Rush Hour
1998 Directed by Brett Ratner
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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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43/100
There is nothing more damning I can say than this: I had already seen it and had no fucking idea. For some reason—and I honestly can't for the life of me imagine why; it doesn't seem to have been for any writing assignment—I saw it on video in April of 2001, which I only know because I keep a log. No memory of it whatsoever. I rewatched the entire thing just now and at no time did I even briefly recollect anything. Went to add it to my master list afterwards and was stunned to find it already there. I think the word I'm looking for here is "forgettable." Note to self: CHECK THE FUCKING LIST, THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR.
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Shocking this was milked into a trilogy, and sad this is all that most Americans know Jackie Chan for...and paid to see his weakest acrobatics three times over.
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One of the less ass-kicking Chan movies is at the same time one of his funniest - the chemistry with Chris Tucker is great and not yet tired by the sequiels.
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Lee: I like to let people talk who like to talk. It lets me find out how full of shit they are.
Carter: What the hell did you just say?
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Carter: This is the LAPD. We're the most hated cops in all the free world. My own mama's ashamed of me. She tells everybody I'm a drug dealer.
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Lee: Why would they not want my help?
Carter: Because they don't give a damn about you! They don't like you! I don't like you!
Lee: I don't care! I'm here for the girl!
Carter: The girl don't like you! Nobody likes you!
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Sang: The drop will be made tonight. The amount will be fifty million dollars.
Carter: Fifty… -
Don't like the combination. Didn't like the movie.
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the ultimate buddy cop film. very funny and incredibly good as something fun a action packed to watch. can easily be watched multiple times and has memorable quotes that you will remember long after the film is finished.
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I laugh.
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Glorious.
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Mi saga de buddy movies favorita. Algo que tiene a Jackie Chan aumenta de categoría automáticamente.
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Einfach ein toller kurzweiliger Film mit Action und einigem zum Lachen. Ideal für einen lustigen Abend.
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While not terrible, while also not great. One of the worst kind of films. It's just there.
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Even though I enjoyed this film, it was still a disappointment. Rush Hour is an action-comedy about a stereotypical Chinese and a stereotypical black american who must save the daughter of an ambassador from kidnappers. The plot is overly cliche, the rasist jokes where barely funny and I regret not having subtitles.
The only part of the film I truly liked was Jackie Chan. You always know what you get from him, and he delivers. The stunts are sweet, and the fighting gave me more laughter than any of the jokes. But all in all it is a good late night film, probably more enjoyable watching with others.
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The original is pretty good, the chemistry was fresh and there were great ideas for the film.
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This comic duo works well with really, really thin plot. Tucker is funny as hell but you can definitely see that Jackie has lost a step or three. They do make a great couple though although Tucker’s over the top approach does get grating at times.
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“Rush Hour” ist gute Actionunterhaltung. Wenn man sich mit Filmen von Jackie Chan gut unterhalten fühlt, hat man auch an dieser Produktion große Freude. Geboten wird nämlich in erster Linie bekannte Kost, bestehend aus flotten Dialogen und spektakulärer Action. Chan schraubt die Gefährlichkeit seiner Stunts in dieser amerikanischen Produktion aus Versicherungsgründen zwar ein wenig zurück, wodurch der Film ein wenig an Dramatik und Spannung verliert. Auf der anderen Seite wird dieses Buddy-Movie dadurch eher zur familientauglichen Unterhaltung, was sich in der FSK Freigabe ab 12 Jahren widerspiegelt.
Auch Chans Filmpartner Chris Tucker passt gut in den Film. Er etabliert sich in “Rush Hour” als ewiges Plappermaul und hat immer einen lustigen Spruch auf den Lippen. Dadurch erinnert er in seiner…