly different films.

  by Ed Park | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  50
  Began life as a comic book, and screenwriters Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, ever respectful of that lineage, have not allowed the film's dialogue or plot points to rise above their cartoonish origins.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  50
  First-time director Paul Hunter delivers a quick-cut, loud movie that betrays his MTV roots -- but then again, the script never demands that he do much more than exactly that.

  by Robert K. Elder | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  50
  Action star Chow Yun-Fat's latest is as thin as the buzz cut he sports in Bulletproof Monk.

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  50
  The fight scenes in Bulletproof Monk are not as inventive as some I've seen (although the opening fight on a rope bridge is so well done that it raises expectations it cannot fulfill).

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  50
  The worst sin is the way the film borrows and corrupts the gravity-defying action style of Yun-Fat's international hit, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

  by David Hiltbrand | Read Full Review »