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Rush Hour (1998)

PG-13 09/18/1998 Action, Comedy, Crime 1h 37m
71%
User
Score
7.0/10
62%
61/100

The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West.

Overview

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.

Ross LaManna

Screenplay

Brett Ratner

Director

Jim Kouf

Screenplay

Part of the Rush Hour Collection

Includes Rush Hour and other great movies.

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Top Billed Cast

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Lee

Chris Tucker

Chris Tucker

Carter

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Griffin

Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall

Captain Diel

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña

Johnson

Chris Penn

Chris Penn

Clive

Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston

Agent Russ

Tzi Ma

Tzi Ma

Consul Han

Rex Linn

Rex Linn

Agent Whitney

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Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker's Relationship | 'Rush Hour' 25th Anniversary | Academy Conversations

Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker's Relationship | 'Rush Hour' 25th Anniversary | Academy Conversations

RUSH HOUR Official Trailer [1998]

RUSH HOUR Official Trailer [1998]

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Original Theatrical Trailer

Rush Hour (1998) Official Trailer - Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker Movie HD

Rush Hour (1998) Official Trailer - Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker Movie HD

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Reviews

A review by Ibraheem...

Written on October 14, 2017

A Jackie's Chan movie. Expect a mix between action and comedy, add Chris's Carter character, and you'll have a movie that you'll always laugh at no matter how many times you have seen it before.

The whole three parts of it are worth watching....

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A review by Gimly

Written on June 4, 2018

Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time.

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 12, 2023

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...

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