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Rush Hour (1998 film)

January 20, 2023

Rush Hour (Chinese: 火拼時速) is a 1998 American buddy action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna from a story by LaManna. It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter. Tzi Ma, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Leung, Mark Rolston, Elizabeth Peña, and Rex Linn play supporting roles. Released on September 18, 1998, the film grossed over $244 million worldwide. The film's box office commercial success led to two sequels: Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).

Rush Hour
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrett Ratner
Screenplay by
Story byRoss LaManna
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited byMark Helfrich
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byNew Line Cinema[1]
Release date
  • September 18, 1998 (1998-09-18)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$33–35 million[3][4]
Box office$244.4 million[3]

Plot

On the last day of British rule of Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, Detective Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at the wharf, hoping to arrest the unidentified, anonymous crime lord Juntao. He finds only Sang, Juntao's right-hand man, who escapes in a boat. Lee recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory gift to his departing superiors, Chinese consul Solon Han and British police commander Thomas Griffin.

Two months later, after Han takes up his new diplomatic post in Los Angeles, his daughter Soo Yung is kidnapped by Sang while on her way to school. Han calls Lee to assist in the case, but the FBI, afraid Lee's involvement could cause an international incident, pawns him off on the LAPD. Detective James Carter is tricked into "babysitting" Lee as punishment for botching a sting operation; when he finds out, he decides to solve the case.

Carter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour, keeping him away from the embassy while contacting informants about the kidnapping. Lee makes his own way to the Chinese Consulate, where Han and the FBI await news about his daughter. While arguing with Special Agent-in-charge Warren Russ, Carter unwittingly negotiates with Sang, arranging a $50 million ransom drop. The FBI traces the call to a warehouse, where a team of agents are killed by plastic explosive. Spotting Sang nearby, Lee and Carter give chase but he escapes, dropping the detonator.

Carter's colleague, LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson, traces it to Clive, a man previously arrested by Carter. Lee presses Clive into revealing his business relationship with Juntao, whom he met at a restaurant in Chinatown, earning Carter's trust. Carter goes to the restaurant alone and sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo Yung into a van. Lee arrives and saves Carter from Juntao's syndicate, but they are taken off the case as the FBI blames them for the botched ransom drop, with Lee sent back to Hong Kong.

However, Carter refuses to give up and appeals to Johnson for assistance to sneak on board Lee's plane, where he persuades the Hong Kong detective to help stop Juntao together. Griffin later involves himself in the case, revealing more about the HKPF's past with Juntao's syndicate, and implores Han to pay the ransom to avoid further bloodshed.

At the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, overseen by Han and Griffin, the now $70 million ransom is delivered, and Carter, Lee, and Johnson enter disguised as guests. Carter orders the guests to evacuate for safety, angering the FBI, but Lee catches Griffin accepting a remote for the detonator from Sang. Lee and Johnson realize Griffin is Juntao when Carter recognizes him from the Chinatown surveillance tape.

Griffin threatens to detonate a bomb vest attached to Soo Yung and demands that the ransom be paid in full, as compensation for the priceless Chinese artifacts which Lee recovered in his raid. Carter sneaks out, locates Soo Yung in the van, and drives it into the building within range of Griffin, preventing him from setting off the vest.

Johnson gets the vest off Soo Yung, while Griffin heads to the roof with the bag of money. Lee takes the vest and pursues Griffin, while Carter shoots Sang dead in a gunfight. Lee has a brief altercation with Griffin that culminates in both dangling from the rafters. Griffin, holding on to the vest, falls to his death when its straps are torn, but when Lee falls, Carter catches him with a large flag.

Han and Soo Yung are reunited, and Han sends Carter and Lee on vacation to Hong Kong as a reward. Before Carter leaves, agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI, which he mockingly refuses. Carter boards the plane with Lee, who annoyingly starts singing Edwin Starr's "War" off-key.

