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{{Short description|1998 American action comedy film by Brett Ratner}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Rush Hour
| name = Rush Hour
| image = Rush hour ver2.jpg
| image = Rush Hour poster.png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Brett Ratner]]
| director = [[Brett Ratner]]
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* [[Roger Birnbaum]]
* [[Roger Birnbaum]]
* [[Jonathan Glickman]]
* [[Jonathan Glickman]]
* Arthur M. Sarkissian
* [[Arthur M. Sarkissian]]
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* [[Tom Wilkinson]]
* [[Tom Wilkinson]]
* [[Chris Penn]]
* [[Chris Penn]]
* [[Elizabeth Peña]] }}
* [[Elizabeth Peña]]
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| music = [[Lalo Schifrin]]
| music = [[Lalo Schifrin]]
| cinematography = [[Adam Greenberg (cinematographer)|Adam Greenberg]]
| cinematography = [[Adam Greenberg (cinematographer)|Adam Greenberg]]
| editing = [[Mark Helfrich (film editor)|Mark Helfrich]]
| editing = [[Mark Helfrich (film editor)|Mark Helfrich]]
| studio = Roger Birnbaum Productions
| studio = [[Roger Birnbaum|Roger Birnbaum Productions]]
| distributor = [[New Line Cinema]]<br/>[[20th Century Fox]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=61551|title=Rush Hour|work=[[American Film Institute]]|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
| distributor = [[New Line Cinema]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=61551 |title=Rush Hour |website=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=September 20, 2016 |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020065006/http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=61551 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|1998|9|18}}
| released = {{Film date|1998|9|18}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = United States<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80e4db26 |title=Rush Hour (1998) |website=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=November 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121104306/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80e4db26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = {{Plainlist|
China
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| language = English<br />Cantonese<br />Mandarin
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| budget = $33 million<ref name=mojo/>
| gross = $244.4 million<ref name=mojo/>
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| budget = $33{{ndash}}35&nbsp;million<ref name=mojo /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1998/RUSHH.php |title=Rush Hour (1998) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109214205/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1998/RUSHH.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''''Rush Hour''''' is a 1998 Chinese-American [[buddy film|buddy]] [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Brett Ratner]]. It stars [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]] as mismatched cops who must rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter. Released on September 18, 1998, the film grossed over $200 million worldwide. The film's success spawned [[Rush Hour (film series)|two sequels]], ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'' (2001) and ''[[Rush Hour 3]]'' (2007).
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'''''Rush Hour''''' is a 1998 American [[Buddy Cop film|buddy cop]] [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Brett Ratner]] and written by [[Jim Kouf]] and [[Ross LaManna]] from a story by LaManna. It stars [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]] as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter. [[Tom Wilkinson]], [[Chris Penn]] and [[Elizabeth Peña]] play supporting roles.

Released on September 18, 1998, the film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $244&nbsp;million worldwide. Its box office commercial success led to [[Rush Hour (film series)|two sequels]]: ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'' (2001) and ''[[Rush Hour 3]]'' (2007).


==Plot==
==Plot==
On the [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|last day of British rule]] in [[Hong Kong]], Detective Inspector Lee of the Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at a shipping bar wharf, hoping to arrest the mysterious crime lord Juntao. He finds only Sang, Juntao's right-hand man, who manages to escape. However, Lee successfully recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory to his departing superiors: Chinese Consul Solon Han and British [[Commander#British police rank|Commander]] Thomas Griffin.
On the [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|last day of British rule]] of Hong Kong on June 30, 1997, Detective Inspector Lee of the [[Hong Kong Police Force|Royal Hong Kong Police Force]] leads a raid at the wharf, hoping to arrest the unidentified, anonymous [[crime lord]] Juntao. He finds only Sang, Juntao's right-hand man, who escapes in a boat. Lee recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory gift to his departing superiors, Chinese consul Solon Han and British [[Commander#British police rank|police commander]] Thomas Griffin.


Shortly after Han arrives in the United States to take up his new diplomatic post in [[Los Angeles]], his daughter, Soo Yung, is kidnapped by Sang while on her way to her first day of school. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] informs Consul Han about the incident. Han calls in Lee to assist in the case. The FBI is afraid that the injury or death of Lee would result in negative attention internationally, decide to pawn him off on the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] just to keep him out of their way. The arrogant, reckless and loudmouthed detective, James Carter is tricked into doing this but Carter makes a plan to solve the case himself when he finds out that he has been given a mundane task.
Two months later after Han takes up his new diplomatic post in Los Angeles, Han's daughter Soo Yung is kidnapped by Sang while on her way to school. Han calls Lee to assist in the case, but the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], fearing that Lee's involvement could cause an international incident, pawns him off on the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]. Detective James Carter, a talented but obnoxious LAPD officer who is disliked by the rest of his precinct for his self-aggrandizing attitude, is tricked into "babysitting" Lee as punishment for botching a sting operation. When Carter finds out, he decides to solve the case. Carter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour, keeping him away from the embassy while contacting informants about the kidnapping. Lee gets into trouble when Carter tells him to follow his lead, resulting in Lee calling a black bartender the [[N-word]], not knowing it is offensive. Several black patrons attack Lee as a result, forcing him to defeat them. Carter tries to prevent Lee from leaving him but Lee makes his own way to the Chinese Consulate, where Han and the FBI await news about his daughter. While arguing with Special Agent in Charge Warren Russ, Carter unwittingly negotiates with Sang, arranging a $50 million [[ransom|ransom drop]].


