Rush Hour - 1 hour of rushed writing and some goddamn funny one-liners

 

	Screenplay and story by Ross LaManna Directed by Brett Ratner Screenplay by  Jim Kouf Produced by  Roger Birnbaum     Jonathan Glickman     Arthur M. Sarkissian Starring  Jackie Chan     Chris Tucker     Tzi Ma     Tom Wilkinson     Ken Leung     Elizabeth Peña     Mark Rolston     Rex Linn Synopsis When a Chinese diplomat's daughter is kidnapped in Los Angeles, he calls in Royal Hong Kong Police Force Detective Inspector Yan-Naing Lee (Jackie Chan) to assist the FBI with the case. But the FBI doesn't want anything to do with Lee, and they dump him off on the LAPD, who assign wisecracking Los Angeles Police Department Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) to watch over him. Although Lee and Carter can't stand each other, they choose to work together to solve the case on their own when they figure out they've been ditched by both the FBI and police. Review  If you're not a die hard fan of Jackie and haven't seen his Hong Kong movies, this is probably your favourite one from him.   Like Cal from debmul53.tripod.com says, "if Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong films can be compared to Domino’s Pizza (and I think they can), then his American films should be compared to supermarket own-brand frozen pizza.  They’re ok, but they’re just not the real thing." While Jackie Chan is actually funny and has cool fights and stunts in this movie, Chris Tucker is just loud... and funny as hell for that. The movie's plot is basic and sounds like almost every 90s cop movie from Dimension Films or 20th Century Fox or New Line (who distributed the movie). There's nothing extraordinary about this one. It's kinda funny (at least the bloopers are), got good fight scenes with Chan, and... well... that's about it. Watch Rush Hour at the https://archive.org/details/dvdromcontentrushhour  (Content on the DVD) https://archive.org/details/unaparejaexplosiva11998  (Spanish dub) https://archive.org/details/123jucky  (Along with Rush Hour sequels) https://archive.org/details/starzpromosjuly311999_201910 (Original American English version, 1998) Rating: 5.8/10