Violent but cool martial arts movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2010

The fight scenes are routine, the humor juvenile, and the Toronto locales rendered drab through muddy cinematography.

| May 3, 2007

It's painful to watch.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Chow was never a martial arts star back home, but he's a good enough actor -- and an engaging enough personality -- to pass for one here.

| Jun 24, 2006

It's supremely ironic: the scroll defeats the body's natural decaying process. In today's movies, so does the computer. It's even more efficient than plastic surgery, but just as phoney.

| Jun 20, 2003

...for the legendary Chow Bulletproof Monk can only go down as one more Hollywood disappointment for an immensely talented actor whom deserves much, much better.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 19, 2003

They made a ton of junky movies in Hong Kong, but those were dazzlingly fluid and high-flying junky movies. This American retread has the same sort of hack plot but none of the bravura.

| Apr 22, 2003

[T]he thing about the martial arts sequences -- you've got the great Chow Yun-Fat, but this thing is directed M온라인카지노추천 style: cut here, cut there, close-up. So we can't really tell if he's doing stunts or if it's all tricks of camerawork.

Full Review | Apr 21, 2003

Great title, but this martial-arts comedy doesn't quite live up to it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 20, 2003

So goofy it borders on camp.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 20, 2003

One of those motley movies that borrows from just about everywhere.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2003

Model-turned-actress Jaime King changed her first name (from James) to star in Bulletproof Monk. Given her performance, she might have to enter the witness-protection program.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 18, 2003

A popcorn pleasure -- an action movie with a little wit, a lot of spirit, and some kick-butt kick-boxing.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 17, 2003

[A] lightweight but delightful martial-arts romp.

Full Review | Apr 16, 2003

A movie chockablock with too many elements.

| Apr 16, 2003

This is not a movie that sparks questions about the meaning of life. Well, maybe one: Dude, where's my Zen?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 16, 2003

Bulletproof Monk is such an overcooked and odoriferous turkey, the Butterball people ought to sue for defamation of character.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 16, 2003

Cheesy fun.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 16, 2003

Bulletproof Monk has more going for it than a promising title. It has a life and style that other buddy action movies lack.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 16, 2003

This isn't really a movie, it's just one chase scene stacked on top of another and stitched together with the thinnest thread of plot.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 16, 2003