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"Rush Hour" redirects here. For other uses, see Rush hour (disambiguation).
Rush Hour
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Directed byBrett Ratner
Written byRoss LaManna (Screenplay and Story)
Jim Kouf (Screenplay)
Produced byRoger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Athur M. Sarkissian
StarringJackie Chan
Chris Tucker
Ken Leung
Tom Wilkinson
Chris Penn
Elizabeth Pena
Tzi Ma
Julia Hsu
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited byMark Helfrich
Music byLalo Schifrin
Ira Hearshen
Distributed byUnited States New Line Cinema
Release dates
United States September 18, 1998
Running time
97 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$35,000,000
Box office$244,386,864

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

Plot

Shortly after arriving in the United States to take up a diplomatic post in Los Angeles, Chinese consul Han's (Tzi Ma) daughter, Soo Yung, is kidnapped. Unwilling to trust the FBI, Han calls in his best friend, Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) of the Hong Kong police.

The FBI doesn't want an outsider like Lee interfering, so they palm him off on LAPD detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), a fast-talking and comically arrogant police officer. The two men do not remotely get along, but when they discover that they are being used, they set out to try to solve the case themselves.

They find out the person behind it is Juntao, a mysterious Chinese crime lord. Following a lead to Chinatown, Carter coincidentally sees the man in charge of Soo Yung's kidnappers. In reality, "Juntao" is not Chinese, but is in fact British Commander Griffin (Tom Wilkinson), a former Hong Kong police official and Han's supposed friend. After a fight in Chinatown, Griffin's henchman, Sang, (Ken Leung) angrily tells the consul that the ransom has been increased, and begins threatening Soo Yung's life. Disgraced, Lee and Carter are ordered off the investigation and Lee is sent back to China. But before he gets on the plane, Carter convinces Lee to help him try and save Soo Yung. Lee is surprised, as before then Carter has seemed to care about no one but himself.

The final confrontation comes at a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which Han is emceeing, while the ransom is being delivered. While Carter evacuates the crowd, Lee recognizes Griffin, who reveals his true identity and threatens to explode a bomb attached to Soo Yung if the delivery is interrupted. In a battle between Griffin's thugs on one side, and the F.B.I. and Lee and Carter on the other, Carter kills Sang, LAPD bomb expert Johnson (Elizabeth Peña) defuses the bomb and rescues Soo Yung, and Lee kills Griffin by causing him to fall from the center's roof.

Han and Soo Yung are reunited. Carter and Lee take a vacation together to Hong Kong—but Carter is shocked to hear that the flight will take 15 hours…and demands another seat as soon as Lee starts singing "War".

Cast and characters

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.[1]

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 near 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 [citation needed]. Many critics praised Chris Tucker for his comical acts in the film and how he and Chan formed an effective comic duo.[2]

A sequel Rush Hour 2, was made in 2001. A third movie, Rush Hour 3, was released on August 10, 2007.[3] Tucker will receive $25 million for the third film and Chan will gain the distribution rights to the movie in Asia. [4]

Sequels

This film was followed by two installments: Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).

A fourth film in the series is in negotiations however Brian De Palma is said to be taking the directing reigns from Brett Ratner

Soundtrack

Main article: Def Jam's Rush Hour Soundtrack

The soundtrack features hit single "Can I Get A..." by Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Amil, as well as tracks by Dru Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, and Charli Baltimore

Awards and nominations

  • 1999 Golden Screen (Germany}
    • Winner: Golden Screen

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rush Hour". boxofficemojo.com. September 18th, 1998. Retrieved 2006-06-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ Ebert, Roger (September 18th, 1998). "Rush Hour". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2006-06-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ^ "Chan Says Tucker Holding Up Rush Hour 3". The Associated Press. July 10th, 2005. Retrieved 2006-06-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. ^ Jackie Chan Admits He Is Not a Fan of 'Rush Hour' Films

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