Rush Hour (1998)

★ 7.1 1h 37m 5,582 votes IMDb
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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.

Rush Hour

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Cast

Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan as Lee Age 72 · Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Jackie Chan (Chinese: 成龍; born 7 April 1954), Chan Kong-sang, is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt pe...
Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker as Carter Age 54 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA Christopher "Chris" Tucker (born August 31, 1971) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Detective James Carter in the Rush Hour trilogy and Smokey in the 1995 film Friday. Tu...
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson as Griffin Died 2023 · Leeds, England, UK Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (February 5, 1948 – December 30, 2023) was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe A...
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall as Captain Diel Died 2022 · Toledo, Ohio, USA Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American actor. Although known primarily as a prolific character actor, he starred in leading roles on films, such as Secret Honor, Hard E...
Elizabeth Peña
Elizabeth Peña as Johnson Died 2014 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA Elizabeth Maria Peña (September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014) was an American actress, and the daughter of a theater-company co-founder, who has also compiled experience as a television director in her...
Chris Penn
Chris Penn as Clive Died 2006 · Los Angeles, California, USA Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 in Los Angeles, California – January 24, 2006 in Santa Monica, California) was an American actor, known for his roles in The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footl...

Audience Reviews

Ibraheem... 9/10 Oct 14, 2017
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.
Gimly 3/10 Jun 04, 2018
Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time.

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._
GenerationofSwine 10/10 Jan 12, 2023
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.

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