The FBI traces the call to a warehouse, where a team of agents are killed by [[plastic explosive]]. Spotting Sang nearby, Lee and Carter give chase but he escapes, dropping the detonator. Carter's colleague, LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson, traces it to Clive Cobb, the man arrested by Carter in the earlier botched sting operation. Lee presses Clive into revealing his business relationship with Juntao, whom he met at the Foo Chow restaurant in [[Chinatown, Los Angeles|Chinatown]]. Clive is initially unwilling to speak to the duo but Lee shows him a picture of Soo Yung, causing him to relent. Lee then begins to earn Carter's trust. Carter goes to the restaurant alone and sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo Yung into a van. Lee arrives and saves Carter from Juntao's syndicate, but they are taken off the case as the FBI blames them for the botched ransom drop, with Lee sent back to Hong Kong. However, Carter refuses to give up and appeals to Johnson for assistance to sneak on board Lee's plane, where he persuades the Hong Kong detective to help stop Juntao together.
Carter meets Lee at [[Los Angeles International Airport]] and proceeds to take him on a sightseeing tour of LA, simultaneously keeping Lee away from the embassy and contacting several of his underworld informants about the kidnapping. Lee finally escapes and makes his way to the Chinese Consulate, where an anxious Han and a group of FBI agents are awaiting news about his daughter. While being reprimanded by Agent-in-charge Warren Russ, Carter accidentally involves himself in a phone conversation with Sang, where he arranges a ransom drop of $50 million in a couple of hours.


Griffin later involves himself in the case, revealing more about the HKPF's past with Juntao's syndicate, and implores Han to pay the ransom to avoid further bloodshed. At the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the [[Los Angeles Convention Center]], overseen by Han and Griffin, the now $70 million ransom is delivered, and Carter, Lee, and Johnson enter disguised as guests. Carter orders the guests to evacuate for safety, angering the FBI, but Lee catches Griffin accepting a remote for the detonator from Sang. Lee and Johnson realize Griffin is Juntao when Carter recognizes him from the Chinatown surveillance tape. Griffin threatens to detonate a bomb vest attached to Soo Yung and demands that the ransom be paid in full, as compensation for the priceless Chinese artifacts which Lee recovered in his raid. Juntao's men start a shootout with the FBI while Carter sneaks out, locates Soo Yung in the van, and drives it into the building within range of Griffin, preventing him from setting off the vest.
The FBI traces the call to a warehouse and sends in a team of agents only to have them killed by a bomb. Spotting Sang nearby, Lee and Carter give chase, but Sang escapes, dropping the detonator in the process. Carter's colleague, LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson, helps them trace the detonator to Clive, a man previously arrested by Carter. Clive is guilt-tripped by Lee into revealing his business relationship with Juntao whom he met a restaurant in [[Chinatown, Los Angeles|Chinatown]] and this earns Carter's trust in Lee. Carter goes to the restaurant alone where he sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo-Yung into a van. Lee arrives and rescues Carter, but the two are taken off the case after the FBI blames them for ruining the ransom drop with Lee being sent back to Hong Kong. Despite this setback, Carter appeals to Johnson for assistance and sneaks onboard Lee's plane, persuading Lee to help finish the case and stop Juntao. Griffin later involves himself in the case, revealing more about the HKPF's past with Juntao's syndicate.


Johnson gets the vest off Soo Yung, while Griffin heads to the roof with the bag of money. Lee takes the vest and pursues Griffin, while Carter shoots Sang dead in a gunfight and saves Russ. Lee has a brief altercation with Griffin that culminates in both dangling from the rafters. Griffin, holding on to the vest, falls to his death when its straps are torn, but when Lee falls, Carter catches him with a large flag. Han and Soo Yung are reunited and Han [[Rush Hour 2|sends Carter and Lee on vacation to Hong Kong as a reward]]. Before Carter leaves, agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI, which he mockingly refuses, proudly stating he is LAPD. Carter boards the plane with Lee, who annoyingly starts singing [[Edwin Starr]]'s "[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]" off-key. A desperate Carter yells for a [[Flight attendant|stewardess]], demanding that she give him another seat.
At the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the [[Los Angeles Convention Center]], which Han and Griffin are overseeing, the now $70 million ransom is being delivered. Carter, Lee and Johnson enter disguised as guests, where Carter distracts the guests into leaving for safety. This angers the FBI, but also blows Griffin's cover, as Lee catches him walking over to a bar and accepting a remote for the detonator from Sang. He and Johnson both conclude that Griffin is Juntao because Carter recognizes him from a surveillance tape in Chinatown. Griffin threatens to detonate a bomb vest attached to Soo Yung and demands the money be paid in full in compensation to the loss of the priceless Chinese artifacts he worked so hard to preserve. However, Carter manages to sneak out, locate her in the van, drives it into the building and brings her within range of Griffin, knowing that setting it off would kill him as well.


== Cast ==
Johnson manages to get the vest off Soo Yung while Griffin heads toward the roof with the bag of money. Lee takes the vest and pursues Griffin while Carter shoots Sang dead in a gunfight. Lee and Griffin find themselves dangling from the rafters under the roof. Griffin, holding onto the vest, falls to his death when the vest breaks, but before Lee falls, Carter is able to place a large flag underneath and catch him safely.
* [[Jackie Chan]] as [[Chief Inspector]] Lee, a top Hong Kong cop skilled in martial arts who comes to Los Angeles to help his friend find his kidnapped daughter.
* [[Chris Tucker]] as Detective James Carter, a fast-talking street-smart LAPD Detective originally assigned by the FBI to babysit Lee and keep him out of their investigation.
* [[Tom Wilkinson]] as Thomas Griffin/Juntao, a British diplomat and colleague of Han's who is secretly a top crime lord in Hong Kong.
* [[Tzi Ma]] as Consul Solon Han, Soo Yung's father and a Hong Kong diplomat who has just moved to Los Angeles.
* [[Ken Leung]] as Sang, Juntao's second in command.
* [[Elizabeth Peña]] as Detective Tania Johnson, an aspiring bomb squad technician in the LAPD who helps Carter rescue Soo-Yung.
* [[Mark Rolston]] as [[FBI]] Special Agent Warren Russ
* [[Rex Linn]] as FBI Agent Dan Whitney, Russ's partner
* [[Chris Penn]] as Clive Cod, a small time [[arms industry|arms dealer]] who was arrested by Carter in a botched sting operation.
* [[Philip Baker Hall]] as Captain Bill Diel, Carter's supervisor. He gives Carter the FBI assignment as punishment for a botched undercover sting operation.
* Julia Hsu as Soo-Yung Han, Consul Han's daughter who is kidnapped by a criminal organization. She is also a martial arts student of Lee's.
Other cast members include [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] as Carter's informant "Stucky", [[Clifton Powell]] as Carter's cousin Luke, [[Barry Shabaka Henley]] as prison guard Bobby, [[Roger Fan]] and [[George Cheung]] as Soo-Yung's bodyguards, [[Gene LeBell]] as a taxi driver, and [[Frances Fong]] (in her final film role) as a socialite. [[Jackie Chan Stunt Team]] members [[Ken Lo]], Nicky Li Chung-chi, Chan Man-ching and [[Andy Cheng]] appear as Juntao's henchmen.


