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Rush Hour (1998)

Rush Hour (1998)

PG-13 98 minutes EN Action , Comedy , Crime
The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West.
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
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Tom Wilkinson
Griffin / Juntao
Philip Baker Hall
Captain Diel
Mark Rolston
Agent Russ
Tzi Ma
Consul Han
Rex Linn
Agent Whitney
Robert Littman
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Michael Chow
Diner Guest

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OK, heavy bias here, but I'm just going to come out and say that Chan and Tucker should have stopped after this one. Rush Hour was funny, Rush Hour 2 and especially 3 where horrible.
Really it's like Lethal Weapon, or, in fact, it's like just about any buddy cop movie where the duo is salt and pepper and entirely mismatched. And those movies are usually always fun in any action or comedy genre... except when it comes to the ones with the dogs.
So you have the chemistry with a solid cultural and language barrier ala Red Heat.
The difference is that this amps up the comedy to, honestly, to a point that is utterly hysterical. Especially given the clear chemistry between Chan and Tucker. The timing is great and the out takes are even better. It's a hysterical pleasure to watch...
... just stay away from the sequels because, honestly, I don't know what happened there.

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The most negative review

Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time.
_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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Production companies: Roger Birnbaum Productions, New Line Cinema, Caravan Pictures
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $33,000,000
Revenue: $244,721,064

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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