Rush Hour
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When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
What critics thought
Rush Hour landed as a modest crowd-pleaser on the strength of Chan and Tucker's chemistry, but critics were genuinely split on whether the film deserved either of them. Audiences responded far more warmly than reviewers, who were divided between those charmed by the pairing and those who felt Hollywood had simply plugged two talents into a lazy, underwritten formula.
“a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy”
Joe Leydon·Variety
“The two characters barely even have a relationship; they're a union of demographics—the "urban" market meets the slapstick-action market.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“The problem is it can't make up its mind and, unlike Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, the sharply contrasting flavors of these ingredients only leave a bad taste in the customer's mouth.”
Michael O'Sullivan·The Washington Post
“Chan is a one-of-a-kind performer: Bruce Lee crossed with Donald O'Connor in the "Make 'em Laugh" number from Singin' in the Rain. Hollywood needs to stop treating him as if he were one of those fondue sets given as wedding gifts in the '70s: a foreign novelty shoved in a closet due to absolute cluelessness about what to do with it.”
Charles Taylor·Salon.com
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Brett RatnerDirector
Jackie ChanLee
Chris TuckerCarter
Tom WilkinsonGriffin
Philip Baker HallCaptain Diel
Elizabeth PeñaJohnson
Chris PennClive
Mark RolstonAgent Russ
Tzi MaConsul Han
Rex LinnAgent Whitney
Ken LeungSang
Michael ChowDiner Guest
Lalo SchifrinComposer
Ross LaMannaWriter
Jim KoufWriter
Adam GreenbergCinematographyFrom the studio
Rush Hour
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
What critics thought
Rush Hour landed as a modest crowd-pleaser on the strength of Chan and Tucker's chemistry, but critics were genuinely split on whether the film deserved either of them. Audiences responded far more warmly than reviewers, who were divided between those charmed by the pairing and those who felt Hollywood had simply plugged two talents into a lazy, underwritten formula.
“a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy”
Joe Leydon·Variety
“The two characters barely even have a relationship; they're a union of demographics—the "urban" market meets the slapstick-action market.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“The problem is it can't make up its mind and, unlike Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, the sharply contrasting flavors of these ingredients only leave a bad taste in the customer's mouth.”
Michael O'Sullivan·The Washington Post
“Chan is a one-of-a-kind performer: Bruce Lee crossed with Donald O'Connor in the "Make 'em Laugh" number from Singin' in the Rain. Hollywood needs to stop treating him as if he were one of those fondue sets given as wedding gifts in the '70s: a foreign novelty shoved in a closet due to absolute cluelessness about what to do with it.”
Charles Taylor·Salon.com
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Brett RatnerDirectorJackie ChanLeeChris TuckerCarterTom WilkinsonGriffinPhilip Baker HallCaptain DielElizabeth PeñaJohnsonChris PennCliveMark RolstonAgent RussTzi MaConsul HanRex LinnAgent WhitneyKen LeungSangMichael ChowDiner GuestLalo SchifrinComposerRoss LaMannaWriterJim KoufWriterAdam GreenbergCinematographyFrom the studio
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