Cast

  • Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee, a top Hong Kong cop who comes to Los Angeles to help his friend find his kidnapped daughter.
  • Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter, a fast-talking street-smart LAPD Detective originally assigned by the FBI to babysit Lee and keep him out of their investigation.
  • Tom Wilkinson as Thomas Griffin/Juntao, a British diplomat and colleague of Han's who is secretly the top crime lord in Hong Kong.
  • Tzi Ma as Consul Solon Han, Soo Yung's father and a Hong Kong diplomat who has just moved to Los Angeles.
  • Ken Leung as Sang, Juntao's second in command.
  • Elizabeth Peña as Detective Tania Johnson, an aspiring bomb squad technician in the LAPD who helps Carter rescue Soo-Yung.
  • Mark Rolston as Special Agent Warren Russ of the FBI.
  • Rex Linn as FBI agent Dan Whitney.
  • Chris Penn as Clive Cod, a small time arms dealer who was arrested by Carter in a botched sting operation.
  • Philip Baker Hall as Captain Bill Diel, Carter's supervisor. He gives Carter the FBI assignment as punishment for a botched undercover sting operation.
  • Julia Hsu as Soo-Yung Han, Consul Han's daughter who is kidnapped by a criminal organization. She is also a martial arts student of Lee's.
  • John Hawkes as "Stucky", Carter's informant.
  • Clifton Powell as Luke, Carter's cousin and local crime lord.
  • Barry Shabaka Henley as Bobby, a security guard.

Production

Rush Hour began as a spec script written in 1995 by screenwriter Ross LaManna. The screenplay was sold by LaManna's William Morris agent Alan Gasmer to Hollywood Pictures, a division of the Walt Disney Company, with Arthur Sarkissian attached as producer. After attaching director Ratner and developing the project for more than a year with producers including Sarkissian, Jonathan Glickman and Roger Birnbaum, Disney Studios chief Joe Roth put the project into turnaround, citing concerns about the $34 million budget, and Chan's appeal to American audiences. At the time, Martin Lawrence was attached to the project. Several studios were interested in acquiring the project. New Line Cinema was confident in Ratner, having done Money Talks with him, so they made a hard commitment to a budget and start date for Rush Hour.[5]

Wesley Snipes, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle were considered for the role of Detective James Carter; Murphy turned down the role to do Holy Man instead.[6][7][8]

After the success of Rumble in the Bronx, Brett Ratner wanted to put Jackie Chan in a buddy-cop movie, not as a co-star or sidekick but on equal footing with an American star. Ratner flew to South Africa where Chan was filming and pitched the film. A few days later Chan agreed to star in the film and not long after flew to Los Angeles and met Chris Tucker.[9] Ratner credited Tucker with getting his first feature film Money Talks and thought Tucker and Chan would make a great team.[10]

Reception

Box office

Rush Hour opened at No. 1 in September 1998 at the North American box office, with a weekend gross of $33 million. Rush Hour grossed over $140 million in the US and $103 million in the rest of the world, for a total worldwide gross over $244 million.[3][11]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 74 reviews with an average score of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A kick-ass addition to the cop-buddy film genre."[12] On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 60 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[14]

Roger Ebert praised both Jackie Chan, for his entertaining action sequences without the use of stunt doubles, and Chris Tucker, for his comical acts in the film, and how they formed an effective comedic duo.[15] Joe Leydon of Variety called it "a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy". Leydon is critical of the editing, saying that it "works against Chan by breaking up the flow of his frenzied physicality."[16] Charles Taylor of Salon.com is critical of Hollywood misusing Jackie Chan: "Chan is a one-of-a-kind performer: Bruce Lee crossed with Donald O'Connor in the "Make 'em Laugh" number from Singin' in the Rain. Hollywood needs to stop treating him as if he were one of those fondue sets given as wedding gifts in the '70s: a foreign novelty shoved in a closet due to absolute cluelessness about what to do with it."[17]

Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post calls the film a "misbegotten marriage of sweet and sour" and says, "The problem is it can't make up its mind and, unlike Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, the sharply contrasting flavors of these ingredients only leave a bad taste in the customer's mouth." O'Sullivan says Tucker is miscast, the script "perfunctory and sloppy", and the direction "limp, lethargic".[18] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade "C−" and was critical of the buddy comedy, saying, "The two characters barely even have a relationship; they're a union of demographics—the "urban" market meets the slapstick-action market."[19]

Chan has expressed dissatisfaction with the film: "I didn’t like the movie. I still don’t like the movie." Chan continued: "I don’t like the way I speak English, and I don’t know what Chris Tucker is saying". Although he respects the box-office success of Rush Hour, Chan said he preferred the films he made in his native Hong Kong because they delivered more fight scenes: "If you see my Hong Kong movies, you know what happens: Bam bam bam, always Jackie Chan-style, me, 10 minutes of fighting."[20][21][22]

Cultural influence

Rush Hour was the catalyst for the creation of the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Senh Duong, the website's founder and a Jackie Chan fan, was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's Hong Kong action films as they were being released in the United States. In anticipation of Rush Hour, Chan's first major Hollywood crossover, he coded the website in two weeks and the site went live shortly before the film's release.[23][24]

Sequels

A sequel, Rush Hour 2, which was primarily set in Hong Kong, was released in 2001. A third film, Rush Hour 3, which was primarily set in Paris, was released on August 10, 2007.[25] Tucker earned $25 million for his role in the third film and Chan received the film's distribution rights in Asia.[21]

In 2007, before the release of Rush Hour 3, Ratner was optimistic about making a fourth film and potentially having it set in Moscow.[26] In 2017 Chan agreed to a potential script for Rush Hour 4 after years of turning down scripts.[27][28][29]

Music

Main article: Rush Hour (soundtrack)

Edwin Starr's "War" was used as the ending theme for the film.

The film's soundtrack features the hit single "Can I Get A..." by Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Amil, as well as tracks by Flesh-n-Bone, Wu-Tang Clan, Dru Hill, Charli Baltimore and Montell Jordan.

The official soundtrack album was also a success, certified platinum on January 21, 1999.

Awards

Home media

VHS

Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Language Subtitles Notes Reference
June 15, 1999 United States PG-13 New Line Home Video NTSC English None [31]
October 18, 1999 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL English None [32]

DVD

Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes Reference
March 2, 1999 United States PG-13 New Line Home Video NTSC 1 English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (16:9) [33]
October 1, 1999 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL 2 English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 (16:9) [34]

UMD

Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes References
September 1, 2005 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL 2 English Unknown English [35]
January 3, 2006 United States PG-13 New Line Home Entertainment NTSC 1 English Unknown English [36]

Blu-ray

Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes Reference
October 11, 2010 United Kingdom 15 Warner Home Video PAL Free English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 (16:9) [37]
December 7, 2010 United States PG-13 New Line Home Video NTSC Free English Unknown English Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 (16:9) [38]

