Absolute tosh. One of the few films I almost walked out on half way through. Jackie Chan is as excellent as ever but Chris Tucker must get the combination award of most annoying face and mouth. He has a shrieky shrill voice and moans a lot in nonsensical slurry-like dialogue. He's supposed to be this horny heterosexual guy, but is as camp as Christmas.
The plot is simplistic and unreal, you get to learn nothing about Chinese culture, the jokes are weak and the most entertaining parts are when Tucker gets punched in his stupid gob. There's a tacked on romantic/espionage sub-plot that goes nowhere. There is no emotion, you don't care what happens. The US embassy bombings seem exploitative of current events.
This movie really is mass-produced guff for the morons: why is it so popular? "Shoot him Chan for talking like that about your daddy!" Oh yeh Tucker, great Police Officer you are. Not even the action scenes could hold my interest, which often relied on getting Tucker out of the way so Chan could do his stuff. Ohhh the horrible memory of Tucker......grrrrAAAAARRRG!
The plot is simplistic and unreal, you get to learn nothing about Chinese culture, the jokes are weak and the most entertaining parts are when Tucker gets punched in his stupid gob. There's a tacked on romantic/espionage sub-plot that goes nowhere. There is no emotion, you don't care what happens. The US embassy bombings seem exploitative of current events.
This movie really is mass-produced guff for the morons: why is it so popular? "Shoot him Chan for talking like that about your daddy!" Oh yeh Tucker, great Police Officer you are. Not even the action scenes could hold my interest, which often relied on getting Tucker out of the way so Chan could do his stuff. Ohhh the horrible memory of Tucker......grrrrAAAAARRRG!