Bulletproof Monk [Blu-ray] DVD

Bulletproof Monk
A monk and a pickpocket become unlikely allies in this action adventure story. Sixty years ago, a nameless monk (Chow Yun-Fat) was appointed the guardian of a mysterious scroll that grants remarkable powers to those who possess it. After six decades of traveling the world to protect the scroll, the monk must find someone new to assume the responsibility, but as fate would have it, the new caretaker turns out to be Kar (Seann William Scott), a scruffy and distinctly non-enlightened petty thief living in San Francisco. As the monk attempts to educate Kar in the powers and responsibilities of the scroll and the ways of a monk's life, they discover they have a rival for the possession of the valuable scroll. As Kar and the monk fend off their mysterious adversary, they are aided by Bad Girl (Jaime King), a beautiful Russian mob affiliate with amazing martial arts skills and a vested interest in keeping the scroll in virtuous hands. Bulletproof Monk was based a comic book series published in 1999; Chow Yun-Fat's frequent collaborators John Woo and Terence Chang produced. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Chow Yun-Fat as The Bulletproof Monk Seann William Scott as Kar Jaime King as Jade/Bad Girl Karel Roden as Strucker Victoria Smurfit as Nina Mako as Mr. Kojima Marcus Jean Pirae as Mr. Funktastic Roger Yuan as Master Onk

Crew Nick Gazda - Art Director T. Arv Grewal - Art Director Eric Norlin - Art Director Stephanie Dudley - Animator Jean Marc Rodrigue - Animator Wendy Whaley - Animator Paul Wood - Character Animation Robert Lambert - Associate Producer Alan Zielonko - Boom Operator Mindy Marin - Casting Diane Kerbel - Casting Troy P. Liddell - Choreography Colin Chilvers - Consultant/advisor Shakya Dorje - Consultant/advisor David Harcourt - Consultant/advisor Stephen Tung Wai - Consultant/advisor Trevor Ward - Consultant/advisor Mark Paniccia - Co-producer Brent O'Connor - Co-producer Alan Glazer - Co-producer Delphine White - Costume Designer Howard Rothschild - First Assistant Director Walter Gasparovic - First Assistant Director Paul Hunter - Director Guy Norris - Second Unit Director Corey Yuen - Second Unit Director Robert Lambert - Editor Gotham Chopra - Executive Producer Douglas Segal - Executive Producer Claude Serra - Executive Producer Kelley Smith-Wait - Executive Producer Michael Yanover - Executive Producer Caroline Macaulay - Executive Producer Stephen Tung Wai - Fights Choreographer Corey Yuen - Fights Choreographer Jack Wong Wai Leung - Fights Choreographer Jack Wai Leung Wong - Fights Choreographer Mok Shuk Yee - Hair Styles Drazen Baric - Location Manager Jonathan N. Matthews - Location Manager Richard Hughes - Location Manager Eric Serra - Composer (Music Score) Anita Camarata - Musical Direction/Supervision Emmy Leung - Makeup Keith Vanderlaan - Makeup Special Effects Greg Cannom - Makeup Special Effects David Sheridan - Camera Operator Perry Hoffman - Camera Operator Michael Hall - Camera Operator Michael Fylyshtan - Camera Operator Deborah Evans - Production Designer Stefan Czapsky - Cinematographer David Herrington - Cinematographer Mary Kim - Production Manager Marty Dejczak - Production Manager D.J. Carson - Production Manager John Woo - Producer Douglas Segal - Producer Terence Chang - Producer Charles Roven - Producer William Cheng - Set Designer Vladislav Fedorov - Set Designer Elis Lam - Set Designer Clive Thomasson - Set Designer Rob Ballantyne - Set Designer Steve Maslow - Sound Mixer Gregg Landaker - Sound Mixer Teddy Hall - Sound Mixer Soundstorm - Sound/Sound Designer Brion Pacassi - Sound Recordist Frank Fleming - Sound Recordist Roy T. Anderson - Stunts Len Wagner - Stunts Ron Bell - Stunts Darren Marsman - Stunts Ed Queffelec - Stunts Wong Wai Fai - Stunts Kym Kristalie - Stunts Jennifer Vey - Stunts Mike Tighe - Stunts Jung-Yul Kim - Stunts Darren Michael McGuire - Stunts Dennis Oliver - Stunts Christopher Cordell - Stunts Ian Chow - Stunts Leigh Brinkman - Stunts Dan Belley - Stunts Peng Zhang - Stunts Angelica Lisk - Stunts Curtis Hibbert - Stunts Bryan Renfro - Stunts Joseph R. Racki - Stunts Marcello Baccala - Stunts Dave Stinson - Stunts Susan Horton - Stunts John Stoneham, Sr. - Stunts Wayne Downer - Stunts Duncan McLeod - Stunts Sue Parker - Stunts Fred Perron - Stunts Shane Cardwell - Stunts Paul Wu - Stunts Robert Reese - Stunts Lori Stewar - Stunts Marco Bianco - Stunts John Stoneham Jr. - Stunts Coordinator Branko Racki - Stunts Coordinator Guy Norris - Stunts Coordinator Kim Chow - Supervisor/Manager Kaz Kobielski - Special Effects Supervisor Tim Landry - Special Effects Supervisor Brent O'Connor - Unit Production Manager Cyrus Voris - Screenwriter Ethan Reiff - Screenwriter David Herrington - Additional Cinematography Norris Houk - Production Assistant Steve Sheridan - Production Assistant Terri Ann Myers - Production Assistant Andrew Wolinsky - Production Assistant Alexei O'Brien - Production Assistant Patrick Davis - Production Assistant Dino Mangos - Production Assistant Amanda Jane Powell - Production Assistant Marco Di Flaviano - Production Assistant John E. Sullivan - Visual Effects Supervisor Rick Parker - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Jim Lovisek - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Karen Pidgurski - Unit Publicist Pamela March - Additional Editing Mark Bourgeois - Additional Editing Tim Kneeshaw - First Assistant Camera Ari Magder - First Assistant Camera Ciaran Copelin - First Assistant Camera Phillippe Champion - First Assistant Camera Andy Jekabsons - First Assistant Camera John Harper - First Assistant Camera Jeffrey Orr - Grip Mark Manchester - Key Grip Peter DaPrato - Key Grip Brent Brooks - Music Editor Eric Serra - Music Producer Hollywood Studio Orchestra - Musical Performer Eric Serra - Musical Performer Hanna Tower - Production Coordinator Lesley R. Myers - Production Coordinator Geoffrey R. Smith - Properties Master Ron Hewitt - Properties Master Barney Burman - Prosthetic Makeup Effects Greg Cannom - Prosthetic Makeup Effects Kathryn Buck - Script Supervisor Pat Joyes - Script Supervisor Bob Warwick - Second Assistant Director Pazz Neglia - Second Assistant Director Steve Mann - Sound Effects Director Glenn Hoskinson - Sound Effects Director Ken Fischer - Sound Effects Director Stephen P. Robinson - Sound Effects Director Steven F. Nelson - Sound Effects Director Howard S.M. Neiman - Sound Effects Director Tony Kenny - Special Effects Coordinator David Sheridan - Steadicam Operator George Kratchyk - Still Photographer Bruce Fortune - Supervising Sound Editor Bruce Stambler - Supervising Sound Editor John E. Sullivan - Visual Effects Producer Dennis Hoffman - Visual Effects Producer Debbie Cooke - Visual Effects Producer Denise Horta - ADR Editor Becky Sullivan - ADR Editor Eileen Horta - ADR Editor Thomas J. O'Connell - ADR Mixer Rick Canelli - ADR Recordist Sara Schilt - Assistant Costumer Designer Luis M. Sequeira - Assistant Costumer Designer Steve Spurrell - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Mike Hall - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Lydia Pensa - Assistant Hair Craig Jackson - Assistant Location Manager Jo-Ann MacNeil - Assistant Makeup Basil Person - Assistant Production Coordinator Michael Huschka - Assistant Properties Patrick Cicero - Assistant Sound Editor Paul Aulicino - Assistant Sound Editor Niall Traynor - Camera Loader Crystal Proctor - Casting Assistant Khristina Kravas - Casting Associate David Breeze - Chief Lighting Technician Chris Howard - Chief Lighting Technician James Halpenny - Construction Coordinator Patrick King - Dolly Grip Zamaret Kleiman - Extra Casting D. Gillian Truster - First Assistant Editor Paulina Jara - Key Hairstylist David R. Beecroft - Key Hairstylist Mario Cacioppo - Key Make-up Leslie A. Sebert - Key Make-up Todd Weinger - Personal Assistant Rachel Suhanic - Personal Assistant Evan Spiegel - Personal Assistant Misha Skoric - Personal Assistant Jonathan Goldman - Personal Assistant Hunter Shepherd - Personal Assistant Tom Metz III - Personal Assistant Mel Braxton - Personal Assistant Cyrille De Smet - Personal Assistant Siri Khalsa - Personal Assistant Brent O'Connor - Personal Assistant Aaron Kogan - Personal Assistant Brittany Philion - Personal Assistant Shannon O'Connor - Personal Assistant Brandon Buyaki - Personal Assistant Robert C. Doyle - Post Production Assistant Darwin Green - Post Production Assistant Benjamin Smith - Second Assistant Camera Bradley Crosbie - Second Assistant Camera Nick Fischer - Set Dresser Walter Woloschuk - Set Dresser Richard Krogh - Set Dresser David Jaquest - Set Dresser Kimothy Steede - Set Dresser Denis Kirkham - Set Dresser Rob McCallum - Storyboard Artist Boy Wonder Visual Effects - Visual Effects Joe Dorn - ADR Supervisor Sean Armstrong - Cable Person Bob Beher - Foley Supervisor RD Negative Cutting Inc. - Negative Cutter David Tommasini - Pilot Catherine McGovern - Production Secretary Lisa Coles - Production Secretary John J. Thomson - Production Sound Mixer Jody Marie Tansley - Set Medic/First