In the average action movie the boundaries of realism are pushed and pushed ... and pushed then broken in a wow-that-MIGHT-be-able-to-really-happen sort of way; MIGHT being the key word. In BMonk they don't bother to push realism they just break it … then they stomp on it and kick it when it is down.
Yun-Fat Chow plays a monk with no name whose duty it is to protect a sacred scroll. Seann William Scott plays an independent street pickpocket who happens to run into the monk. The mismatched monk-pickpocket duo band together to protect the scroll and to ward off those who seek its awesome power. Along the way they team up with tight-leather-wearing bad girl Jade played by Jamie King. The plot of BMonk is relatively weak due to the incorporation of those ever so faithful enemies, the Nazis. I shuddered and sort of chortled to myself both at the same time when I saw the first Nazi appear onscreen. The action/fight/chase scenes are well thought out but executed with mediocrity ... entertaining though. The script and dialogue leaves a little to be desired and the acting is a bit melodramatic ESPECIALLY with the non-main characters (like Mister Funktastic … yes, I said Funktastic). Some of the one-liners by co-stars Chow and Scott were very funny and a redeeming quality. This is a movie that tries very hard to be an adventure flick. Consequence? It ends up being a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon parody. If you have an extra night free and want to see a _reasonably_ good film, go see Bmonk. Just be sure your expectations for this movie are to see and overacted, live-action comic book.
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