This time theemphasis is mostly on bloopers, where he and Tucker blow their lines. “Rush Hour” is lightweight and made out of familiarelements, but they're handled with humor and invention, and the Wunza formulacan seem fresh if the characters are Botha couple of engaging performers.įootnote: All Jackie Chan movies end with outtakes, whichusually show him missing on stunts and breaking bones, etc. I alsoliked the way Chris Tucker (who was funny in “ Money Talks”) talks his way intoand out of situations, using a distracting stream of dialogue while he figuresout what to do next. Instead of being treatedlike a helpless pawn, she's portrayed as one of Jackie's little martial artsstudents in Hong Kong (“Have you been practicing your eye gouges?”), and whenthe kidnappers try to carry her off, she causes them no end of trouble. He isbrave, agile and inventive, but not foolish.) I like the way the plot handlesSoo Yung ( Julia Hsu), the consul's young daughter.

(It's useful to point out, I suppose, that although Chan does his ownstunts, they are indeed stunts and not death-defying risks he does what a stuntman would do, but with the same safeguards and deceptive camera angles.

And there's a scenein a high atrium where he falls from a beam and slides to safety down a silkstreamer. “Rush Hour” has a neat little example of hiswall-climbing ability and a breathtaking sequence in which he leaps from adouble-decker bus to an overhead traffic sign to a truck. That's enough to fuel the lightweight screenplay by Jim Kouf and RossLamanna, which contains a lot of genuinely funny lines and even a reference toRoscoe's Chicken and Waffles, of “ Jackie Brown” fame.Ĭhan is, of course, noted for his stunts, which he performshimself, without doubles. But Chandoesn't know his way around L.A., and Tucker needs to earn points with hischief. That would be Carter, played b圜hris Tucker as the kind of loose cannon who roars around the streets in avintage Corvette and works undercover in dangerous situations. police headquarters, this idea is well-received afterthe chief (the redoubtable Philip Baker Hall) realizes it's a way to get hismost troublesome detective out of his hair. cop so they can keep each other out of the way.Īt L.A. So they get the idea of pairing up theChinese guy and the L.A. The feds want nothing to do with a cop from overseas, andthey also don't want the LAPD involved. There they kidnap the daughter of the Chineseconsul, who tells the FBI he wants Chan, a family friend, flown in to help withthe investigation.

The story: During the last days of Hong Kong's status as aBritish colony, supercop Chan busts up a smuggling ring, but the mastermindsescape to the United States.

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