All jackie chan movies ranked rush hour, where people to this day are still hoping for a third sequel. Rush hour 1998 official trailer jackie chan, chris. Rush hour 1998 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Hollywood producer blames rotten tomatoes for convincing. That doesnt seem like high praise, i know, and thats because it isnt. Rush hour is our reliable friend, the wunza movie, pairing two opposites.
Dont let people miss on a great quote from the rush hour movie add it here. If you liked the first two parts, you will probably like the third. I like this movie about as much as its possible to like a movie with a twostar rating. Didnt know i had a favourite rush hour movie until today. The fastest hands in the east meet the biggest mouth in the west when legendary martial arts daredevil jackie chan teams with comedic powerhouse chris tucker. The majority of rotten tomatoes users gave all three rush hour movies a rating of 3.
Director and producing mogul brett ratner says film critic aggregation site rotten tomatoes is a destructive force in hollywood. The article cites a stale, oftrepeated quote from director brett ratner, saying the website is hastening the destruction of the movie business. In the original rush hour, the jokes about cultural ignorance were obvious, but the charismatic players brought different skills to the movie. The company was launched in august 1998 by three undergraduate students at the university of california, berkeley. Chris tuckers 10 best movies, according to rotten tomatoes. Til jackie chan was the inspiration for the creation of. However, you might be surprised that as a producer, hes wielded his wallet behind alejandro g. You will laugh during this movie until your abs hurt and tears come out of your eyes. Why brett ratner hates rotten tomatoes screen rant. Once you realize its only going to be so good, you settle back and enjoy that modest degree of goodness, which is at least not badness, and besides, if youre watching rush hour 3, you. Rush hour 3 is an uninspired and soulless film thats just going through the motions. Rotten tomatoes will destroy hollywood, says brett.
However, after a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo will find themselves in. Brett ratner directed this actioncomedy that found boxoffice success by teaming chris tucker with jackie chan performing his own stunts as per his earli. The other major director credit on ratners resume is xmen. Rush hour 3 is a tired rehash of the earlier films, and a change of. Rotten tomatoes has since issued a statement in response to ratners comments. When hong kong police detective inspector lees chan favorite pupil is kidnapped in america, the dedicated cop and martial arts genius. These movies are hilarious and include lots of action scenes. Rotten tomatoes 2019 rotten movies we love the 49 most anticipated movies of 2021.
When a highconcept actioncomedy becomes a hit despite slapdash scripting and single joke themes weaved into an emaciated plot, the ball starts rolling toward the inevitable. Rated pg for sequences of action violence, sexual content, nudity and language what parents need to know common sense media says. Chris tucker has had one of the most fascinating careers in hollywood of any actor in recent memory. Til jackie chan was the inspiration for the creation of rotten tomatoes, with rush hour being the first official american movie to debut on the site. Rush hour 2 doesnt feel as fresh or funny as the first, and the stunts lack some of. Rotten tomatoes is the destruction of our business, says. And thats sad, because the rotten tomatoes score was so low on batman v superman i think it put a cloud over a movie that was incredibly successful. Studios, producers, actors, and industry insiders turned their backs on the site. Rush hour 2 doesnt feel as fresh or funny as the first, and the stunts lack some of the intricacy normally seen in chans films. This movie makes a fine replacement for the previous two installments. Rated pg for coarse language and violence what parents need to know common sense media says. Jackie chan and chris tucker tease rush hour 4 movies. The fbi doesnt want lee getting involved in the case, so they team him up with james carter chris tucker, a cop who doesnt work well with others but is so good they have to put up with him.
Rush hour 3 doesnt swerve from director brett ratners nowtrite formula. Still, the action is exciting for the most part, and there are some bits of humor that work. Rotten tomatoes is the destruction of our business, says producerdirector brett ratner the worst thing that we have in todays movie culture. I hate to use the phrase, theyre only in it for the money, but if any sequel ever exemplified that ethos, its this one.
Although the name rotten tomatoes connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a poor stage performance, the. He is best known for creating the rush hour series starring jackie chan and chris tucker. Rush hour 1998 official trailer jackie chan, chris tucker movie hd 720p. Rush hour 2 is a bit of a generic sequel, but its still entertaining and fun. Dallasborn comedian jerry rocha performs an irreverent comedy routine, sending up. A brief sequence where he weaves between tour bus, truck and camper van. The buddies fight, bond, trade japes, rescue beautiful women, and fight off expert killers. Brett ratner is the director of three rush hour movies, one of the worst xmen entries, the comedic ensemble flop tower heist and blockbuster franchise flop hercules. The rush hour movie franchise is unfortunately downgraded for tv, right down to the casting of. And wunza martial arts expert and wunza wisecracking showboat. Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time. In 1998, jackie chan and chris tucker teamed up for an actioncomedy that would stand the test of time. The fastest hands in the east meet the biggest mouth in the west when legendary martial arts daredevil jackie chan shanghai noon, the forbidden kingdom teams with comedic powerhouse chris tucker jackie brown, the fifth element in rush hour.
After an incredibly extensive willtheywontthey, it seems as though the dynamic duo of chris tucker and jackie chan are indeed heading back to. Neither wunza original casting idea, but together, they make an entertaining team. The rush hour franchise is a series of american action comedy films created by ross lamanna and directed by brett ratner. Most of us, probably watched at least one of the movies from the rush hour trilogy. Rush hour 3 was marketed as just another rush hour picture, in part because the movie itself is a slight romp, and lacked the eventstyle buildup that rush hour 2 had. All jackie chan movies ranked rush hour is still a buddycop gem by ryan fujitani september 18, 2018 comments way back in 1998, jackie chan was a big star in hong kong and well known to martial arts aficionados around the world, while chris tucker was an upandcoming standup comic who had begun to make a name for himself in an eclectic string of. Rotten tomatoes does provide a way for users to find critics whose opinions and preferences may be similar to their own. The films incorporate elements of martial arts, humor, and the buddy cop. And as always, chan comes through with a number of dynamic and exiting fight sequences.
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