== Production ==
Han and Soo Yung are reunited, and Han sends Carter and Lee on vacation together to Hong Kong as a reward for their actions. Before Carter leaves, Agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI, which he rudely refuses. Carter gets on the airplane with Lee, who starts singing [[Edwin Starr]]'s "[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]", annoying Carter.
''Rush Hour'' began as a spec script written in 1995 by screenwriter [[Ross LaManna]]. The screenplay was sold by LaManna's [[William Morris Agency|William Morris]] agent Alan Gasmer to [[Hollywood Pictures]], a division of [[the Walt Disney Company]], with [[Arthur M. Sarkissian|Arthur Sarkissian]] attached as producer. After attaching director [[Brett Ratner]] and developing the project for more than a year with producers including Sarkissian, [[Jonathan Glickman]] and [[Roger Birnbaum]], Disney Studios chief [[Joe Roth]] put the project into turnaround, citing concerns about the $34&nbsp;million budget, and [[Jackie Chan]]'s appeal to American audiences. Several studios were interested in acquiring the project. [[New Line Cinema]] was confident in Ratner, having done ''[[Money Talks (1997 film)|Money Talks]]'' with him, so they made a hard commitment to a budget and start date for ''Rush Hour''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-06-fi-29697-story.html |title=Studios Were in Passing Lane for 'Rush Hour' |last=Eller |first=Claudia |date=October 6, 1998 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307035920/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/06/business/fi-29697 |url-status=live }}</ref>


[[Martin Lawrence]], [[Wesley Snipes]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Eddie Murphy]] and [[Dave Chappelle]] were considered for the role of Detective James Carter; Murphy turned down the role to do ''[[Holy Man]]'' instead while Snipes turned down the role in favor of ''[[Blade (1998)|Blade]]'', which was also for New Line Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ix4ADUCCG9c |title=Martin Lawrence & Wesley Snipes almost played Chris Tucker's role in Rush Hour &#124; EPISODE 18 - YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=July 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713223856/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ix4ADUCCG9c |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/amp/2012/04/the-lost-roles-of-dave-chappelle.html |title=The Lost Roles of Dave Chappelle |date=April 5, 2012 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613154524/https://www.vulture.com/amp/2012/04/the-lost-roles-of-dave-chappelle.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/amp/2011/04/the-lost-roles-of-eddie-murphy.html |title=The Lost Roles of Eddie Murphy |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613154511/https://www.vulture.com/amp/2011/04/the-lost-roles-of-eddie-murphy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Chan wanted Lawrence for the role, but he turned it down due to a low offer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/martin-lawrence-turned-down-jackie-chan-rush-hour-8658710 | title=Martin Lawrence Says He Turned Down Offer to Costar with Jackie Chan in 'Rush Hour': 'Not Enough Money' }}</ref>
==Cast==

* [[Jackie Chan]] as Detective Inspector Lee
After the success of ''[[Rumble in the Bronx]]'', Ratner wanted to put Chan in a buddy-cop movie, not as a co-star or sidekick but on equal footing with an American star. Ratner flew to [[South Africa]] where Chan was [[Who Am I? (1998 film)|filming]] and pitched the film. A few days later Chan agreed to star and not long after flew to Los Angeles and met [[Chris Tucker]], the latter actor who ended up taking the role as Detective James Carter.<ref name="Pappademas">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/jackie-chans-gq-profile-2017 |title=Jackie Chan's Plan to Keep Kicking Forever |author=Alex Pappademas |date=October 3, 2017 |website=GQ |url-status=live |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820140551/https://www.gq.com/story/jackie-chans-gq-profile-2017 }}</ref>
* [[Chris Tucker]] as Detective James Carter

* [[Tom Wilkinson]] as Thomas Griffin/Juntao
Ratner credited Tucker with getting his first feature film ''[[Money Talks (1997 film)|Money Talks]]'' and thought Tucker and Chan would make a great team.<ref name="Clement">{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/spotlight/brett-ratner-rush-hour-chris-tucker-dwayne-johnson-1201963915/ |title=Crowd-Pleasing Hits Pepper Walk of Fame Honoree Brett Ratner's Resume |last=Clement |first=Nick |date=January 19, 2017 |website=Variety |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820151214/https://variety.com/2017/film/spotlight/brett-ratner-rush-hour-chris-tucker-dwayne-johnson-1201963915/ |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- also very positive test screenings --> Filming began on November 30, 1997.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Dan |title=Wilkinson merges into 'Rush Hour' |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/wilkinson-merges-into-rush-hour-111660788/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Variety |date=5 November 1997}}</ref> Shooting took place mainly in locations around the [[Los Angeles Metropolitan Area]], including the [[Los Angeles Convention Center]], [[Grauman's Chinese Theater]], [[Greystone Mansion]], [[Ennis House]], and [[Long Beach Airport]]. The opening sequence was shot in [[Hong Kong]].
* [[Tzi Ma]] as Consul Solon Han
* [[Ken Leung]] as Sang
* [[Elizabeth Peña]] as Detective Tania Johnson
* [[Mark Rolston]] as FBI Special Agent In Charge Warren Russ
* [[Rex Linn]] as FBI Agent Dan Whitney
* [[Chris Penn]] as Clive Cobb
* [[Philip Baker Hall]] as Captain William Diel
* Julia Hsu as Soo Yung Han
* [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] as Stucky
* [[Clifton Powell]] as Luke
* [[Barry Shabaka Henley]] as Bobby