Aid Charlene Schembri - Set Medic/First Aid Arthur Langevin - Special Effects Technician Gary Kleinsteuber - Special Effects Technician Bob Hall - Special Effects Technician Katrina Lee - Third Assistant Director Jenny Murray - Third Assistant Director Anthony Nocera - Video Assist Ronald Schlueter - Video Assist Kenton Hulme - Visual Effects Editor Melissa J. T. Carter - Visual Effects Editor Barbara Harris - Voice Casting Ambrose Pottie - Graphic Design David Best - Graphic Design Howard A. Anderson Company - Title Design Feng Zhu - Conceptual Design H. Nancy Pak - Art Department Coordinator Sean Karlin - Assistant Visual Effects Editor Robert S. Smith - Standby Carpenter Mike Bunt - Standby Carpenter Rob Bonney - Head Carpenter Doyle Smith - Compositor Deborah Whitman - Compositor Mark Rumsey - Compositor Daryl Klein - Compositor John Huikku - Compositor Holly Horter - Compositor Fish Essenfeld - Compositor Josh Davitt - Compositor Joseph Bailey - Compositor Tarn Fox - Compositor Frank Maurer - Compositor Paul Graff - Compositor John Kirby - Compositor Jonah Loop - Compositor Robert Rossello - Compositor Chris Biggs - Compositor Georges Venckus - Assistant Set Decorator

Bulletproof Monk
Chow Yun-Fat fans take note: this is not the one you've been waiting for. That said, taken as what it is (a fairly generic urban actioner that stands slightly apart from the pack due to it's mystic slant), Bulletproof Monk is still a moderately entertaining effort that will no doubt entertain the less demanding action fan. The thing that American directors seem to keep forgetting (Anna and the King director Andy Tenant aside) is that Chow can actually act -- despite the fact that he still looks really cool jumping and flipping while firing duel 9mms. Only a fraction of Chow's Hong Kong efforts were action movies (curious casual fans should seek out All About Ah-Long for a taste of his more tender side), and despite the fact that a handful of those efforts were indeed genre-defining, he simply hasn't been utilized to full effect in American cinema. Though after The Replacement Killers and The Corrupter it is nice to see Chow in a fairly good-humored role, one still gets the feeling that if his stateside performances continue in such a generic fashion that he'll never get the international attention that he truly deserves. Director Paul Hunter does an adequate job of creating his own unique visual scheme due to strong use of color, and his action directing is also fairly assured. Likewise, Seann William Scott makes for a fairly charming street thief, and his easygoing nature makes the fact that his character is essentially a good person at heart relatively believable. Supporting performances are fairly strong across the board, though it's painfully obvious (especially during the final confrontation) that many of villainous Nazi Strucker's (Karel Roden) more comic character components were sadly left on the cutting room floor given that the other humorous elements of the film are so blatant. Though those unfamiliar with Chow aren't likely to be quite as demanding of this effort (and should definitely seek out his Honk Kong actioners to see how it's really done), Bulletproof Monk is just entertaining enough to tide over hardcore Chow fans until inevitable reteaming with longtime collaborator John Woo. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, Spanish, French Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: 1080p HD resolution provides dazzling, unparalleled picture quality. Lossless Audio delivers the purest digital sound available. Smart Menu Technology floats on-screen during playback so you never leave the film. DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: A Content Length: 104 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Bulletproof Monk 1. Main Title/Final Touch 2. To Protect the Scroll... 3. ...From the Enemy 4. Like Two...Two Approaching Trains 5. Funktastic Businessman 6. "He's Going to Lose" 7. Worth Waiting For 8. His Home Is His Palace 9. Cantonese for 'Family' 10. A Better, Purer World 11. The Hot Dog Riddle 12. Brave and Stupid 13. Whose Fight Is It? 14. Brothers in Waiting 15. Unity of Opposites 16. Aerial Attacks 17. Truth of the Matter 18. Asking Mr. Kojima 19. Another 60 Years 20. The Monk As Traitor 21. Misdirection & Speed 22. In the Palace of Jade 23. Well-Armed Princess 24. Every Last Letter 25. "You Do Have Potential" 26. Rejuvenated Evil 27. Bad Girl Combat 28. The Forece of Evil 29. Last Chance to Change 30. The Third Prophecy 31. Inseparable 32. End Credits