Rush Hour 2

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Rush Hour 2
Directed by Brett Ratner
Produced by Roger Birnbaum,
Jonathan Glickman,
Arthur M. Sarkissian,
Jay Stern
Written by Ross LaManna,
Jeff Nathanson
Starring Jackie Chan,
Chris Tucker,
Zhang Ziyi
Distributed by -USA-
New Line Cinema
-Non-USA-
Various Distributors
Release date(s) August 3, 2001
Running time 90 min.
Language English
Budget ~US$90,000,000
Preceded by Rush Hour (film)
Followed by Rush Hour 3
IMDb profile

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 martial arts/buddy cop film, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. It is the sequel to the movie Rush Hour (1998). It was more successful at the box-office than its predecessor, a rarity in the film business. Rush Hour 2 grossed over $226 million dollars at the box-office, becoming the 4th top grossing film of 2001.

Taglines:

  • Get Ready For A Second Rush!
  • The Mouth Of The West And The Hands Of The East Are Back!

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story of Rush Hour 2 continues from where the original left off, with Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and Detective James Carter (Tucker) traveling to Hong Kong on a vacation. Carter, obviously, is interested in partying and meeting girls. However, soon after they arrive, a bomb explodes in the American Embassy. Inspector Lee is assigned to this case, which takes on a personal meaning for him when it is discovered the man behind it is Ricky Tan — his father's former partner who played an instrumental role in his father's death, and is now the leader of the Triads, the most deadly gang in all of China.

The American and Hong Kong authorities soon get into a fight over the jurisdiction of the case. A secret customs agent, Isabella Molina (Roselyn Sanchez), becomes Inspector Lee's love interest. Inspector Lee drags a reluctant Carter off to try and solve the case on their own.

Another enemy they must face on their case is Tan's deadly second-in-command Hu Li, played by Zhang Ziyi in her first American film. However all is not what it seems and soon Inspector Lee and Carter discover an even more sinister crime. However, despite this, the duo along with Isabella Molina, take on Hu Li and Ricky Tan. An expert assassin from Japan, Hu Li is more than a match for James Carter and Isabella, quickly proving with silence that she is not to be misunderstood. She engages in a brutal fight with Isabella, and ultimately shoots her in the arm. She had earlier put a small bomb inside Lee's mouth, and was very close to detonating it, and when she did, Lee had already managed to get rid of it. For a moment when Carter is holding her, he smells her and expresses that she smells fine just before she kicks him in the head. With Carter attacking Hu Li, Lee goes after Ricky Tan. Tan goads Lee on and taunts him, revealing the truth of his father's demise. Carter, whom just got Hu Li knocked out, thought to be dead, manages to reach Lee before he does anything stupid and calms his friend. Lee lowers the gun and Tan attacks once more, but Lee kicks him and sends him crashing out of the window to his death (he lands on a cab). Stunned, Lee says, "It was an accident." Carter waves it off, saying, "That's okay... We'll just say he tried to catch a cab." At that moment, Hu Li enters the room, her hair slightly askew and breathing deeply, holding a bomb. She screams in Chinese as the timer goes down. Lee and Carter jump out the window just in time and the casino explodes. It is unknown whether Hu Li died in the explosion or escaped (being that she is an expert assassin) and will return in the next third movie ("Rush Hour 3," due out in 2007) to have revenge.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

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  • The Red Dragon Casino in Las Vegas owned by Ricky Tan (John Lone) and Steven Reign (Alan King) is actually the Desert Inn hotel and casino. There were red lights shined at the hotel to make it a scarlet color. Following the closure of the 50 year old Las Vegas Strip property in August 2000 by new owner Steve Wynn, the Rush Hour 2 production moved in and redesigned parts of the property as a Chinese themed casino/hotel for the movie. Shortly after the movie wrapped production in Las Vegas the buildings used in the film were imploded to make way for the new $2.7 billion dollar Wynn Las Vegas resort.
  • This film features a casino called the Red Dragon. In 2002, director Brett Ratner directed Ted Tally's adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon.
  • In the scene where Hu Li brings the bomb into the room, the writers actually wanted to make that a 'quiet' scene. It was changed at the last minute.
  • The writers originally wanted the casino to be rigged with explosives.
  • The scene where Lee and James Carter are stuck in the truck was originally supposed to be filled with wooden crates, not statues. This version is available on the DVD.
  • Zhang Ziyi only speaks in English two times, When she is offering Isabella an apple on the way to Las Vegas and when she tells the security guards to leave the room in the Red Dragon Casino. She says "Out!".
  • There is a famous scene where Chan and Tucker Grab each others 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.
  • In the scene where Tucker calls Ziyi a "crazy ass bitch," he didn't want to actually deliver the line. The scene was filmed several times with alternative dialogs, at the end the Director said to Tucker, "Man she doesn't even know what it means" and that convinced him to say it.
  • Zhang Ziyi is called a "bitch" twice in the film, once by Chris Tucker and once by Roselyn Sanchez.
  • Rush Hour 2 was featured in Ludacris's "Area Codes" video.

[edit] Box Office

Rush Hour 2 opened on August 3, 2001 in 3,118 North American theatres, and it grossed a massive $67,408,222 USD ($21,619 per screen) in its opening weekend. It ended its run with $226,164,286 USD, making it the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2001 and the highest-grossing martial arts film of all time.[1]

The film's total worldwide box office take was $347,325,802 USD.[2]

[edit] Cast

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