Rush Hour (1998)

Two cops team up to get back a kidnapped daughter.

Director:

Brett Ratner

Writers:

Ross LaManna (story), Jim Kouf (screenplay),

Stars:

Ken Leung, Jackie Chan, Tom Wilkinson

6 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ken Leung	...	Sang
Jackie Chan	...	Lee
Tom Wilkinson	...	Griffin
Tzi Ma	...	Consul Han
Robert Littman	...	First Caucasian
Michael Chow	...	Dinner Guest
Julia Hsu	...	Soo Yung
Chris Tucker	...	Carter
Chris Penn	...	Clive
Kai Lennox	...	Cop at Diner
Larry Sullivan	...	Cop at Diner (as Larry Sullivan Jr.)
Yang Lin	...	Consul Secretary (as Yan Ling)
Roger Fan	...	Soo Yung's Bodyguard
George Cheung	...	Soo Yung's Driver
Lucy Lin	...	Exposition Official

Storyline

Cultures clash and tempers flares as the two cops named Detective Inspector Lee a Hong Kong Detective and Detective James Carter FBI, a big-mouthed work-alone Los Angeles cop who are from different worlds discovers one thing in common: they can't stand each other. With time running out, they must join forces to catch the criminals and save the eleven-year-old Chinese girl of the Chinese consul named Soo Yung.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | chinese | consul | fbi | hong kong | 

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Taglines:

Pals Forever. If they can get past today.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Thriller | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of action/violence and shootings, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Cantonese Japanese

Release Date:

18 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gas do daske

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$33,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,809,093 (UK) (4 December 1998)

Gross:

$141,153,686 (USA) (19 February 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Roger Birnbaum Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min 93 min (DVD edition)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dave Chappelle was considered for Carter.

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Goofs

The ransom of $50 million, in the denominations requested by the kidnapper, would total 2,400,000 individual bills. That amount would never fit into two suitcase. Moreover, that amount of money would weigh more than 5200 pounds.

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Quotes

Carter: I'm still the law around, clean it up... and brush your teeth.

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes from the film play during the end credits.

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Connections

Referenced in The Nostalgia Critic: Jurassic Park (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Another Part of Me"
Written by Michael Jackson
Performed by Michael Jackson
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

A funny cop buddy film, with a good chemistry between Chan and Tucker

I recently saw this movie, and I was surprised at how good it was despite some of the *obnoxious* loudmouth phrases by Chris Tucker. I think he got a little too mouthy at some scenes. But other than that the movie is pretty good.

The plot is after consul Han Solon's daughter is kidnapped, a close friend of Han's, Detective Inspector Lee(Jackie Chan) is sent in to help because Han does not fully rely on the work of the FBI alone. So an LAPD officer James Carter(Chris Tucker) is sent in to help keep Lee out of trouble. It had some very good lines passed between the actors, and you could tell they were having a fun time together acting. Some of the martial arts/karate that Chan does in the film is impressive, just like in all his films, and Tucker does a good job playing the loud mouth(even if he did get out of hand sometimes). I'm going to definately see the sequel, Rush Hour 2. I would give this film 3/5 stars. It's a good movie to just rent out, or watch on tv some night.