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When his former lover dies, a French policeman travels to Tokyo to take care of his estranged daughter. There he eventually finds out why his girlfriend left him and the reason becomes his and his new daughters problem.
Reno does what he can in a thankless situation, the film ricochets from humor to violence and back again, and Ryoko Hirosue makes us wonder if she is always like that.
Action star (and fine dramatic actor) Jean Reno has fallen prey to the Action Comedy conceit and the result is the periodically entertaining, generally tiresome Wasabi.
Wasabi is slight fare indeed, with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly (like one of Hubert's punches), but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn.
Like being trapped inside a huge video game, where exciting, inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again.
October 17, 2002
Ebert & Roeper
One scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce.