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Wasabi

Movie · 2001 · 94 min

A breezy, silly action romp with broad jokes, cartoonish fights and a surprisingly sweet father-daughter heart underneath.

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2001 film directed by Gérard Krawczyk
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Year
2001
Runtime
94 min
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • revenge
  • crime
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror1
Humour7
Realism4
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

Details

Genres
action comedy
Directed by
Gérard Krawczyk
Written by
Luc Besson
Starring
Jean Reno, Carole Bouquet, Ryōko Hirosue, Michel Muller, Élodie Frenck, Yoshi Oida, Ludovic Berthillot, Christian Sinniger
Music
Éric Serra
Runtime
94 min
Country
Japan, France
Languages
French

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