Rush Hour is a buddy cop action comedy film that was released in the United States in 1998. It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna from a story that LaManna wrote. It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter. Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn and Elizabeth Peña play supporting roles.
The movie was released on September 18, 1998, and it made over $244 million worldwide. It got good reviews from critics. Its box office commercial success led to two sequels: Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).
Plot.
On June 30, 1997, the last day that Hong Kong was ruled by the British, Detective Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force conducts a raid at the wharf in the hope of apprehending the unidentified and untraceable 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, Han's daughter Soo Yung is kidnapped by Sang while on her way to school. Han calls Lee to assist in the case, but the FBI, fearing that Lee's involvement could cause an international incident, pawns him off on the LAPD. Detective James Carter, a talented but obnoxious LAPD officer who is disliked by the rest of his precinct for his self-aggrandizing attitude, is tricked into "babysitting" Lee as punishment for botching a sting operation under the guise of an arms deal. Carter decides to solve the case when he learns. Carter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour while contacting informants about the kidnapping and keeping him away from the embassy. Lee gets into trouble at a bar when Carter tells him to follow his lead. As a result, Lee uses the N-word against a black bartender, despite the fact that the word was originally meant to be derogatory and offensive when used by people of any race against black people. The word is sometimes used in a non-derogatory friendly way only if black people say the word to each other. Several black patrons attack Lee as a result, forcing him to defeat them. Carter tries to prevent Lee from leaving him but 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 call leads the FBI to a warehouse, where a plastic explosive kills a team of agents. 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 Cobb, the man arrested by Carter in the earlier botched sting operation. Lee presses Clive into revealing his business relationship with Juntao, whom he met at the Foo Chow restaurant in Chinatown. Clive is initially unwilling to speak to the duo but Lee shows him a picture of Soo Yung, causing him to relent. Lee then starts to win Carter over. 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; however, the FBI removes them from the investigation because they are blamed for the failed ransom drop, and Lee is returned 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. Juntao's men start a shootout with the FBI while 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. While Carter saves Russ and kills Sang in a gunfight, Lee takes the vest and pursues Griffin. 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. As a reward for their reunion, Han takes Carter and Lee on vacation to Hong Kong. Before Carter leaves, agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI, which he mockingly refuses, proudly stating he is LAPD. Carter boards the plane with Lee, who annoyingly starts singing Edwin Starr's "War" off-key. A desperate Carter yells for a stewardess, demanding that she give him another seat.
Cast.
Chief Inspector Lee, played by Jackie Chan, is a high-ranking Hong Kong cop who is skilled in martial arts and comes to Los Angeles to help a friend find his kidnapped daughter. Chris Tucker portrays Detective James Carter, a street-smart, fast-talking LAPD detective who was initially tasked by the FBI to babysit Lee and keep him out of their investigation. Tom Wilkinson portrays Thomas Griffin/Juntao, a British diplomat and Han's colleague who is secretly Hong Kong's top crime lord. Tzi Ma plays Soo Yung's father, Consul Solon Han, a Hong Kong diplomat who just moved to Los Angeles. Sang, Juntao's second in command, is played by Ken Leung. Elizabeth Peña as Detective Tania Johnson, an aspiring bomb squad technician in the LAPD who helps Carter rescue Soo-Yung.
Mark Rolston as FBI Special Agent Warren Russ
Rex Linn portrays Russ's partner, FBI Agent Dan Whitney. Chris Penn as Clive Cod, a small time arms dealer who was arrested by Carter in a botched sting operation.
Captain Bill Diel, Carter's supervisor, is played by Philip Baker Hall. As retribution for a botched undercover sting, he assigns Carter the FBI job. Soo-Yung Han, Consul Han's daughter who is kidnapped by a criminal organization, is played by Julia Hsu. She is also a Lee student of martial arts. Clifton Powell plays Carter's cousin Luke, John Hawkes plays Carter's informant "Stucky," Barry Shabaka Henley plays prison guard Bobby, Roger Fan and George Cheung play Soo-Yung's bodyguards, Gene LeBell plays a taxi driver, and Frances Fong plays a socialite in her final film role. Juntao's enemies include Jackie Chan Stunt Team members Ken Lo, Nicky Li Chung-chi, Chan Man-ching, and Andy Cheng.
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