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
''Rush Hour'' opened at No. 1 at the North American box office with a weekend gross of $33 million in September 1998. Rush Hour grossed over $140 million in the US and $103 million elsewhere, for an over $244 million worldwide gross.<ref name=mojo>{{cite web | author=| date= September 18, 1998| title=Rush Hour | work=boxofficemojo.com | url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour.htm | accessdate=2006-06-25}}</ref><ref name="Wolk">{{cite news|title= Losers Take All|work= Entertainment Weekly|date=September 28, 1998|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,83742,00.html|accessdate=2010-10-24|first=Josh|last=Wolk}}</ref> The film holds a 60% approval rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]]; the average score is 6/10. The site's consensus reads: "A kick-ass addition to the cop-buddy film genre."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rush_hour/|title=Rush Hour (1998)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] rated it 60/100 based on 23 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/rush-hour |title=Rush Hour, Movie Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |date= |accessdate=September 1, 2011}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] praised both Jackie Chan, for his entertaining action sequences without the use of [[stunt double]]s, and Chris Tucker, for his comical acts in the film, and how they formed an effective comic duo.<ref>{{cite news | last=Ebert | first=Roger| date= September 18, 1998| title=Rush Hour | format=| work=rogerebert.com | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980918/REVIEWS/809180303/1023 | accessdate=2006-06-25}}</ref> Joe Leydon of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/rush-hour-3-1200455075/|title=Review: 'Rush Hour'|last=Leydon|first=Joe|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 21, 1998|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>
''Rush Hour'' opened at No. 1 in September 1998 at the North American box office, with a weekend gross of $33&nbsp;million. It surpassed ''[[The First Wives Club]]'' to have the highest September opening weekend and ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' to have the biggest opening weekend for a [[New Line Cinema]] film.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vitucci |first=Clarie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-its-rush-hour/112806712/ |title=It's 'Rush Hour' at weekend box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514154209/https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-its-rush-hour/112806712/ |date=September 22, 1998 |access-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |page=79 |work=The Associated Press |publisher=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film would hold latter record until the following June when ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'' took it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-14-ca-46313-story.html|title=Feelin' Pretty Groovy: 'Austin Powers,' the Spy Who's No. 1|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 14, 1999 }}</ref> ''Rush Hour'' would continue to hold the September record for three more years until it was surpassed by ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-01-et-boxoffice1-story.html|title=Moviegoers Make It a 'Sweet' September|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 1, 2002|access-date=November 5, 2022|archive-date=November 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105221102/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-01-et-boxoffice1-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Overall, it would top the box office for two weeks before getting displaced by ''[[Antz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/10/05/animated-antz-crawls-to-top-in-box-office-debut/|title=Animated "Antz' crawls to top in box office debut}}</ref> ''Rush Hour'' grossed over $140&nbsp;million in the US and $103&nbsp;million in the rest of the world, for a total worldwide gross over $244&nbsp;million.<ref name="mojo">{{Cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour.htm |title=Rush Hour |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 25, 2006 |archive-date=June 19, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619074924/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Wolk">{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/09/28/losers-take-all/ |title=Losers Take All |last=Wolk |first=Josh |date=September 28, 1998 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 24, 2010 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115404/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,83742,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Critical response ===
The film's distribution rights were transferred to [[Warner Bros.]] in 2008.
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], a [[review aggregator]], ''Rush Hour'' holds an approval rating of 62% based on 77 reviews and an average score of 6.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "While it won't win any awards for originality, the combustible chemistry between its stars means ''Rush Hour'' hits just as hard on either side of the action-comedy divide."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rush_hour/ |title=''Rush Hour'' (1998) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622152506/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rush_hour/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film received a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average score]] of 61 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rush-hour |title=''Rush Hour'' (1998) |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312030424/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rush-hour |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+&nbsp;to&nbsp;F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{Cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] praised both Jackie Chan, for his entertaining action sequences without the use of [[stunt double]]s, and Chris Tucker, for his comical acts in the film, and how they formed an effective comedic duo.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rush-hour-1998 |title=Rush Hour |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=September 18, 1998 |work=rogerebert.com |access-date=June 25, 2006 |author-link=Roger Ebert |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613015050/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rush-hour-1998 |url-status=live }}</ref> Joe Leydon of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy". Leydon is critical of the editing, saying that it "works against Chan by breaking up the flow of his frenzied physicality."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/rush-hour-3-1200455075/ |title=Review: 'Rush Hour' |last=Leydon |first=Joe |date=September 21, 1998 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622121103/http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/rush-hour-3-1200455075/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Charles Taylor of Salon.com is critical of Hollywood misusing Jackie Chan: "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."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/1998/09/18/reviewc_10/ |title=Hong Kong Hollywood |author=Charles Taylor |date=September 18, 1998 |website=Salon |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820031447/https://www.salon.com/1998/09/18/reviewc_10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Michael O'Sullivan of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' calls the film a "misbegotten marriage of sweet and sour" and says, "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." O'Sullivan says Tucker is miscast, the script "perfunctory and sloppy", and the direction "limp, lethargic".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/rushhourosullivan.htm |title='Rush Hour': Slow Going |author=Michael O'Sullivan |date=September 18, 1998 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910160613/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/rushhourosullivan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a grade "C−" and was critical of the buddy comedy, saying, "The two characters barely even have a relationship; they're a union of demographics—the "urban" market meets the slapstick-action market."<ref name="ew">{{Cite magazine |url= https://ew.com/article/1998/09/25/rush-hour-5/ |title= Rush Hour |author= Owen Glieberman |author-link= Owen Glieberman |date= September 25, 1998 |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date= August 20, 2019 |archive-date= August 20, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820040312/https://ew.com/article/1998/09/25/rush-hour-5/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

