It is the story of a French policeman who decided to travel to Tokyo in order to terrorize his separated daughter after the death of his ex-girlfriend. In this vast city, this policeman discovers an unexpected path and knows the reason for leaving his mistress and causing other strange problems.
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.
Ebert & Roeper
October 07, 2002
One scarcely needs the subtitles to enjoy this colorful action farce.