Rush Hour

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

1998 1h 37m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 5,953

ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Jackie Chan
Lee
Chris Tucker
Carter
Tom Wilkinson
Griffin
Philip Baker Hall
Captain Diel
Elizabeth Peña
Johnson
Chris Penn
Clive
Mark Rolston
Agent Russ
Tzi Ma
Consul Han

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna, Ross LaManna
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Countries: United States of America, Hong Kong

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.4× over at the box office.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Hong Kong.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Rush Hour Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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225+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brett Ratner, shot by Adam Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lalo Schifrin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Brett Ratner directs. Adam Greenberg behind the camera. Lalo Schifrin scores. Mark Helfrich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, Mandarin, English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 7.4× over at the box office.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Hong Kong.
5Part of the "Rush Hour Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6225+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Brett Ratner, shot by Adam Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Lalo Schifrin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Mark Helfrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker and Tom Wilkinson carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West.".
12IMDB entry: tt0120812 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 14 themes, including "martial arts", "fbi", "two man army", "chinese mafia".
14Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Original score: Lalo Schifrin
Editing: Mark Helfrich
Production design: Robb Wilson King
Costume design: Sharen Davis
Makeup / hair: Melanie Hughes
VFX supervisor: Chuck Comisky
Sound: Donald J. Malouf
Stunt coordinator: Jackie Chan
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Budget: $33,000,000
Box office: $244,721,064
Return: 742% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Rush Hour (1998)

Part of

Rush Hour Collection

The Rush Hour movie collection contains three martial arts/action-comedy films directed by Brett Ratner. The main plot centers around two police detectives: a Chinese police inspector (Jackie Chan) and an American LAPD detective (Chris Tucker) who can't seem to avoid misadventures involving menacing crime figures. Distributed by New Line Cinema.

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Ibraheem...2017-10-14
★ 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.
Gimly2018-06-04
★ 3/10
Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 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.