Chan has expressed dissatisfaction with the film: "I didn’t like the movie. I still don’t like the movie." Chan continued: "I don’t like the way I speak English, and I don’t know what Chris Tucker is saying". Although he respects the box-office success of ''Rush Hour'', Chan said he preferred the films he made in his native Hong Kong because they delivered more fight scenes: "If you see my Hong Kong movies, you know what happens: Bam bam bam, always Jackie Chan-style, me, 10 minutes of fighting."<ref name="Hart">{{Cite web |author=Hugh Hart |date=September 8, 2002 |title=His Career Is No Stunt |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-08-ca-hart8-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028084936/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/08/entertainment/ca-hart8 |archive-date=October 28, 2018 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="foxnews" /><ref name="thr">{{Cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jackie-chan-calls-curbs-political-401946 |title= Jackie Chan Calls for Curbs on Political Freedom in Hong Kong |author= Clarence Tsui |date= December 13, 2012 |website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |quote= I dislike Rush Hour the most, but ironically it sold really well |access-date= August 20, 2019 |archive-date= August 20, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820132606/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jackie-chan-calls-curbs-political-401946 |url-status= live }}</ref>

== Cultural influence ==
''Rush Hour'' was the catalyst for the creation of the review-aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. Senh Duong, the website's founder and a Jackie Chan fan, was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's [[Hong Kong action films]] as they were being released in the United States. In anticipation of ''Rush Hour'', Chan's first major Hollywood crossover, he coded the website in two weeks and the site went live shortly before the film's release.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/20-years-later-rush-hour-is-still-a-buddy-cop-gem/ |title=20 Years Later, Rush Hour Is Still a Buddy-Cop Gem |date=September 18, 2018 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413142620/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/20-years-later-rush-hour-is-still-a-buddy-cop-gem/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1tJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26 |title=Hater: On the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability |last=Semley |first=John |date=2018 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=978-0-7352-3617-2 |pages=26–27 |access-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803133929/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1tJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26 |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Sequels ==
== Sequels ==
A sequel ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'', was released in [[2001 in film|2001]], which was primarily set in [[Hong Kong]]. A third film, ''[[Rush Hour 3]]'', was released on August 10, 2007,<ref>{{cite web | author= | date= July 10, 2005| title= Chan Says Tucker Holding Up Rush Hour 3 | format=| work=The Associated Press| url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10314 | accessdate=2006-06-25}}</ref> which was primarily set in [[Paris]]. Tucker earned $25 million for his role in the third film and Chan received the film's distribution rights in Asia.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298648,00.html Jackie Chan Admits He Is Not a Fan of 'Rush Hour' Films]</ref> A fourth film in the series is in negotiations, and reportedly may be set in Moscow.<ref>[http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=5191 'Rush Hour 4' is Set in Faubourg Marigny]</ref>
A sequel, ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'', which was primarily set in Hong Kong, was released in 2001. A third film, ''[[Rush Hour 3]]'', which was primarily set in Paris, was released on August 10, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10314 |title=Chan Says Tucker Holding Up Rush Hour 3 |date=July 10, 2005 |website=The Associated Press |access-date=June 25, 2006 |archive-date=April 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426080043/http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10314 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tucker earned $25&nbsp;million for his role in the third film and Chan received the film's distribution rights in Asia.<ref name="foxnews">{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298648,00.html |title=FOXNews.com – Jackie Chan Admits He Is Not a Fan of 'Rush Hour' Films – Celebrity Gossip {{!}} Entertainment News |last=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 30, 2007 |publisher=Fox News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109120313/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298648,00.html |archive-date=November 9, 2007}}</ref>


In 2007, before the release of ''Rush Hour 3'', Ratner was optimistic about making a fourth film and potentially having it set in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!-- staff byline--> |date=August 2, 2007 |title="Rush Hour 4" is Set in Moscow |url=http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=5191 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321221221/http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=5191 |archive-date=March 21, 2008 |access-date=April 5, 2008 |website=WorstPreviews.com}}</ref> In 2017, Chan agreed to a potential script for ''Rush Hour 4'' after years of turning down scripts.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Shirley Li |date=October 6, 2017 |title=Jackie Chan teases that 'Rush Hour 4' is close to being a reality |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/10/06/jackie-chan-rush-hour-4-possibility/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820040318/https://ew.com/movies/2017/10/06/jackie-chan-rush-hour-4-possibility/ |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=August 20, 2019 |website=EW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Chris Tilly |date=August 13, 2014 |title=Jackie Chan Downplays Talk of Rush Hour 4 and Drunken Master 3 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/13/jackie-chan-downplays-talk-of-rush-hour-4-and-drunken-master-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820134356/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/13/jackie-chan-downplays-talk-of-rush-hour-4-and-drunken-master-3 |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=August 20, 2019 |website=IGN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2017 |title=Jackie Chan Says Rush Hour 4 Is Happening, but There's a Catch |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/885135/jackie-chan-says-rush-hour-4-is-happening-but-there-s-a-catch-and-it-involves-chris-tucker |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820041221/https://www.eonline.com/news/885135/jackie-chan-says-rush-hour-4-is-happening-but-there-s-a-catch-and-it-involves-chris-tucker |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=August 20, 2019 |website=E! Online}}</ref>
== Soundtrack ==

== Music ==
{{Main|Rush Hour (soundtrack)}}
{{Main|Rush Hour (soundtrack)}}


The soundtrack features the hit single "[[Can I Get A...]]" by [[Jay-Z]], [[Ja Rule]] and [[Amil (rapper)|Amil]], as well as tracks by [[Edwin Starr]], [[Flesh-n-Bone]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[Dru Hill]], [[Charli Baltimore]] and [[Montell Jordan]].
[[Edwin Starr]]'s "[[War (The Temptations song)#Edwin Starr version|War]]" was used as the ending theme for the film.
The film's soundtrack features the hit single "[[Can I Get A...]]" by [[Jay-Z]], [[Ja Rule]] and [[Amil (rapper)|Amil]], as well as tracks by [[Flesh-n-Bone]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[Dru Hill]], [[Charli Baltimore]] and [[Montell Jordan]].

