19987.1 / 101h 37mActionComedyCrime

Rush Hour

The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West.

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.

Quick Stats
7.1
TMDB Rating
5,905
Votes
1h 37m
Runtime
$33.0M
Budget
$244.7M
Box Office
742%
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Key Crew
DirectorBrett Ratner
WriterRoss LaManna
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
ComposerIra Hearshen
EditorMark Helfrich
Production DesignThomas Fichter
Produced by
New Line CinemaArthur Sarkissian ProductionsRoger Birnbaum ProductionsSalon Films

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Critics & Reviews

3 featured
Ibraheem...
9/10

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.

Written Oct 14, 2017 · read original
Gimly
3/10

Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

Written Jun 4, 2018 · read original
GenerationofSwine
10/10

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.

Written Jan 12, 2023 · read original

Cast

Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Lee
Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker
Carter
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Griffin
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall
Captain Diel
Elizabeth Peña
Elizabeth Peña
Johnson
Chris Penn
Chris Penn
Clive
Mark Rolston
Mark Rolston
Agent Russ
Tzi Ma
Tzi Ma
Consul Han
Rex Linn
Rex Linn
Agent Whitney
Ken Leung
Ken Leung
Sang
R
Robert Littman
First Caucasien
Michael Chow
Michael Chow
Diner Guest
Julia Hsu
Julia Hsu
Soo Yung
Kai Lennox
Kai Lennox
Cop at Diner
Larry Sullivan
Larry Sullivan
Cop at Diner

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