![]() The sniper, Lee's adopted brother Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada) escapes, but that only puts Lee and Carter on the case of tracking down Kenji and the rest of his gang. When a sniper shoots Han, Lee gives chase, and then Carter hears about it and gives chase as well. Meanwhile Lee is back working for the Chinese consulate, protecting his old friend Han (Tzi Ma) as the ambassador was about to give a speech before the World Criminal Court (an organization that absolutely doesn't exist in the real world). This third film find Carter on the outs with his division, working as a street cop after screwing up too many cases. Rush Hour 3, though, did quite the opposite. The third movie needed to really step it up to get the best adventure it could. Two cases had already been cracked by them, and they arguably had done just about all the damage they could do (while still seeing diminishing returns by the second film). Lee (Jackie Chan) and Carter (Chris Tucker) are buddy cops that, despite one being a stoic Hong Kong officer and the other a motor-mouthed LAPD detective (respectively), work best when they're working together. We had, in essence, said all that needed to be said about the franchise in the first two films. The fans didn't want it, and it certainly feels like no one's heart was in this movie.Īrguably, Rush Hour 3 didn't need to get made. And despite all that time, and the stupid amount of money invested (upwards of $140 Mil for this three-quel), Rush Hour 3 was a massive disappointment. No one was really demanding a Rush Hour 3, and even though the second film had been a huge success, it had still taken time for this film to get off the ground. It had been five years (in real time) since the previous movie was released, and the fandom for the series had certainly cooled. I like Rush Hour but up until viewing it for this site I hadn't watched it in years, and the same went for the weaker, but still at times enjoyable, Rush Hour 2.Īll that being said, and despite me being in the target audience for the Rush Hour franchise, I absolutely had no interest in the third film in the series when it came out. As the collection grew (and it's massive at this point) I still watch videos from it regularly but the larger selection means I don't re-watch the same films nearly as often. I watched the tapes and discs I bought regularly so when the collection was small I watched those films a lot more. It came out in 1998 which put it at just the right time for me to pick it up on video but still early enough in my collecting days that it was one of the few movies I actually owned. I won't deny that the first Rush Hour is a film I've gone back to more than a few times.
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