The official soundtrack album was certified platinum on January 21, 1999.


== Accolades ==
== Awards ==
* 1999 [[ALMA Award]]s
* 1999 [[ALMA Award]]s
** Winner: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film ([[Elizabeth Peña]])
** Winner: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film ([[Elizabeth Peña]])
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** Winner: Favorite Duo- Action/Adventure ([[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]])
** Winner: Favorite Duo- Action/Adventure ([[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]])
** Nomination: Favorite Supporting Actress- Action/Adventure ([[Elizabeth Peña]])
** Nomination: Favorite Supporting Actress- Action/Adventure ([[Elizabeth Peña]])
* 1999 [[Bogey Awards]] (Germany)
* 1999 Bogey Awards (Germany)
** Winner: Bogey Awards in Silver
** Winner: Bogey Awards in Silver
* 1999 [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen]] (Germany)
* 1999 [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen]] (Germany)
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** Nomination: Favorite Movie Actor (Blimp Award) ([[Chris Tucker]])
** Nomination: Favorite Movie Actor (Blimp Award) ([[Chris Tucker]])
* 1999 [[MTV Movie Awards]]
* 1999 [[MTV Movie Awards]]
** Winner: Best On-Screen Duo ([[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]])<ref>{{cite news|title= 1999 MTV Movie Awards|work= MTV|date=|url= http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1999/|accessdate=2010-10-24}}</ref>
** Winner: Best On-Screen Duo ([[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1999/ |title=1999 MTV Movie Awards |work=MTV |access-date=October 24, 2010 |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630202124/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1999/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** Nomination: Best Comedic Performance ([[Chris Tucker]])
** Nomination: Best Comedic Performance ([[Chris Tucker]])
** Nomination: Best Fight ([[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]]) (For the fight against the Chinese gang)
** Nomination: Best Fight ([[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]]) (For the fight against the Chinese gang)
** Nomination: Best Movie Song ([[Jay-Z]]) (For [[Can I Get A...]])
** Nomination: Best Movie Song ([[Jay-Z]]) (For [[Can I Get A...]])


==Home media==
== Home media ==


===VHS===
=== [[VHS]] ===
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||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-VHS-Jackie-Chan/dp/B00004CYUX |title=Rush Hour [VHS] [1998] |date=October 15, 1999 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]] |access-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-date=August 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813210210/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-VHS-Jackie-Chan/dp/B00004CYUX |url-status=live }}</ref>
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||<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=0780625145 |title=Rush Hour (New Line Platinum Series) (1998)|publisher=[[amazon.com]] }}</ref>
||<ref>{{Cite book |title=Rush Hour (New Line Platinum Series) (1998) |publisher=[[amazon.com]] |isbn=0-7806-2514-5}}</ref>
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||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-DVD-Jackie-Chan/dp/B00004RCK9 |title=Rush Hour [DVD] [1998]|publisher=[[amazon.co.uk]] |accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-DVD-Jackie-Chan/dp/B00004RCK9 |title=Rush Hour [DVD] [1998] |date=October 1999 |publisher=[[amazon.co.uk]] |access-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321015741/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-DVD-Jackie-Chan/dp/B00004RCK9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-UMD-Mini-PSP/dp/B000AYSLEI |title=Rush Hour [UMD Mini for PSP]|publisher=[[amazon.co.uk]] |accessdate=31 January 2012}}</ref>
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===Blu-ray===
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||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-Blu-ray-Region-Free/dp/B003IHVKRO |title=Rush Hour [Blu-ray] [1998] [Region Free] |date=October 11, 2010 |publisher=[[amazon.co.uk]] |access-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321022238/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rush-Hour-Blu-ray-Region-Free/dp/B003IHVKRO |url-status=live }}</ref>
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||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Rush-Hour-Blu-ray-Jackie-Chan/dp/B003ZD9E4W |title=Rush Hour [Blu-ray] (1998)|publisher=[[amazon.com]] |accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Rush-Hour-Blu-ray-Jackie-Chan/dp/B003ZD9E4W |title=Rush Hour [Blu-ray] (1998) |website=Amazon |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106220849/http://www.amazon.com/Rush-Hour-Blu-ray-Jackie-Chan/dp/B003ZD9E4W |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal|Film in the United States|Comedy|1990s}}
* [[Buddy cop film]]
* [[Buddy cop film]]
* [[List of films set in Hong Kong]]
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Rush Hour
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrett Ratner
Screenplay by
Story byRoss LaManna
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited byMark Helfrich
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byNew Line Cinema[1]
Release date
  • September 18, 1998 (1998-09-18)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States[2]
Languages
  • English
  • Cantonese
Budget$33–35 million[3][4]
Box office$244 million[3]

Rush Hour is a 1998 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna from a story by LaManna. It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter. Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn and Elizabeth Peña play supporting roles.

Released on September 18, 1998, the film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $244 million worldwide. Its box office commercial success led to two sequels: Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).