See also

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rush, hour, 1998, film, rush, hour, chinese, 火拼時速, 1998, american, buddy, action, comedy, film, directed, brett, ratner, written, kouf, ross, lamanna, from, story, lamanna, stars, jackie, chan, chris, tucker, mismatched, police, officers, assigned, rescue, chi. Rush Hour Chinese 火拼時速 is a 1998 American buddy action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna from a story by LaManna It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat s abducted daughter Tzi Ma Tom Wilkinson Ken Leung Mark Rolston Elizabeth Pena and Rex Linn play supporting roles Released on September 18 1998 the film grossed over 244 million worldwide The film s box office commercial success led to two sequels Rush Hour 2 2001 and Rush Hour 3 2007 Rush HourTheatrical release posterDirected byBrett RatnerScreenplay byJim Kouf Ross LaMannaStory byRoss LaMannaProduced byRoger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Arthur M SarkissianStarringJackie Chan Chris Tucker Tzi Ma Tom Wilkinson Ken Leung Elizabeth Pena Mark Rolston Rex LinnCinematographyAdam GreenbergEdited byMark HelfrichMusic byLalo SchifrinProductioncompanyRoger Birnbaum ProductionsDistributed byNew Line Cinema 1 Release dateSeptember 18 1998 1998 09 18 Running time98 minutesCountryUnited States 2 LanguageEnglishBudget 33 35 million 3 4 Box office 244 4 million 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 4 1 Box office 4 2 Critical response 5 Cultural influence 6 Sequels 7 Music 8 Awards 9 Home media 9 1 VHS 9 2 DVD 9 3 UMD 9 4 Blu ray 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksPlot EditOn the last day of British rule of Hong Kong on July 1 1997 Detective Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at the wharf hoping to arrest the unidentified anonymous crime lord Juntao He finds only Sang Juntao s right hand man who escapes in a boat Lee recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao which he presents as a farewell victory gift to his departing superiors Chinese consul Solon Han and British police commander Thomas Griffin Two months later after Han takes up his new diplomatic post in Los Angeles his daughter Soo Yung is kidnapped by Sang while on her way to school Han calls Lee to assist in the case but the FBI afraid Lee s involvement could cause an international incident pawns him off on the LAPD Detective James Carter is tricked into babysitting Lee as punishment for botching a sting operation when he finds out he decides to solve the case Carter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour keeping him away from the embassy while contacting informants about the kidnapping Lee makes his own way to the Chinese Consulate where Han and the FBI await news about his daughter While arguing with Special Agent in charge Warren Russ Carter unwittingly negotiates with Sang arranging a 50 million ransom drop The FBI traces the call to a warehouse where a team of agents are killed by plastic explosive Spotting Sang nearby Lee and Carter give chase but he escapes dropping the detonator Carter s colleague LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson traces it to Clive a man previously arrested by Carter Lee presses Clive into revealing his business relationship with Juntao whom he met at a restaurant in Chinatown earning Carter s trust Carter goes to the restaurant alone and sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo Yung into a van Lee arrives and saves Carter from Juntao s syndicate but they are taken off the case as the FBI blames them for the botched ransom drop with Lee sent back to Hong Kong However Carter refuses to give up and appeals to Johnson for assistance to sneak on board Lee s plane where he persuades the Hong Kong detective to help stop Juntao together Griffin later involves himself in the case revealing more about the HKPF s past with Juntao s syndicate and implores Han to pay the ransom to avoid further bloodshed At the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center overseen by Han and Griffin the now 70 million ransom is delivered and Carter Lee and Johnson enter disguised as guests Carter orders the guests to evacuate for safety angering the FBI but Lee catches Griffin accepting a remote for the detonator from Sang Lee and Johnson realize Griffin is Juntao when Carter recognizes him from the Chinatown surveillance tape Griffin threatens to detonate a bomb vest attached to Soo Yung and demands that the ransom be paid in full as compensation for the priceless Chinese artifacts which Lee recovered in his raid Carter sneaks out locates Soo Yung in the van and drives it into the building within range of Griffin preventing him from setting off the vest Johnson gets the vest off Soo Yung while Griffin heads to the roof with the bag of money Lee