Rush Hour 3 (2007)

After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.

Director:

Brett Ratner

Writers:

Jeff Nathanson, Ross LaManna (characters)

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow

9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Tucker	...	Carter
Jackie Chan	...	Lee
Max von Sydow	...	Reynard
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Kenji
Yvan Attal	...	George
Yûki Kudô	...	Dragon Lady
Noémie Lenoir	...	Genevieve (as Noemie Lenoir)
Jingchu Zhang	...	Soo Yung (as Zhang Jingchu)
Tzi Ma	...	Ambassador Han
Dana Ivey	...	Sister Agnes
Henry O	...	Master Yu (as Henry O.)
Mia Tyler	...	Marsha
Michael Chow	...	Chinese Foreign Minister
David Niven Jr.	...	British Foreign Minister
Oanh Nguyen	...	Mi

Storyline

Almost three years after their last adventure in Rush Hour 2 (2001), Carter is now working as a Los Angeles traffic officer, while his friend and ace Hong Kong Police inspector, Lee, escorts the Chinese Ambassador, Han, to the World Criminal Court, to disclose crucial information about the Triads. However, after a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo will find themselves in picturesque Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?

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Plot Keywords:

repeat sequel | cleavage | in the cross hairs | luxury car | giant | 

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Taglines:

Prepare for their finest hour and their only finest one

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of action violence, sexual content, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first Rush Hour movie to not feature a Michael Jackson song and have Chris Tucker dancing to it. The first movie had "Another Part Of Me" with Tucker dancing to it at the beginning. He improvised the dance. The second movie had the infamous club scene which included Tucker singing and dancing to the song "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough". At the beginning of this movie, Tucker dances in Michael Jackson form to a Prince song.

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Goofs

In the attempted assassination scene with all the national flags, the British flag is upside down.

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Quotes

Detective James Carter: [while driving furiously on road yelling at another driver] I'm giving your ass a ticket when I come back!

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes from the film play during the end credits.

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Connections

Follows Rush Hour 2 (2001)

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Soundtracks

Do Me, Baby
Written and Performed by Prince
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Quite entertaining and very fun to watch

I wasn't expecting much from this movie, I decided to see this movie with my friends.

Boy, this movie surpass my expectation (my expectation were low...say at the level of Scary Movie 3 and 4 at best). So anyway, you've got your B level action-comedy movie and it does it quite well.

Jackie Chan (Who plays as Lee) acts well as usual (have some problem for pronouncing things but I didn't mind that) and Chris Tucker is still hilarious and he's still loud as ever. The jokes were great and I had my shares of laughs and chuckles, the only problem I have with the comedy is that sometime they try to stretch it far to much and you're ending up saying "We get it already", but the comedy succeed quite well. The action scene were always a thrill and the car chase was very fun (there was a bit of laughter in the theater).

There's a lot more comedy (which some jokes were cheesy) in this movie than action, but in the end I didn't mind, I still felt entertained and happy to spend my 15$ in this movie.

So this is the end of my simple review, go watch this movie with low expectation and in a mood for some good laughter and action and you'll enjoy it. I give it 7/10, it's not amazing but it's still quite entertaining and worth your money.

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Films [France] New Line Cinema [United States]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English French Japanese Mandarin Latin

Release Date:

10 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rush Hour 3

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

$140,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$50,237,000, 12 August 2007

Gross USA:

$140,125,968

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$258,097,122

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Roger Birnbaum Productions, Arthur Sarkissian Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1