Rush Hour 2: Faster then the original!

Directed by Brett Ratner Written by Jeff Nathanson Produced by Roger Birnbaum Starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Zhang Ziyi
Release date: August 3, 2001

Synopsis While LAPD Detective James Carter and RHKPF Chief Inspector Lee are vacationing in Hong Kong,

a bomb explosion at the US Consulate kills two undercover customs agents.

Soon, Lee is assigned to solve the case.
Review

Hate me or not, this film is THE best Rush Hour film so far. Firstly, the humor has become ] better, Jackie Chan's acting has improved, and the fight choreography is better. Sure, the film is from the US, but it has Jackie's classic slapstick from his Hong Kong movies, and a big stunt (TWO of them! ONE DONE BY CHRIS TUCKER!)  Watch Rush Hour 2 at the Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/123jucky  archive.org/details/rush-hour2 Watch Rush Hour 2 at Dailymotion- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x69wjwc

Rating: 7/10

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

Jackie Chan's First Strike might be one of his best strikes

 

Directed and written by Stanley Tong

 Screenplay by

Nick Tramontane
Greg Mellott
Elliot Tong
Produced by Barbie Tung
Starring   
    Jackie Chan
    Wu fChen-chun
    Jackson Lou

Bill Tung

Nonna Grishayeva

 

Synopsis

A Hong Kong police detective, Jackie (Jackie Chan), works with the CIA to track a mysterious woman named Natasha (Grishajeva Nonna). She is suspected of delivering money to a terrorist, Jackson Tsui (Jackson Liu), who is trying to obtain a nuclear warhead from the Russian mob. Traveling from Hong Kong to the Ukraine to Australia, Chan aims to bust up the terrorist plot using his fists as much as his brains, doing battle underwater, on stilts and across mountain tops.

Review

So the movie was not what I expected, in a good way. 

I love this film. It has the same comedy aspect as Project A where it makes me wonder if it was promoted as a comedy-action. However, with First Strike there was comedy for most of the scenes, and even during a hotel chase.

The fight scenes in this movie have no comedy, which is great. Your only focus is on the great moves and tricks and hits from Jackie. The movie also has beautiful views from Brisbane, Australia. I live in Sydney, and trust me, in 2023, it doesn't compare to Brisbane in 1995. 

First Strike is an amazing film. Want to see an underwater fight, a helicopter stunt, ladder fight, hotel chase and Jackie Chan's butt? First Strike's the way to go. 

And no, John McClane from the Movie Forums, this film is NOT BETTER then "Police Story III: Supercop".

P.S. this is NOT the first time Jackie Chan fights for America. Rumble in The Bronx existed 2 years before this film.

Watch "Jackie Chan's First Strike" at the

https://archive.org/details/firststrike19961080ph264ac3dolbydigital5.1nickarad (American cut from New Line Cinema, 1997)
https://archive.org/details/first-strike-fw-reconstruction (1996 Hong Kong cut)

Rating: 8/10