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Rush Hour 2
File:Rush Hour 2 poster.jpg
Directed byBrett Ratner
Written byJeff Nathanson
Produced byRoger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Arthur Sarkissian
Jay Stern
StarringJackie Chan
Chris Tucker
John Lone
Alan King
Roselyn Sánchez
Harris Yulin
Zhang Ziyi
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
Edited byMark Helfrich
Robert K. Lambert
Music byLalo Schifrin
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesUnited States
China
LanguagesEnglish
Cantonese
Mandarin
Budget$90 million
Box office$347,325,802

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American action comedy film. This is the second installment in the Rush Hour series. A sequel to the 1998 film Rush Hour, the film stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker who respectively reprise their roles as Inspector Lee and Detective Carter. The film finds Lee and Carter embroiled in a counterfeit scam involving the Triads.[1]

Rush Hour 2 was released August 3, 2001 to mixed reviews from critics, but it grossed $347,325,802 at the worldwide box office,[2] becoming the eleventh highest-grossing film of 2001 worldwide. It is the highest-grossing live-action martial arts film of all time, and the second highest-grossing martial arts film of all time, behind Kung Fu Panda.[3] The film was followed up with another sequel, Rush Hour 3, in 2007.

Plot

Los Angeles Police Department Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) is on vacation in Hong Kong, visiting his friend, Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan). The fun is put on hold when a bomb explodes at the United States Consulate General, killing two U.S. custom agents inside.[4] Inspector Lee is assigned to the case, which becomes personal when it is discovered that it somehow involves Ricky Tan (John Lone), his late police officer father's former partner. Tan, who was suspected, but never proven, of having a role in Lee's father's death, is now a leader of the Triads.

The United States Secret Service, led by Agent Sterling (Harris Yulin), and the Hong Kong Police Force soon get into a fight over the jurisdiction of the case. Lee and Carter separately make their way to Tan's yacht where he is holding a dinner party. Tan scolds his underling, Hu Li (Zhang Ziyi), who then leaves as Lee and Carter confront Tan. Just as Ricky Tan asks for protection, Hu Li shoots him and makes her escape in the chaos. An angry Sterling holds Lee responsible for Tan's death, and orders him off the case. Carter is ordered to be flown back to Los Angeles for involving himself. However, Lee and Carter return to L.A. together.

On the plane, Carter tells Lee that in every large criminal operation, there is a rich white man behind it and that man is Steven Reign (Alan King), an L.A. hotel billionaire whom Carter saw acting suspiciously on Tan's boat. They set up camp outside the Reign Towers, spotting a sexy U.S. Secret Service agent named Isabella Molina (Roselyn Sánchez). After a few misunderstandings, Molina tells the two men that she is undercover, looking into Reign's money laundering of $100 million in superdollars (high grade counterfeit $100 bills).

Lee and Carter pay a visit to Kenny (Don Cheadle), an ex-con known to Carter who runs a gambling den in the back of his Chinese restaurant. He tells them that a usually broke customer recently came into his establishment with a suspicious amount of hundred-dollar bills. Carter confirms that they are Reign's counterfeits and they trace the money back to a bank. The Triads are waiting for them and knock the two cops unconscious, with Molina looking on. After arriving in Las Vegas, Lee and Carter wake up inside one of the Triads' trucks and escape. After finding out where they are, they realize that Reign is laundering the $100 million through the new Red Dragon Casino (filmed at the now demolished Desert Inn).

At the Red Dragon, Lee and Carter split up. Lee attempts to find the engraving plates which were used to make the counterfeit money, while Carter makes a distraction to help Lee sneak past the security. However, Hu Li captures Lee and takes him to a room where it is revealed that Ricky Tan faked his death. When Tan departs, Molina tries to arrest Hu Li unsuccessfully. Carter continues to fight Hu Li and knocks her out, while Lee heads to the penthouse to prevent Tan from escaping with the plates. In the penthouse, Reign opens the safe and takes the plates, running into Tan as he leaves. Reign tries to back out of the deal but Tan kills him with a knife. Lee and Carter arrive to have a tense standoff, where Tan admits that he killed Lee's father.

Tan is killed when he tries to break free and Lee kicks him out of the window. Hu Li enters with a time bomb forcing Lee and Carter to grab onto the decoration wires. The two escape on the makeshift zipline as Hu Li dies in her own explosion. Later, at the airport, Molina thanks Lee for his work on the case, and she kisses him for a short time, while Carter watches from afar. Having originally planned to go their separate ways, Lee and Carter change their mind and head to New York City.

