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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
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- rabia Akhtar said...
- Posted on Aug 10 2007 14:08 i think the film issss going to be absolutely hilarious. i love rush hour and jackie chan is too good. taiba and haleema are coming with me they my step sisters. bo!
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- Sam said...
- Posted on Aug 10 2007 12:00 I am a fan of the Rush Hour Films, so naturally i am looking forward to the 3rd. I am a film critic and as of yet i havent had the chance to see it due to various commitments, but i think that it will be as funny and as daring as its predicessors
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- LUKIE said...
- Posted on Aug 10 2007 11:44 I FINK IT WILL BE WELL GOOD AS RUSH HOUR 1 + 2 WAS HALLIROUS. GONA C IT TO NIGHT SO ILL LET YA KNOW
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- jess said...
- Posted on Aug 10 2007 09:11 i think that it is a very good film as are rush hour 1 and 2 of corse some people wont like it but me and my friends do i think it is good entertaintment.
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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
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