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B+
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Rush Hour movie poster

Rush Hour (1998)

Comedy Action
Rated PG-13
97 min.
Release Date
September 18, 1998
Director
Brett Ratner
Writer
Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna
Cast
Manny Perry, Jim Jenkins, Kevin L. Jackson, Stanley DeSantis, Stephen Blackehart, Julia Hsu, Chris Penn, Ken Leung, Rex Linn, Tzi Ma, Mark Rolston, Philip Baker Hall, Elizabeth Peña, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan
Running Time
97 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for sequences of action/violence and shootings, and for language

It had been only two months since a giant shipment of stolen artifacts had been confiscated from a mastermind terrorist and the Chinese Consul had moved away from his Hong Kong home to live in the United States. It had been only two months since he left good friend Detective Inspector Lee to battle crime in the newly-Chinese city. And it has been less than a day since his eleven-year-old daughter was kidnapped.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Rush Hour is a good movie but don't dare call it a Jackie Chan movie. Gone is the constant array of high-intensity stunts and fighting humor; instead, Rush Hour delivers strong acting, high budget, and incessant comedy. There is still some of the Jackie Chan fighting but no where as much as typical Jackie Chan movies; I was disappointed in that aspect. However, unlike Jackie Chan movies, Rush Hour actually has good acting and, thank God, no dubbing. Chris Tucker was funny but Jackie Chan was hard to tell. In the beginning, he was a knowledgeable cop; as the movie progressed, they portrayed him as an amateur. Rush Hour won't appeal to more die hard Jackie Chan fans but it is a pretty funny movie. Now, we just need to get a movie with Jackie Chan and no Hollywood actors to crowd the spotlight. And stop having Jackie apologize for everything! Full movie review »
B+
Our Rating