Rush Hour (film)

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Rush Hour

Rush Hour (UK) DVD cover
Directed by Brett Ratner
Produced by Roger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Arthur M. Sarkissian
Written by Ross LaManna
Jim Kouf
Starring Jackie Chan
Chris Tucker
Distributed by -USA-
New Line Cinema
-Non-USA-
Various Distributors
Release date(s) September 18, 1998
Running time 97 min.
Language English
Cantonese
Budget $35,000,000 US (est.)
Followed by Rush Hour 2
IMDb profile

Rush Hour is a 1998 martial arts/buddy cop film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. The film was generally successful, becoming the 7th top grossing film of 1998, with a gross of over $140 million dollars at the box-office.

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[edit] Plot

Chan plays Detective Inspector Lee, who has been sent to America from Hong Kong to investigate the kidnapping of Chinese consul Han's daughter, Soo Yung. However, the FBI (who are working on the case themselves) do not want an outsider like Lee to interfere with their investigation so they palm him off with LAPD detective, James Carter (played by Chris Tucker), a fast talking and comically arrogant police officer. When Lee and Carter find out that they're being used, they set out to solve the case themselves.

[edit] Production

Director Brett Ratner had commented that the movie is both a comedy and an action movie; "You have to walk very fine line in deciding the tone."[1]

[edit] Reception

Rush Hour opened at #1 at the North American box-office with a weekend gross of $33 million in September 1998. Rush Hour grossed over $244 million worldwide.[2]

While it gained positive reviews from critics, some people criticized the movie for being a rip-off of Lethal Weapon while some noted that Jackie Chan's performance was nowhere as lively as his previous roles (in Hong Kong movies, Chan enjoyed total creative freedom and was typically given limited creativity in Hollywood productions) and that his stunts were no longer death-defying or impressive. Many critics praised Chris Tucker for his comical acts in the film and how he and Chan formed an effective comic duo.[3]

A sequel Rush Hour 2, was made in 2001. A third movie, Rush Hour 3, is in the works, after Chris Tucker's demands almost put an end to the movie.[4] Tucker will receive $25 million for the third film and Chan will gain the distribution rights to the movie in Asia. The movie is set to be released on August 10, 2007.

[edit] Cast

  • Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee
  • Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter
  • Tom Wilkinson as Griffin/Juntao
  • Ken Leung as Sang
  • Tzi Ma as Consul Han
  • Julia Hsu as Soo Yung
  • Elizabeth Peña as Detective Johnson
  • Chris Penn as Clive Cod
  • Michael Chow as the Dinner Guest
  • Rex Linn as Special Agent Whitney
  • Mark Rolston as Special Agent Warren Russ
  • Wayne A. King as the Cigaweed Man
  • Manny Perry as the Bartender
  • Clifton Powell as Luke
  • Kai Lennick & Larry Sullivan, Jr. as the Cops at Diner
  • Yan Lin as the Consul's Secretary
  • George Cheung as Soo Yung's Driver
  • Roger Fan as Soo Yung's Bodyguard
  • John Hawkes as Stucky
  • Jean Lebell as the Taxi Driver
  • Ai Man as the Foo Chow Hostess
  • Lydia Look as the Foo Chow Waitress
  • Mike Ashley as the Male Flight Attendant
  • Aiza Tai as the Flight Attendant # 2
  • Arlene Tai as the Flight Attendant # 3

[edit] Trivia

  • There is a famous scene where Chan and Tucker grab each other's hands and swing to kick their friends' opponents; it is the same move used by Michael Winslow and Brian Tochi in Police Academy 3: Back In Training. This move is also used in Rush Hour's sequel, Rush Hour 2.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yeoman, Robert. OnFilm Interviews. Kodak.com. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.
  2. ^ Rush Hour. boxofficemojo.com (September 18th, 1998). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
  3. ^ Ebert, Roger (September 18th, 1998). Rush Hour. rogerebert.com. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
  4. ^ Chan Says Tucker Holding Up Rush Hour 3. The Associated Press (July 10th, 2005). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.

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Films directed by Brett Ratner
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (1990) • Money Talks (1997) • Rush Hour (1998)  • The Family Man (2000) • Rush Hour 2 (2001) • Red Dragon (2002) • After the Sunset (2004) • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) • Rush Hour 3 (2007) • The Boys From Brazil (2008)
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