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Rush Hour

Rush Hour

7,1 /10 (5,787 Votes)
1998 EN 97 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

18/09/1998

Votes

5,787

Popularity

19.3

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

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

97 min

Budget

$33,000,000

Revenue

$244,721,064

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Lee

Chris Tucker

Chris Tucker

Carter

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Griffin

Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall

Captain Diel

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña

Johnson

Chris Penn

Chris Penn

Clive

Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston

Agent Russ

Tzi Ma

Tzi Ma

Consul Han

Rex Linn

Rex Linn

Agent Whitney

Ken Leung

Ken Leung

Sang

No photo

Robert Littman

First Caucasien

Michael Chow

Michael Chow

Diner Guest

Julia Hsu

Julia Hsu

Soo Yung

Kai Lennox

Kai Lennox

Cop at Diner

Larry Sullivan

Larry Sullivan

Cop at Diner

No photo

Yang Lin

Consul Secretary

Roger Fan

Roger Fan

Soo Yung's Bodyguard

George Cheung

George Cheung

Soo Yung's Driver

No photo

Lucy Lin

Exposition Official

Jason Davis

Jason Davis

Kid at Theatre

John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Stucky

Gene LeBell

Gene LeBell

Taxi Driver

No photo

Wayne A. King

Cigaweed Man

Kevin L. Jackson

Kevin L. Jackson

Pool Player

Manny Perry

Manny Perry

Bartender

No photo

Ronald D. Brown

Pool Hall Doorman

Clifton Powell

Clifton Powell

Luke

Matthew Barry

Matthew Barry

Market Clerk

Stanley DeSantis

Stanley DeSantis

FBI Gate Guard #1

Dan Martin

Dan Martin

FBI Gate Guard #2

No photo

Kevin Lowe

Another Agent

Billy Devlin

Billy Devlin

FBI Agent at Building

Tommy Bush

Tommy Bush

Bomb Practice Sergeant

Barry Shabaka Henley

Barry Shabaka Henley

Bobby

No photo

Albert Wong

Chin

No photo

Ai Wan

Foo Chow Hostess

Lydia Look

Lydia Look

Foo CHow Waitress

No photo

Chan Man-Ching

Japanese Tourist / Juntao's Man

No photo

Sumiko Chan

Japanese Tourist

Ken Lo Wai-Kwong

Ken Lo Wai-Kwong

Juntao's Man

Stuart W. Yee

Stuart W. Yee

Juntao's Man

Nicky Li Chung-Chi

Nicky Li Chung-Chi

Juntao's Man

Andy Cheng

Andy Cheng

Juntao's Man

Christine Ng Wing-mei

Christine Ng Wing-mei

Flight Attendant #1

Frances Fong

Frances Fong

Socialite

Robert Kotecki

Robert Kotecki

Convention Center Agent

No photo

Mike Ashley

Male Flight Attendant

Ada Tai

Ada Tai

Flight Attendant #2

Arlene Tai

Arlene Tai

Flight Attendant #3

Nina Ameri

Nina Ameri

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Stephen Blackehart

Stephen Blackehart

SWAT Captain (uncredited)

Michael Finuoli

Michael Finuoli

Ticket Giver (uncredited)

Victoria Genisce

Victoria Genisce

Police Officer (uncredited)

James Lew

James Lew

Juntao's Man in Los Angeles (uncredited)

Mars

Mars

Juntao's Man in Hong Kong (uncredited)

Jody Millard

Jody Millard

Police Officer (uncredited)

No photo

Norman D. Wilson

Card Player (uncredited)

Kwan Yung

Kwan Yung

Juntao's Man in Hong Kong (uncredited)

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Ibraheem...

2017-10-14

⭐ 9

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.

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Gimly

Gimly

2018-06-04

⭐ 3

Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

⭐ 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,…

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