takes the vest and pursues Griffin while Carter shoots Sang dead in a gunfight Lee has a brief altercation with Griffin that culminates in both dangling from the rafters Griffin holding on to the vest falls to his death when its straps are torn but when Lee falls Carter catches him with a large flag Han and Soo Yung are reunited and Han sends Carter and Lee on vacation to Hong Kong as a reward Before Carter leaves agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI which he mockingly refuses Carter boards the plane with Lee who annoyingly starts singing Edwin Starr s War off key Cast EditJackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee a top Hong Kong cop who comes to Los Angeles to help his friend find his kidnapped daughter Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter a fast talking street smart LAPD Detective originally assigned by the FBI to babysit Lee and keep him out of their investigation Tom Wilkinson as Thomas Griffin Juntao a British diplomat and colleague of Han s who is secretly the top crime lord in Hong Kong Tzi Ma as Consul Solon Han Soo Yung s father and a Hong Kong diplomat who has just moved to Los Angeles Ken Leung as Sang Juntao s second in command Elizabeth Pena as Detective Tania Johnson an aspiring bomb squad technician in the LAPD who helps Carter rescue Soo Yung Mark Rolston as Special Agent Warren Russ of the FBI Rex Linn as FBI agent Dan Whitney Chris Penn as Clive Cod a small time arms dealer who was arrested by Carter in a botched sting operation Philip Baker Hall as Captain Bill Diel Carter s supervisor He gives Carter the FBI assignment as punishment for a botched undercover sting operation Julia Hsu as Soo Yung Han Consul Han s daughter who is kidnapped by a criminal organization She is also a martial arts student of Lee s John Hawkes as Stucky Carter s informant Clifton Powell as Luke Carter s cousin and local crime lord Barry Shabaka Henley as Bobby a security guard Production EditRush Hour began as a spec script written in 1995 by screenwriter Ross LaManna The screenplay was sold by LaManna s William Morris agent Alan Gasmer to Hollywood Pictures a division of the Walt Disney Company with Arthur Sarkissian attached as producer After attaching director Ratner and developing the project for more than a year with producers including Sarkissian Jonathan Glickman and Roger Birnbaum Disney Studios chief Joe Roth put the project into turnaround citing concerns about the 34 million budget and Chan s appeal to American audiences At the time Martin Lawrence was attached to the project Several studios were interested in acquiring the project New Line Cinema was confident in Ratner having done Money Talks with him so they made a hard commitment to a budget and start date for Rush Hour 5 Wesley Snipes Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle were considered for the role of Detective James Carter Murphy turned down the role to do Holy Man instead 6 7 8 After the success of Rumble in the Bronx Brett Ratner wanted to put Jackie Chan in a buddy cop movie not as a co star or sidekick but on equal footing with an American star Ratner flew to South Africa where Chan was filming and pitched the film A few days later Chan agreed to star in the film and not long after flew to Los Angeles and met Chris Tucker 9 Ratner credited Tucker with getting his first feature film Money Talks and thought Tucker and Chan would make a great team 10 Reception EditBox office Edit Rush Hour opened at No 1 in September 1998 at the North American box office with a weekend gross of 33 million Rush Hour grossed over 140 million in the US and 103 million in the rest of the world for a total worldwide gross over 244 million 3 11 Critical response Edit On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 61 based on 74 reviews with an average score of 6 1 10 The website s critical consensus reads A kick ass addition to the cop buddy film genre 12 On Metacritic the film received a weighted average score of 60 out of 100 based on 23 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 13 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale 14 Roger Ebert praised both Jackie Chan for his entertaining action sequences without the use of stunt doubles and Chris Tucker for his comical acts in the film and how they formed an effective comedic duo 15 Joe Leydon of Variety called it a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy Leydon is critical of the editing saying that it works against Chan by breaking up the flow of his frenzied physicality 16 Charles Taylor of Salon com is critical of Hollywood misusing Jackie Chan Chan is a one of a kind performer Bruce Lee crossed with Donald O Connor in the Make em Laugh number from Singin in the Rain Hollywood needs to stop treating him as if he were one of those fondue