Plot

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On the last day of British rule of Hong Kong on June 30, 1997, Detective Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at the wharf, hoping to arrest the unidentified, anonymous crime lord Juntao. He finds only Sang, Juntao's right-hand man, who escapes in a boat. Lee recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory gift to his departing superiors, Chinese consul Solon Han and British police commander Thomas Griffin.

Two months later after Han takes up his new diplomatic post in Los Angeles, Han's daughter Soo Yung is kidnapped by Sang while on her way to school. Han calls Lee to assist in the case, but the FBI, fearing that Lee's involvement could cause an international incident, pawns him off on the LAPD. Detective James Carter, a talented but obnoxious LAPD officer who is disliked by the rest of his precinct for his self-aggrandizing attitude, is tricked into "babysitting" Lee as punishment for botching a sting operation. When Carter finds out, he decides to solve the case. Carter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour, keeping him away from the embassy while contacting informants about the kidnapping. Lee gets into trouble when Carter tells him to follow his lead, resulting in Lee calling a black bartender the N-word, not knowing it is offensive. Several black patrons attack Lee as a result, forcing him to defeat them. Carter tries to prevent Lee from leaving him but Lee makes his own way to the Chinese Consulate, where Han and the FBI await news about his daughter. While arguing with Special Agent in Charge Warren Russ, Carter unwittingly negotiates with Sang, arranging a $50 million ransom drop.

The FBI traces the call to a warehouse, where a team of agents are killed by plastic explosive. Spotting Sang nearby, Lee and Carter give chase but he escapes, dropping the detonator. Carter's colleague, LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson, traces it to Clive Cobb, the man arrested by Carter in the earlier botched sting operation. Lee presses Clive into revealing his business relationship with Juntao, whom he met at the Foo Chow restaurant in Chinatown. Clive is initially unwilling to speak to the duo but Lee shows him a picture of Soo Yung, causing him to relent. Lee then begins to earn Carter's trust. Carter goes to the restaurant alone and sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo Yung into a van. Lee arrives and saves Carter from Juntao's syndicate, but they are taken off the case as the FBI blames them for the botched ransom drop, with Lee sent back to Hong Kong. However, Carter refuses to give up and appeals to Johnson for assistance to sneak on board Lee's plane, where he persuades the Hong Kong detective to help stop Juntao together.

Griffin later involves himself in the case, revealing more about the HKPF's past with Juntao's syndicate, and implores Han to pay the ransom to avoid further bloodshed. At the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, overseen by Han and Griffin, the now $70 million ransom is delivered, and Carter, Lee, and Johnson enter disguised as guests. Carter orders the guests to evacuate for safety, angering the FBI, but Lee catches Griffin accepting a remote for the detonator from Sang. Lee and Johnson realize Griffin is Juntao when Carter recognizes him from the Chinatown surveillance tape. Griffin threatens to detonate a bomb vest attached to Soo Yung and demands that the ransom be paid in full, as compensation for the priceless Chinese artifacts which Lee recovered in his raid. Juntao's men start a shootout with the FBI while Carter sneaks out, locates Soo Yung in the van, and drives it into the building within range of Griffin, preventing him from setting off the vest.

Johnson gets the vest off Soo Yung, while Griffin heads to the roof with the bag of money. Lee takes the vest and pursues Griffin, while Carter shoots Sang dead in a gunfight and saves Russ. Lee has a brief altercation with Griffin that culminates in both dangling from the rafters. Griffin, holding on to the vest, falls to his death when its straps are torn, but when Lee falls, Carter catches him with a large flag. Han and Soo Yung are reunited and Han sends Carter and Lee on vacation to Hong Kong as a reward. Before Carter leaves, agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI, which he mockingly refuses, proudly stating he is LAPD. Carter boards the plane with Lee, who annoyingly starts singing Edwin Starr's "War" off-key. A desperate Carter yells for a stewardess, demanding that she give him another seat.

Cast

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  • Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee, a top Hong Kong cop skilled in martial arts who comes to Los Angeles to help his friend find his kidnapped daughter.
  • Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter, a fast-talking street-smart LAPD Detective originally assigned by the FBI to babysit Lee and keep him out of their investigation.
  • Tom Wilkinson as Thomas Griffin/Juntao, a British diplomat and colleague of Han's who is secretly a top crime lord in Hong Kong.
  • Tzi Ma as Consul Solon Han, Soo Yung's father and a Hong Kong diplomat who has just moved to Los Angeles.
  • Ken Leung as Sang, Juntao's second in command.
  • Elizabeth Peña as Detective Tania Johnson, an aspiring bomb squad technician in the LAPD who helps Carter rescue Soo-Yung.
  • Mark Rolston as FBI Special Agent Warren Russ
  • Rex Linn as FBI Agent Dan Whitney, Russ's partner
  • Chris Penn as Clive Cod, a small time arms dealer who was arrested by Carter in a botched sting operation.
  • Philip Baker Hall as Captain Bill Diel, Carter's supervisor. He gives Carter the FBI assignment as punishment for a botched undercover sting operation.
  • Julia Hsu as Soo-Yung Han, Consul Han's daughter who is kidnapped by a criminal organization. She is also a martial arts student of Lee's.

Other cast members include John Hawkes as Carter's informant "Stucky", Clifton Powell as Carter's cousin Luke, Barry Shabaka Henley as prison guard Bobby, Roger Fan and George Cheung as Soo-Yung's bodyguards, Gene LeBell as a taxi driver, and Frances Fong (in her final film role) as a socialite. Jackie Chan Stunt Team members Ken Lo, Nicky Li Chung-chi, Chan Man-ching and Andy Cheng appear as Juntao's henchmen.

