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Rush Hour 3
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Starring: Chris Tucker
Genre:
Comedy/ Action-Adventure
Run Time: 90
min.
Release Date:
August 2007
On The Web:
Official
Site
Teaser:
Movie Trailer
Reviewed by
Byron Merritt |
The RUSH HOUR series
is getting tiresome. How many off-color jokes and physical comedy
routines does it take before things become old hat?
If you’ve seen the previous two Rush Hour films, you already know
exactly how this one pans out. Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and
Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) reconnect when an attempt is taken on
a Chinese official’s life. Lee and Tucker are thrust back together to
try and track down the villain(s).
The usual suspects pop up, including an old “brother”of Lee’s named
Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada) and a diplomat named Varden Reynard (Max von
Sydow, THE SEVENTH
SEAL).
A secret society. Carter and Lee get in way over their heads. They
battle impossible foes doing equally impossible feats of daring duo all
while being sprite, charming and funny.
In the end, they come out smelling like roses.
The end.
Rumors of filming a fourth Rush Hour film immediately after this third
installment were apparently scrapped due to unknown reasons, but one
could easily venture that failing interest in the series hamstrung such
a project (but who knows ...maybe there will be a fourth).
Tucker and Chan still have a unique chemistry on-screen, one a speed
talking black man and the other a soft talking Chinese gentleman. The
blooper out-takes on the DVD are worth watching to check out Chan’s
difficulties with various English translations and his physical accident
while trying to throw a piece of furniture with his legs (I’ve heard
tell that he broke his sternum during that take. Ouch!).
Plenty of eye-candy awaits those guys who like to see marvelously
curvaceous women whom you normally would only see air-brushed on
magazine covers. Most notably is French actress Noémie Lenoir who plays
Genevieve, a dancer with a very special head on her shoulders.
But beyond that, you’re not going to see much that’ll intrigue you. The
story has been done ad nauseam, as have all the jokes. Let ‘er rest in
peace, guys.
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DVD cost: $26.99
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Stew Poo-Poo? No.
Newsworthy:
Steven Seagal was one of
the first actors considered to play a villain. However, the screenplay
underwent multiple rewrites that ultimately led to casting Hiroyuki
Sanada as the film's main antagonist.
Movie Quote: "Let's
split up. I'll take the women."
Other Actors/Actresses
from Rush Hour 3
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