Rush Hour

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

7.1
19981h 37m

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.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Original Theatrical Trailer

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Don't Fall...

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

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RUSH HOUR Official Trailer [1998]

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Full Movie Preview

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

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Ransom Money

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I Need to See The Consul

Cast

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Philip Baker Hall

Captain Diel

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Mark Rolston

Agent Russ

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Tzi Ma

Consul Han

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Rex Linn

Agent Whitney

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Michael Chow

Diner Guest

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Julia Hsu

Soo Yung

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Kai Lennox

Cop at Diner

Photo of Larry Sullivan

Larry Sullivan

Cop at Diner

Photo of Roger Fan

Roger Fan

Soo Yung's Bodyguard

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George Cheung

Soo Yung's Driver

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Jason Davis

Kid at Theatre

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Gene LeBell

Taxi Driver

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Kevin L. Jackson

Pool Player

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Reviews

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Ibraheem...

9/10

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.

R

Gimly

3/10

Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time.

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

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GenerationofSwine

10/10

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.

You've reached the end.