sets given as wedding gifts in the 70s a foreign novelty shoved in a closet due to absolute cluelessness about what to do with it 17 Michael O Sullivan of The Washington Post calls the film a misbegotten marriage of sweet and sour and says The problem is it can t make up its mind and unlike Reese s Peanut Butter Cups the sharply contrasting flavors of these ingredients only leave a bad taste in the customer s mouth O Sullivan says Tucker is miscast the script perfunctory and sloppy and the direction limp lethargic 18 Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade C and was critical of the buddy comedy saying The two characters barely even have a relationship they re a union of demographics the urban market meets the slapstick action market 19 Chan has expressed dissatisfaction with the film I didn t like the movie I still don t like the movie Chan continued I don t like the way I speak English and I don t know what Chris Tucker is saying Although he respects the box office success of Rush Hour Chan said he preferred the films he made in his native Hong Kong because they delivered more fight scenes If you see my Hong Kong movies you know what happens Bam bam bam always Jackie Chan style me 10 minutes of fighting 20 21 22 Cultural influence EditRush Hour was the catalyst for the creation of the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes Senh Duong the website s founder and a Jackie Chan fan was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan s Hong Kong action films as they were being released in the United States In anticipation of Rush Hour Chan s first major Hollywood crossover he coded the website in two weeks and the site went live shortly before the film s release 23 24 Sequels EditA sequel Rush Hour 2 which was primarily set in Hong Kong was released in 2001 A third film Rush Hour 3 which was primarily set in Paris was released on August 10 2007 25 Tucker earned 25 million for his role in the third film and Chan received the film s distribution rights in Asia 21 In 2007 before the release of Rush Hour 3 Ratner was optimistic about making a fourth film and potentially having it set in Moscow 26 In 2017 Chan agreed to a potential script for Rush Hour 4 after years of turning down scripts 27 28 29 Music EditMain article Rush Hour soundtrack Edwin Starr s War was used as the ending theme for the film The film s soundtrack features the hit single Can I Get A by Jay Z Ja Rule and Amil as well as tracks by Flesh n Bone Wu Tang Clan Dru Hill Charli Baltimore and Montell Jordan The official soundtrack album was also a success certified platinum on January 21 1999 Awards Edit1999 ALMA Awards Winner Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film Elizabeth Pena 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards Winner BMI Film Music Award Lalo Schifrin 1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Winner Favorite Duo Action Adventure Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker Nomination Favorite Supporting Actress Action Adventure Elizabeth Pena 1999 Bogey Awards Germany Winner Bogey Awards in Silver 1999 Golden Screen Germany Winner Golden Screen 1999 Grammy Awards Nomination Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Lalo Schifrin 1999 NAACP Image Awards Nomination Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture Chris Tucker 1999 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards United States Nomination Favorite Movie Actor Blimp Award Chris Tucker 1999 MTV Movie Awards Winner Best On Screen Duo Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker 30 Nomination Best Comedic Performance Chris Tucker Nomination Best Fight Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker For the fight against the Chinese gang Nomination Best Movie Song Jay Z For Can I Get A Home media EditVHS Edit Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Language Subtitles Notes ReferenceJune 15 1999 United States PG 13 New Line Home Video NTSC English None 31 October 18 1999 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL English None 32 DVD Edit Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes ReferenceMarch 2 1999 United States PG 13 New Line Home Video NTSC 1 English Unknown English Aspect Ratio 2 35 1 16 9 33 October 1 1999 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL 2 English Unknown English Aspect Ratio 1 77 1 16 9 34 UMD Edit Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes ReferencesSeptember 1 2005 United Kingdom 12 Eiv PAL 2 English Unknown English 35 January 3 2006 United States PG 13 New Line Home Entertainment NTSC 1 English Unknown English 36 Blu ray Edit Release date Country Classification Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes ReferenceOctober 11 2010 United Kingdom 15 Warner Home Video PAL Free English Unknown English