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Rush Hour (film)
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| Directed by | Brett Ratner |
| Produced by | Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Athur M. Sarkissian |
| Written by | Ross LaManna (Screenplay and Story) Jim Kouf(Screenplay) |
| Starring | Jackie Chan Chris Tucker Ken Leung Tom Wilkinson Chris Penn Elizabeth Pena Tzi Ma Julia Hsu |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin Ira Hearshen |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Editing by | Mark Helfrich |
| Distributed by |  New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | September 18, 1998 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $244,386,864 |
| Followed by | Rush Hour 2 |
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Rush Hour is a 1998 martial arts/buddy cop film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. The film was successful, becoming the 7th top grossing film of 1998, with a gross of over $140 million dollars at the US box office.
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Shortly after arriving in the United States to take up a diplomatic post in Los Angeles, Chinese consul Han's (Tzi Ma) daughter, Soo Yung, is kidnapped. Unwilling to trust the FBI, Han calls in his best friend, Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) of the Hong Kong police.
The FBI doesn't want an outsider like Lee interfering, so they palm him off on LAPD detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), a fast-talking and comically arrogant police officer. The two men do not remotely get along, but when they discover that they are being used, they set out to try to solve the case themselves.
They find out the person behind it is Juntao, a mysterious Chinese crime lord. Following a lead to Chinatown, Carter coincidentally sees the man in charge of Soo Yung's kidnappers. In reality, "Juntao" is not Chinese, but is in fact British Commander Griffin (Tom Wilkinson), a former Hong Kong police official and Han's supposed friend. After a fight in Chinatown, Griffin's henchman, Sang, (Ken Leung) angrily tells the consul that the ransom has been increased, and begins threatening Soo Yung's life. Disgraced, Lee and Carter are ordered off the investigation and Lee is sent back to China. But before he gets on the plane, Carter convinces Lee to help him try and save Soo Yung. Lee is surprised, as before then Carter has seemed to care about no one but himself.
The final confrontation comes at a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which Han is emceeing, while the ransom is being delivered. While Carter evacuates the crowd, Lee recognizes Griffin, who reveals his true identity and threatens to explode a bomb attached to Soo Yung if the delivery is interrupted. In a battle between Griffin's thugs on one side, and the F.B.I. and Lee and Carter on the other, Carter kills Sang, LAPD bomb expert Johnson (Elizabeth Peña) defuses the bomb and rescues Soo Yung, and Lee kills Griffin by causing him to fall from the center's roof.
Han and Soo Yung are reunited. Carter and Lee take a vacation together to Hong Kong - but Carter is shocked to hear that the flight will take 15 hours, and demands another seat as soon as Lee starts singing "War").
- Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee
- Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter
- Ken Leung as Sang
- Tom Wilkinson as Thomas Griffin/Juntao
- Tzi Ma as Consul Han
- Elizabeth Peña as Tania Johnson
- Julia Hsu as Soo Yung
- Mark Rolston as Special Agent Warren Russ
- Rex Linn as FBI Agent Whitney
- Philip Baker Hall as Captain Diel
Rush Hour opened at #1 at the North American box-office with a weekend gross of $33 million in September 1998. Rush Hour grossed over $244 million worldwide.[1]
While it gained positive reviews from critics, some people criticized the movie for being a rip-off of Lethal Weapon while some noted that Jackie Chan's performance was nowhere near as lively as his previous roles (in Hong Kong movies, Chan enjoyed total creative freedom and was typically given limited creativity in Hollywood productions) and that his stunts were no longer death-defying or impressive[citation needed]. Many critics praised Chris Tucker for his comical acts in the film and how he and Chan formed an effective comic duo.[2]
A sequel Rush Hour 2, was made in 2001. A third movie, Rush Hour 3, was released on August 10, 2007.[3] Tucker will receive $25 million for the third film and Chan will gain the distribution rights to the movie in Asia. Chan has however stated that he is not a fan of the Rush Hour franchise. He indicated that he did not appreciate the action scenes in the movie, and that he didn't understand American humor. [4]
This film was followed by two other installments Rush Hour 2, and Rush Hour 3.
The soundtrack features hit single "Can I Get A..." by Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Amil, as well as tracks by Wu-Tang Clan, Charli Baltimore and Mariah Carey
- 1999 ALMA Awards
- Winner: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film (Elizabeth Peña)
- 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards
- Winner: BMI Film Music Award (Lalo Schifrin)
- 1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
- Winner: Favorite Duo- Action/Adventure (Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker)
- Nomination: Favorite Supporting Actress- Action/Adventure (Elizabeth Peña)
- 1999 Bogey Awards (Germany)
- Winner: Bogey Awards in Silver
- 1999 Golden Screen (Germany}
- Winner: Golden Screen
- 1999 Grammy Awards
- Nomination: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television (Lalo Schifrin)
- 1999 Image Awards
- Nomination: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture (Chris Tucker)
- 1999 Kids' Choice Awards (USA)
- Nomination: Favorite Movie Actor (Blimp Award) (Chris Tucker)
- 1999 MTV Movie Awards
- Winner: Best On-Screen Duo (Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker)
- Nomination: Best Comedic Performance (Chris Tucker)
- Nomination: Best Fight (Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker) (For the fight against the Chinese gang)
- Nomination: Best Movie Song (Jay-Z) (For Can I get a....)
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- Rush Hour 2
- Rush Hour 3
- ^ Rush Hour. boxofficemojo.com (September 18th, 1998). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (September 18th, 1998). Rush Hour. rogerebert.com. Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ Chan Says Tucker Holding Up Rush Hour 3. The Associated Press (July 10th, 2005). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
- ^ Jackie Chan Admits He Is Not a Fan of 'Rush Hour' Films
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