Sorry, this movie sucks

Highly Overrated But Still Good

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I never thought i would like this movie but this is one of the best comedy movies I have ever seen. I thought it would mostly be about action and crime with little comedy but I was literally laughing so hard in the middle of night when I was watching it.I have never seen any Jackie Chan's movie before but his acting was so good and the fighting scenes were so perfectly choreographed that I will be looking forward to watch more of his movies.Chris Tucker was mind blowing.His face expressions were so hilarious.Who would have guessed but he was actually the most entertaining part of the movie.These two really had a great on air chemistry.In short, those 98 minutes were worth spent.

This happened to be on cable last night and as I haven't seen it in a very long time I decided to check it out. The film is about a Hong Kong detective played by Jackie Chan,who teams up with a fast-talking FBI agent named Carter played by Chris Tucker(who I swear is the love child of Eddie Murphy btw)to catch the mastermind who kidnapped a 10 year old Chinese girl who ended up being taken by two Chinese guys. So its up to Tucker and Lee to save the little girl from the two baddies. But someone else could be behind it too?Overall I found this film hilarious. The cast was great especially Jackie Chan who is one of my favorite actors as he is an expert at martial arts and Chris Tucker literally stole everything in this movie with his high-pitched voice and his witty persona.The action sequences were great and bottom line I enjoyed it.If you haven't seen it be sure and check it out.

Yes, it did take me this long to see the movie. I was hesitant for so long because these movies are not my niche. I don't normally like goofy buddy cop movies, but this along with the 21 Jump Street series, has been an exception. With comedies, you need to feel fresh with your bits, and create a unique bond of chemistry between your leads. We have seen it fail too many times before so I was glad to see that Rush Hour nailed it for its time.Coming out in 1998, I'm not sure we had seen any black male and Asian male take the leads in a film together. Usually its a risk financially for studios (it shouldn't be, but it is). But Jackie Chan, being the international star that he was, and Chris Tucker being at the peak of his comedic stardom, it was definitely a good fit. And they ended up having a lot of chemistry. It was really funny watching the two learn about each others ways of living and the endless amount of inappropriate racial jokes. Some can definitely be considered offensive, but knowing its just a movie, I couldn't help myself but laugh a few times. I honestly didn't see myself liking the film after the first few scenes with Tucker. His voice is exaggeratingly high pitched and it was hard to get over at first. I think you just cant take the movie too seriously. If you just have fun with it and turn your brain off for 90 minutes, it can be an enjoyable time.Knowing that there are two more, and possibly a third on the way, of the franchise, I will watch the others shortly. There's nothing special about the film, but I had fun with it. Not to mention the fact that seeing Brett Ratner's name in the opening credits as the director was a big turn off (thanks for X-Men 3), but hey it was better than I expected.+Chemistry between Chan and Tucker +The dynamic creates funny moments/jokes +Mindless fun -Nothing too original -Tucker's voice7.0/10

We love Jackie Chan. We have all his movies. But Chris Tucker is just too silly and ruins Jackie's movie. Jackie should have used Will Smith or Eddie Murphy. The silliness detracts from the story. All 3 Rush Hour movies are the same for us, the worst of all Chan's movies, including Jackie's early Chinese work, which at least were consistent in the humor. Tuckers humor is High School clown and does not mesh with Jackie's. He should work with Jack Black or other silly comedians. You can not relate the movie theme to Tuckers off the wall immature humor.I am not saying Chris Tucker is not a good comedian as he has good wit, insight and humor in his own right, It is just he does not fit well with Jackie's self effacing Serious and clean movies. He acts his part seriously and Tucker is just ad-libbing off the wall jokes like he is on a talk show and it just does not fit in the movie. I give the rating 4 out of ten because of Jackie Chan and the other hard working actors doing the best they can while Chris cracks jokes that have nothing to do with the movie.