Jaime King, James King, Karel Roden
Based on the very underground comic book, a Tibetan monk becomes a mentor to a young street kid whom he can teach to protect a scroll.
DVD Release Date: September 9, 2003
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Stats: 3,581 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (3,581)
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October 2, 2009What a load of bollocks. I quite like the idea and I really liked Chow Yun Fat in it but the direction, acting and supporting cast are all awful. This is a wasted opportunity, made by complete idiots!
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September 7, 2008.......... it's wierd... sort of a parody of the kung-fu film while trying to be a serious film.....
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June 25, 2008The usual east meets west action comedy. Inventive fight sequences just about outweigh the predictable culture confusion jokes. Chow Yun Fat is superb, relishing every moment of comedy and action he is handed. From his facial expressions to his delivery of the lines he gets the r...( read more)
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February 10, 2008arrghh love this cuz hes a projectionist and lives in his booth and its all just very cool, nice moral etc
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September 29, 2009Absolute rubbish. I'm a huge Chow Yun Fat fan, but I found this painful to watch. The direction was amateurish, the action was terrible, and the story was crap. Avoid.
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September 6, 2009How I wish this wasn't true. If only bullets had killed him before this movie was made.
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September 3, 2009Loved the gag with the cereal bowl. A typical movie but still enjoyable - even if I was distracted by the Toronto distillery district locations
Critic Reviews
April 22, 2003
David Edelstein, Slate
April 18, 2003
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bulletproof Monk shoots blanks. full review
April 16, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Bulletproof Monk has more going for it than a promising title. It has a life and style that other buddy action movies lack. full review
April 16, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A plot so preposterous it could only have emerged from the underground comic world. full review
April 16, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The ads and trailer hope we confuse it with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but this is more like the Young Readers version. full review
April 15, 2003
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The lighting is bad, the editing of the action sequences sometimes messy, but these infelicities, curiously enough, increase the fun rather than diminishing it. full review
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