DVD Movie Rating for: Wasabi

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Wasabi

Hubert (Jean Reno) is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 ago, to settle the probate of his former girlfriend who disapeared without notice. There he mets his former collegue Momo ( Michel Muller) and his daughter Yumi (Ryoko Hirosue) whom existence he ignored. To settle a few "problems", he uses his "skills".

DVD Production Details of: Wasabi

Director: Gérard Krawczyk

Format: Color, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom
DVD Features:
Theatrical trailer(s)

Widescreen anamorphic format

Cast of the movie: Wasabi

• Jean Reno .... Hubert Fiorentini
• Ryoko Hirosue .... Yumi Yoshimido
• Michel Muller .... Maurice 'Momo'
• Carole Bouquet .... Sofia
• Ludovic Berthillot .... Jean-Baptiste 1
• Yan Epstein .... Jean-Baptiste 2
• Michel Scourneau .... Van Eyck
• Christian Sinniger .... The Squale
• Jean-Marc Montalto .... Olivier
• Alexandre Brik .... Irène
• Fabio Zenoni .... Josy
• Véronique Balme .... Betty
• Jacques Bondoux .... Del Rio
• Yoshi Oida .... Takanawa
• Haruhiko Hirata .... Ishibashi

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Reviews of the movie: Wasabi

This high-energy Dirty Harry in Japan stars Jean Reno (The Professional) as a maverick Paris cop with sledgehammer fists and a short temper. Promoted to sudden fatherhood when he "inherits" a spunky Japanese daughter (Ryoko Hirosue) he never knew, he becomes her droopy guardian angel, protecting her from an army of yakuza gangsters. Written and produced by Luc Besson, the former fashionista director of Euro-sleek shoot-'em-ups, this colorful B-movie blast is as gritty as an oil slick on a water slide but packed with explosive action. Director Gerard Krawczyk punctuates his gunfights with the Hong Kong school of recoil (bullets blast victims across the screen) and an undercurrent of humor. As long as you don't lean too hard on such niggling details as logic, legality, and the laws of physics, this silly, splashy, family bonding bulletfest is a spirited good time

An offbeat, comedy thriller capitalizing on Jean Reno's engaging persona and far more fun than the same type of action schtick coming out of America lately.
This picture, while mainly relying on the appeal of the brutish French star Jean Reno, is still a lot of fun for it's boorish glamourizing of thuggish violence and hilarious implausibility. It's a comic-book movie with a smug, jokey attitude and a super hero far more engaging than the costumed dildos we've been exposed to in American counterparts lately. It's luggish and loud and loaded with nifty action set pieces. It's written and produced by Luc Besson, and that's another thing going for it. Eric Serra contributes another of his pounding, techy music scores. Watch it with volume turned way up.