Rush Hour 3 [Blu-ray]

Rush Hour 3 [Blu-ray]
by Brett Ratner

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Actor: Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jackie Chan, Max von Sydow, Youki Kudoh
Director: Brett Ratner
Brand: Newline
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-20
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line

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Movie Review: Maybe They Waited Too Long for Part Three?
Summary: 2 Stars

I really enjoyed Rush Hour 1 and 2. I thought the chemistry between the soft-spoken, but very acrobatic Jackie Chan and the motor-mouth Chris Tucker was very good for the first two films. The first Rush Hour worked well because we saw the culture change Jackie Chan experienced going to the United States and the second Rush Hour was humorous because we saw Chris Tucker experience the culture change in China. For the third and final act (hopefully final), both characters go to France, Europe to experience a new culture for both of them. However since Rush Hour 3 (2007) came nearly six years after Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 1 (1998), it seems the chemistry between Chan and Tucker dried up. I heard rumors that in real life the actors didn't like each other off screen. Hard to believe if there was hatred between them when it looked fun while they were both singing and dancing to the "War" song in part one. If the rumors of their hatred for each other are true, than the efforts in part three can be justified.

Other than the fantastic stunt scene on the Eiffel Tower, Rush Hour 3 looked like a "rushed" effort done only to simply complete a trilogy that perhaps should have never been completed. It seems nowadays all movies that have a part two MUST have a part three so that a trilogy DVD set can be sold in the future. Other than humor that is practically non-existent in part three and no memorable antagonist or villain to counter Chan & Tucker not much worked well. I really wanted to enjoy part three despite the bad theatrical reviews it initially got since I bought the Rush Hour 3 DVD during the Christmas holidays (when the DVD was first available) in order for my wife and I to watch something new on a quite evening alone. I think the film would have worked better if it got a better protagonist or villain to counter Chan & Tucker. By the way I really liked Ziyi Zhang from part two in which she played a great villain (or femme fatale). Perhaps part three could have used another major actor to play the main villain such as Jason Statham (who could have fitted in some sort of Frenchman role) or Jet Li (not that Jackie Chan would have a fighting chance against Statham or Li). In the end I think the producers of Rush Hour 3 truly fumbled with this effort. I think the wait was too long, laughs were few, action ordinary and the effort rushed. 5 stars for part one & two, but only 2 stars for part three.

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Newline Rush Hour 3 (Blu-ray)
In director Brett Ratner's RUSH HOUR 3, African-American cop James Carter (Chris Tucker) once again reunites with Chinese inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) to both taunt and battlebad guys. Whereas the first movie was on Carter'sturf, and the second was set in Lee's homeland, this outing finds both Carter and Lee out of their element in Paris, dealing not only with criminals,but also with the quirks of French culture. Alongthe way, Lee must confront his old friend Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada) in order to save the day.

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker head for the City of Lights in the somewhat threadbare but sporadically exciting Rush Hour 3, the second sequel to director Brett Ratner's 1998 cop-buddy hit. Chan's Inspector Lee and Tucker's Detective Carter hop from Los Angeles to Paris in pursuit of a Chinese triad only to find a mixed reception, including a brutal warning from a French cop (Roman Polanski) and anti-American sentiments from a cab driver (Yvan Attal) who eventually becomes an important and funny ally. Lee and Carter, when not fighting their way out of rooms full of martial arts gangsters and crazed assassins (Sun Ming Ming), follow a trail to a beautiful woman (Noemie Lenoird) who literally carries a vital clue on her person. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority (Max Von Sydow), but his personal struggles with a criminal mastermind (Hiroyuki Sanada)--who happens to be an important figure in his life—are at the heart of this movie.

The aging Chan still seems to defy the laws of physics with some of his more spectacular stunts. But it's true those stunts take a little more time than they used to, and judicious editing makes Chan look spry as ever. He frets charmingly in Rush Hour 3, while Tucker revives his brash character's motormouth guile and whiny womanizing. There isn't a lot left to be discovered about Lee and Carter's compatibility, and even with a minor crisis over their loyalty to one another in Rush Hour 3, their all-important relationship is almost too easy to take for granted now. Fortunately, the film's biggest thrills come from several wild fight scenes, especially a climactic battle on the Eiffel Tower that is rich in imagination. --Tom Keogh

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