Production

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Rush Hour began as a spec script written in 1995 by screenwriter Ross LaManna. The screenplay was sold by LaManna's William Morris agent Alan Gasmer to Hollywood Pictures, a division of the Walt Disney Company, with Arthur Sarkissian attached as producer. After attaching director Brett Ratner and developing the project for more than a year with producers including Sarkissian, Jonathan Glickman and Roger Birnbaum, Disney Studios chief Joe Roth put the project into turnaround, citing concerns about the $34 million budget, and Jackie Chan's appeal to American audiences. Several studios were interested in acquiring the project. New Line Cinema was confident in Ratner, having done Money Talks with him, so they made a hard commitment to a budget and start date for Rush Hour.[5]

Martin Lawrence, Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle were considered for the role of Detective James Carter; Murphy turned down the role to do Holy Man instead while Snipes turned down the role in favor of Blade, which was also for New Line Cinema.[6][7][8] Chan wanted Lawrence for the role, but he turned it down due to a low offer.[9]

After the success of Rumble in the Bronx, Ratner wanted to put Chan in a buddy-cop movie, not as a co-star or sidekick but on equal footing with an American star. Ratner flew to South Africa where Chan was filming and pitched the film. A few days later Chan agreed to star and not long after flew to Los Angeles and met Chris Tucker, the latter actor who ended up taking the role as Detective James Carter.[10]

Ratner credited Tucker with getting his first feature film Money Talks and thought Tucker and Chan would make a great team.[11] Filming began on November 30, 1997.[12] Shooting took place mainly in locations around the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, including the Los Angeles Convention Center, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Greystone Mansion, Ennis House, and Long Beach Airport. The opening sequence was shot in Hong Kong.

Reception

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Box office

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Rush Hour opened at No. 1 in September 1998 at the North American box office, with a weekend gross of $33 million. It surpassed The First Wives Club to have the highest September opening weekend and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to have the biggest opening weekend for a New Line Cinema film.[13] The film would hold latter record until the following June when Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me took it.[14] Rush Hour would continue to hold the September record for three more years until it was surpassed by Sweet Home Alabama in 2002.[15] Overall, it would top the box office for two weeks before getting displaced by Antz.[16] Rush Hour grossed over $140 million in the US and $103 million in the rest of the world, for a total worldwide gross over $244 million.[3][17]

Critical response

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On Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, Rush Hour holds an approval rating of 62% based on 77 reviews and an average score of 6.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "While it won't win any awards for originality, the combustible chemistry between its stars means Rush Hour hits just as hard on either side of the action-comedy divide."[18] On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[19] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[20]

Roger Ebert praised both Jackie Chan, for his entertaining action sequences without the use of stunt doubles, and Chris Tucker, for his comical acts in the film, and how they formed an effective comedic duo.[21] Joe Leydon of Variety called it "a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy". Leydon is critical of the editing, saying that it "works against Chan by breaking up the flow of his frenzied physicality."[22] Charles Taylor of Salon.com is critical of Hollywood misusing Jackie Chan: "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."[23]

Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post calls the film a "misbegotten marriage of sweet and sour" and says, "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." O'Sullivan says Tucker is miscast, the script "perfunctory and sloppy", and the direction "limp, lethargic".[24] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade "C−" and was critical of the buddy comedy, saying, "The two characters barely even have a relationship; they're a union of demographics—the "urban" market meets the slapstick-action market."[25]

Chan has expressed dissatisfaction with the film: "I didn’t like the movie. I still don’t like the movie." Chan continued: "I don’t like the way I speak English, and I don’t know what Chris Tucker is saying". Although he respects the box-office success of Rush Hour, Chan said he preferred the films he made in his native Hong Kong because they delivered more fight scenes: "If you see my Hong Kong movies, you know what happens: Bam bam bam, always Jackie Chan-style, me, 10 minutes of fighting."[26][27][28]

Cultural influence

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Rush Hour was the catalyst for the creation of the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Senh Duong, the website's founder and a Jackie Chan fan, was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's Hong Kong action films as they were being released in the United States. In anticipation of Rush Hour, Chan's first major Hollywood crossover, he coded the website in two weeks and the site went live shortly before the film's release.[29][30]

Sequels

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A sequel, Rush Hour 2, which was primarily set in Hong Kong, was released in 2001. A third film, Rush Hour 3, which was primarily set in Paris, was released on August 10, 2007.[31] Tucker earned $25 million for his role in the third film and Chan received the film's distribution rights in Asia.[27]

In 2007, before the release of Rush Hour 3, Ratner was optimistic about making a fourth film and potentially having it set in Moscow.[32] In 2017, Chan agreed to a potential script for Rush Hour 4 after years of turning down scripts.[33][34][35]

Music

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Main article: Rush Hour (soundtrack)

Edwin Starr's "War" was used as the ending theme for the film.

The film's soundtrack features the hit single "Can I Get A..." by Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Amil, as well as tracks by Flesh-n-Bone, Wu-Tang Clan, Dru Hill, Charli Baltimore and Montell Jordan.

The official soundtrack album was certified platinum on January 21, 1999.

Awards

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Home media

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VHS

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Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Language Subtitles Notes Reference
January 26, 1999 United States PG-13 New Line Home Video NTSC English None [37]
October 18, 1999 United Kingdom 12 Entertainment in Video PAL English None [38]

DVD

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Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes Reference
March 2, 1999 United States PG-13 New Line Home Video NTSC 1 English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (16:9) [39]
October 1, 1999 United Kingdom 12 Entertainment in Video PAL 2 English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 (16:9) [40]
February 14, 2000 Australia M Roadshow Entertainment PAL 4 English Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital 2.0 		English Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (16:9)
Dolby Digital Trailer: Canyon

UMD

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Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes References
September 1, 2005 United Kingdom 12 Entertainment in Video PAL 2 English Unknown English [41]
January 3, 2006 United States PG-13 New Line Home Entertainment NTSC 1 English Unknown English [42]

Blu-ray

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Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes Reference
October 11, 2010 United Kingdom 15 Warner Home Video PAL Free English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 (16:9) [43]
December 7, 2010 United States PG-13 New Line Home Entertainment NTSC Free English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 (16:9) [44]

See also

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References

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