Aspect Ratio 2 40 1 16 9 37 December 7 2010 United States PG 13 New Line Home Video NTSC Free English Unknown English Aspect Ratio 2 40 1 16 9 38 See also EditBuddy cop film List of films set in Hong Kong List of films set in Los Angeles Jackie Chan filmographyReferences Edit Rush Hour American Film Institute Archived from the original on October 20 2016 Retrieved September 20 2016 Rush Hour 1998 British Film Institute Archived from the original on November 21 2016 Retrieved November 20 2016 a b c Rush Hour Box Office Mojo Archived from the original on June 19 2006 Retrieved June 25 2006 Rush Hour 1998 The Numbers Archived from the original on November 9 2013 Retrieved April 28 2020 Eller Claudia October 6 1998 Studios Were in Passing Lane for Rush Hour Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved April 28 2020 Martin Lawrence amp Wesley Snipes almost played Chris Tucker s role in Rush Hour EPISODE 18 YouTube YouTube Archived from the original on July 13 2021 Retrieved June 13 2021 The Lost Roles of Dave Chappelle April 5 2012 Archived from the original on June 13 2021 Retrieved June 13 2021 The Lost Roles of Eddie Murphy April 7 2011 Archived from the original on June 13 2021 Retrieved June 13 2021 Alex Pappademas October 3 2017 Jackie Chan s Plan to Keep Kicking Forever GQ Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Clement Nick January 19 2017 Crowd Pleasing Hits Pepper Walk of Fame Honoree Brett Ratner s Resume Variety Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Wolk Josh September 28 1998 Losers Take All Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on September 27 2011 Retrieved October 24 2010 Rush Hour 1998 Rotten Tomatoes Archived from the original on June 22 2022 Retrieved July 15 2022 Rush Hour 1998 Metacritic Archived from the original on March 12 2019 Retrieved September 1 2011 Cinemascore Archived from the original on December 20 2018 Ebert Roger September 18 1998 Rush Hour rogerebert com Archived from the original on June 13 2013 Retrieved June 25 2006 Leydon Joe September 21 1998 Review Rush Hour Variety Archived from the original on June 22 2015 Retrieved June 22 2015 Charles Taylor September 18 1998 Hong Kong Hollywood Salon Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Michael O Sullivan September 18 1998 Rush Hour Slow Going The Washington Post Archived from the original on September 10 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Owen Glieberman September 25 1998 Rush Hour Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Hugh Hart September 8 2002 His Career Is No Stunt Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on October 28 2018 Retrieved April 28 2020 a b Associated Press September 30 2007 FOXNews com Jackie Chan Admits He Is Not a Fan of Rush Hour Films Celebrity Gossip Entertainment News Arts And Entertainment Fox News Archived from the original on November 9 2007 Clarence Tsui December 13 2012 Jackie Chan Calls for Curbs on Political Freedom in Hong Kong The Hollywood Reporter Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 I dislike Rush Hour the most but ironically it sold really well 20 Years Later Rush Hour Is Still a Buddy Cop Gem Rotten Tomatoes September 18 2018 Archived from the original on April 13 2019 Retrieved December 14 2018 Semley John 2018 Hater On the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability Penguin Books pp 26 27 ISBN 978 0 7352 3617 2 Archived from the original on August 3 2020 Retrieved December 14 2018 Chan Says Tucker Holding Up Rush Hour 3 The Associated Press July 10 2005 Archived from the original on April 26 2006 Retrieved June 25 2006 Rush Hour 4 is Set in Moscow WorstPreviews com August 2 2007 Archived from the original on March 21 2008 Retrieved April 5 2008 Shirley Li October 6 2017 Jackie Chan teases that Rush Hour 4 is close to being a reality EW Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Chris Tilly August 13 2014 Jackie Chan Downplays Talk of Rush Hour 4 and Drunken Master 3 IGN Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Jackie Chan Says Rush Hour 4 Is Happening but There s a Catch E Online October 5 2017 Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 1999 MTV Movie Awards MTV Archived from the original on June 30 2015 Retrieved October 24 2010 Rush Hour VHS 1998 Amazon com ISBN 0 7806 2371 1 Rush Hour VHS 1998 Amazon co uk Archived from the original on August 13 2012 Retrieved January 8 2012 Rush Hour New Line Platinum Series 1998 amazon com ISBN 0 7806 2514 5 Rush Hour DVD 1998 amazon co uk Archived from the original on March 21 2012 Retrieved January 8 2012 Rush Hour UMD Mini for PSP amazon co uk Archived from the original on January 7 2014 Retrieved January 31 2012 Rush Hour UMD for PSP 1998 Amazon Archived from the original on 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