Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Jackie ChanLee
- Chris TuckerCarter
- Tom WilkinsonGriffin / Juntao
- Philip Baker HallCaptain Diel
- Elizabeth PeñaJohnson
- Chris PennClive
- Mark RolstonAgent Russ
- Tzi MaConsul Han
- Rex LinnAgent Whitney
- Ken LeungSang
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
This good-natured comedy is set off by the high spirits of its stars. - 75
Chicago Tribune
It's the kind of copycat movie that becomes original through its cast and treatment. - 70
Variety
A frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy. - 60
The New York Times
At regular intervals the film stops short for similiarly nifty Chan choreography, letting the star flip, swivel, scamper up walls and hurl large objects with his feet. - 60
Film Threat
The stunts are great but they make sense and don't blow the sense of reality of the whole movie. - 60
L.A. Weekly
The problem with Rush Hour is that the film isn’t a partnership, it’s a Chris Tucker movie with Chan as straight man. - 60
Salon
The movie seems to proceed from somebody's notion that it would be hilarious to see a black guy and a Chinese guy working together. - 50
Washington Post
A misbegotten marriage of sweet and sour.
