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The car is cool. Kato (Jay Chou) is awesome, but “The Green Hornet” is 3D trash.

The origins of the film date all the way back to radio in 1936 with its creation by George W. Trendle and Frank Striker and has been very popular in a variety of mediums including a comic book series in the 1940s and a television series in the 1960s.

The 3D feature film, however, fails to add anything to the repertoire of the series beginning with a pointless conflict between the main character Britt Reid (Seth Rogan) and his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) when Britt was a little kid.

This is followed by the best moment of the film concerning a cameo of James Franco in a confrontation with criminal Chudnofsky (Cristoph Waltz) who is trying to take over the streets.

This moment of bliss is short-lived and sets into motion a very weak and boring superhero movie.

After Britt Reid’s father dies from an alleged bee sting, Britt decides that he needs to do something with his life and teams up with his coffee-maker Kato as vigilantes.

Britt’s nameless character’s fame allows him to adapt the name “The Green Hornet,” leaving the real power in the duo, Kato, in the shadows.

The only superpower that Britt has is what his father left for him, including his own newspaper to publicize his new public character.

In order to differentiate himself from other superheroes, he uses the press to make “The Green Hornet” out to be a criminal instead of a good guy in order to confuse the actual bad guys (Chudnofsky aka “Bloodnofsky”).

After James Franco’s appearance in the first scene, the only two characters worth following are the antics of Chudnofsky and Kato’s swift skills while Britt Reid and Lenore Case (Camero Diaz) fall by the wayside.

The one thing that Britt does right in the film is suggest the name “the Green Bee” which would have been a much better name for this wannabe 3D superhero blockbuster.