Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageRush Hour 3 (2007)
Director: Brett Ratner
Synopsis
A sequel to the hugely popular series of films about comically mismatched cops Lee and Carter. This time around Chief Inspector Lee runs into trouble while escorting Chinese Ambassador Han to the World Criminal Court Summit in Los Angeles. Detective James Carter, now demoted to traffic cop, is on hand to help however, and soon the pair are heading to Paris to do battle with the French police, the triads and, of course, each other.
Movie review
From Time Out London
The enormously bad latest entry in the odd-couple comedy-action cop franchise sees the shrill Detective James Carter (Tucker) and long-suffering Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) going up against the Triads in Paris (don’t ask). It’s lazily racist, sexist and homophobic, insultingly shoddy in its construction and even the fight scenes are dull. There are perhaps two good bits: the (presumably) tongue-in-cheek montage of melancholy after our heroes’ obligatory falling-out and the rueful realisation of a French cabbie that ‘I will never know what it is to be an American; what it is to kill for no reason.’ Oh, and marvelling at how palpably ashamed Von Sydow is of his dodgy diplomat shtick – and, one hopes, the whole thing.Author: Ben Walters
Time Out London Issue 1930: August 15-21 2007
User reviews of this film
-
- cdf said...
-
Posted on Aug 24 2007 15:02
it was awesome. i laughed so much, from the beginning all the way through to the end!
I loved the taxi driver too who wanted to be a spy. Legend. A must see, very funny!! - Report as inappropriate
-
- Arti&&Sajel said...
- Posted on Aug 24 2007 11:13 hahahahahahaha it looks gd but y r u all writin comments wen u ain even seen the movie yet ^o) ???!!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- lemon said...
- Posted on Aug 24 2007 10:51 From my point of view if found most of it very funny and i don't believe the review on this site to be honest, but who am i to judge. MOONCHAVS GO HOME! damn chavs...
- Report as inappropriate
-
- matt said...
- Posted on Aug 23 2007 16:37 talk properly
- Report as inappropriate
-
- charlotte said...
- Posted on Aug 22 2007 17:40 i've watched this fllm i am a huuuge fan of all the rush hours, and rush hour 3 was BLOODY FANTASTIC!!!! and i really dnt understand y it had such bad reveiws from papers n tv critics.......hmmm o well dont miss it guys!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Laure said...
- Posted on Aug 21 2007 23:00 This movie was as good as the other 2! If you're already a fan, you'll love it. If not, you're gonna laugh anyway!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Duncan said...
- Posted on Aug 21 2007 22:59 That was fantastic! A must see!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Kate said...
- Posted on Aug 21 2007 22:58 Brilliant!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Josh said...
- Posted on Aug 21 2007 17:07 Great film, very funny...possibly not as goodas the first two but the strange couple have definetly still got it...no idea what Time Out is on about!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- zig zag said...
- Posted on Aug 21 2007 16:59 goin to c it 2nite and would like someone out there to tell me what is realy like. thanks
- Report as inappropriate
-
- dannielle said...
- Posted on Aug 21 2007 14:55 i dno wat ur talkin about 'brian and kez' u dont own this syte so yu cant control wat people write n here if jay wanted to say he aint seen it yet but it looks gd and he was goin to see it tht night then he can say tht dont go round thinkin ur all it and tellin people wat to say and wat not to say
- Report as inappropriate
-
- bobik from three sisters said...
- Posted on Aug 20 2007 17:53 hello fellow homosapians ones self and his girlfriend may indulge in viewing this spectaular phenominium. simply cant wait to view this splendid creation. what a fantasic idea to create another film as successful as it fellow predocessors
- Report as inappropriate
-
- JAY P- said...
-
Posted on Aug 20 2007 17:07
GONA GO SEE DIS FILM 2NYT IM SURE IT'LL BE BAREE JOKES AS 1+2 WAS TOO MUCH LMAO
BLESS 1 - Report as inappropriate
-
- rebecca said...
- Posted on Aug 20 2007 10:59 i think it was alright i would have prefar to have seen hair pray looked wicked but my cousin wanted to see this owell it was ite
- Report as inappropriate
-
- SHUMMI said...
- Posted on Aug 19 2007 17:39 fd we get the picture its 'KOOL'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Brett Ratner
Producer: Arthur Sarkissian, Roger Birnbaum, Jay Stern, Jonathan Glickman, Andrew Z Davis
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noemie Lenoir, Yvan Attal, Zhang Jingchu, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow, Roman Polanski full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Comedy
Rated: 12A
UK Release: Aug 10 2007
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
Time Out's 101 Films of the Decade
Ten years, thousands of movies and millions of dollars in international box office, and it all boils down to this
Martin Provost discusses 'Séraphine'
Trevor Johnston talks to the director of 'Séraphine' about bringing a little known French painter back to life
Our verdict on Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones
Peter Jackson ends a triumphant decade with a sentimental misfire with this lush Alice Sebold adaptation
On the set of Ken Loach's 'Route Irish'
Dave Calhoun meets Ken Loach on the set of his forthcoming Iraq war movie
Stephen Poliakoff discusses 'Glorious 39'
Stephen Poliakoff’s ‘Glorious 39’ is his first film for cinema since ‘Food of Love’ in 1997. Dave Calhoun met him
Is 'Paranormal Activity' the new 'Blair Witch'?
How does a film go from DIY experiment to box-office smash? 'Paranormal Activity' director Oren Peli explains
Steven Soderbergh on 'The Informant!' and 'The Girlfriend Experience'
We talk to Steven Soderbergh about his two forthcoming films: one featuring a porn star, the other a chubby Matt Damon
A gateway to all things 'New Moon'
In anticipation of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon', Time Out is offering the chance to pick up a limited edition pack with three exclusive magazines and a free poster.
The films that deserve a TV spin-off
With Roland Emmerich suggesting he'd like to make a '2012' TV spin-off, we propose some more movie-to-TV serialisations
Time Out's 50 greatest animated films with commentary by Terry Gilliam
In celebration of the release of Pixar's 'Up' and Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr Fox', read our rundown of fifty classic feature length animations
What do you think?
Post your review now