Title: Rush Hour 3
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker,
Max von Sydow, Noemie Lenoir, Hiroyuki Sanada
Directed By: Brett Ratner
Produced By: Toby Emmerich, Arthur
Sarkissian, Roger Birnbaum
Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy,
Crime/Gangster and Sequel
Release Date: August 10th 2007 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of
action violence, sexual content, nudity and language.
Distributors: New
Line Cinema
After an attempted
assassination on Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma), Lee (Jackie Chan) and
Carter (Chris Tucker) head to Paris to protect a French woman (Noémie
Lenoir) with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.
Even though Chris Tucker and Jackie
Chan still work well together, it doesn't hide the fact that Rush
Hour 3 looks like it was a film done just for the paychecks. Brett
Ratner, who I still defend for X3, (It may not have been perfect, but
he didn't have much time to pick up the pieces) has finally tipped
that balance in my eyes. Full of unnecessary and unfunny bits, Rush
Hour 3 is a blight on everyones resume. Sure Jackie Chan can move,
and there are some good ones here: the man is amazing. Sure, Chris
Tucker can be funny, just not this time. Brett Ratner really needs to
do something different instead of rehashing old jokes. Not even Abbot
and Costello are sacred anymore.
Chris Tucker's character, Detective
James Carter, has gone way beyond over the top here. The opening
sequence of him directing traffic while dancing is so ludicrous, he
doesn't even notice how stupid he looks. While Jackie Chan's Chief
Inspector Lee is supposed to be ashamed of Carter's antics, I don't
think Jackie is acting half the time. The only bright spot is George,
the American hating taxi driver who decides that he wants to be an
American spy, played by Yvan Attal, who reminds me of Hank Azaria in
some ways. Last we have Max Von Sydow, who should add some
credibility but only serves to show just how predictable a movie can
be.
I think I have already said enough
about this waste of time. C'mon Jackie, make Drunken Master 3
already!
Keep reading,
Mitch E
mitch@comicbookbin.com