Cast

Release

Prior to its August 4 release, Rush Hour 2 was premiered to the public on Thursday, July 26, 2001 on-board United Airlines Flight 1 from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, which was renamed, "The Rush Hour Express".[5] The Hong Kong Board of Tourism teamed up with United Airlines and New Line Cinemas in a campaign that offered both trailers for the film for passengers on all domestic United flights during July and August (reaching an expected 3 million people), as well as Hong Kong travel videos to inspire tourists to visit China where the film was set. The film received mixed reviews. It currently has a 52% "Rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Box office

Rush Hour 2 opened on August 3, 2001 in 3,118 North American theaters, and it grossed $67,408,222.87 ($21,619 per screen) in its opening weekend.[6] It ended its run with $226,164,286.92, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 2001 domestically, and the highest-grossing martial arts film at the time.[3]

The film's total worldwide box office take was $347,325,802, making it the eleventh highest-grossing film of 2001 worldwide.[2]

Rush Hour 2 out-grossed its predecessor, Rush Hour. This was due to the fact that it had a little more box office longevity and lasted consistently within the domestic box office top ten for roughly two weeks longer than Rush Hour.[7] In addition, the hype surrounding Rush Hour 2 helped it maintain high numbers for a longer period of time. After fifty days since its domestic release, Rush Hour was only No. 10 on the box office charts while comparatively, Rush Hour 2 was still pulling in big audiences after fifty days in theaters and was the No. 2 grossing film domestically.[8]

Accolades

Rush Hour 2 earned a total of 27 award nominations and 10 wins, including an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, a Teen Choice Award for Film-Choice Actor, Comedy, and 3 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Male Butt Kicker (Chan), Favorite Movie Actor (Tucker), and Favorite Movie.[citation needed]

Sequel

Because of development hell, Rush Hour 3 was not released until August 10, 2007—six years after Rush Hour 2.[9][10] A fourth installment in the series is in negotiations, however, and reportedly may be set in Moscow.[11]

Soundtrack

Main article: Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack)

A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on July 31, 2001 by Def Jam Recordings, Def Soul and Universal Music Group. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and No. 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Home media

VHS

Release date
 Country
 Classification/rating
 Publisher
 Format
 Language Subtitles Notes
 REF
11 December 2001 United States PG-13 New Line Home Entertainment NTSC English None [12]
11 March 2002 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL English None [13]

DVD

Release date
 Country
 Classification/rating
 Publisher
 Format
 Region
 Language
 Sound
 Subtitles
 Notes
 Ref
11 December 2001 United States PG-13 New Line Home Entertainment NTSC 1 English DD 2.0 Stereo,
DD 5.1,
DTS 5.1 		English Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (16:9) [14]
24 December 2001 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL 2 English Unknown English Aspect ratio: 1.77:1 (16:9) [15]

UMD

Release date
 Country
 Classification/rating
 Publisher
 Format
 Region
 Language
 Sound
 Subtitles
 Notes
 REF
26 September 2005 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL 2 English Unknown English [16]
3 January 2006 United States PG-13 New Line Home Entertainment NTSC 1 English Unknown English [17]

Blu-ray

Rush Hour 2 is set to be released on Blu-ray in Germany 1 December 2013.[18] A Blu-ray was originally set to be released in October 2007 in the U.S., and December 2007 in the U.K. to coincide with the releases of Rush Hour and Rush Hour 3 on the same format. For reasons unknown, both dates were pulled from the release schedule.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ Scott, A. O. (August 3, 2001). "FILM REVIEW; Making Fun With Feet and Tongue". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  2. ^ a b "Box Office Mojo - Rush Hour 2".
  3. ^ a b "Action - Martial Arts".
  4. ^ Flanagan, Sylvia P.; West, Malcolm R., eds. (2001). "'Rush Hour 2' Star, Talks About Movie And How Fame Is Changing His Life". JET Magazine. 100 (8). Johnson Publication (published August 6, 2001): 58. ISSN 0021-5996. {{cite journal}}: More than one of |editor2= and |editor2-last= specified (help); More than one of |editor= and |editor-last= specified (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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  6. ^ "Rush Hour 2 Has $67.4-Million Debut". Los Angeles Times. August 7, 2001. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  7. ^ "Movie Rush Hour - Box Office Data, News, Cast Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  8. ^ "Rush Hour 2 Box Office data".
  9. ^ "Rush Hour 3". Rotten Tomatoes.
  10. ^ "Rush Hour 3". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  11. ^ ""Rush Hour 4" is Set in Moscow".
  12. ^ "Rush Hour 2 [VHS] (2001)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Rush Hour 2 [VHS] [2001]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Rush Hour 2 (2001)". amazon.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Rush Hour 2 [DVD] [2001]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Rush Hour 2 [UMD Mini for PSP]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  17. ^ "Rush Hour 2 [UMD for PSP] (2001)". amazon.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  18. ^ "Rush Hour 2 Blu-ray Germany". blu-ray.com. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Rush Hour 2". bva.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
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