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10/14/08
Rush Hour (1998)
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Reviews Counted:61
Fresh:37
Rotten:24
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: A kick-ass addition to the cop-buddy film genre.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A box office smash, this film combines the comic stylings of funny-man Chris Tucker with the explosive action of superstar Jackie Chan. The two team up to battle the bad guys and, along the way,... [More]
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn
Director: Brett Ratner
Reviews for Rush Hour
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10/18/08
Top CriticA vindication of what some of us have always known: that Jackie is a screen legend.
07/31/01
Top CriticMuch of the best dialogue, you suspect, was improvised by Tucker and Chan, who seem truly taken with each other and make a delightful, ordinary-extraordinary pair.
02/09/06
Top CriticThis is a very open-faced and easy to watch film, which would make it fun whilst glancing up at the tube now and again in the middle of doing something else.
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01/01/00
What a lousy movie!
01/01/00
Hollywood calculation can't match the primitive eager-to-please quality that made those Hong Kong films refreshing; they were appealing because they were so free of irony.
01/01/00
The story is still routine, and still predictable, and still unimportant.
01/01/00
A disappointment.
05/24/04
Chan is amazing to watch.
01/01/00
As Chan moved from Hong Kong to Hollywood, something got lost in the translation.
01/01/00
Most of it pales in comparison to Chan's earlier movies, which makes one wonder if he might be getting too old for some of the more dangerous fare he might have attempted five or ten years ago. Let's hope not.
02/27/01
Doesn't feature nearly enough Jackie Chan action and has way too much Chris Tucker dialogue.
01/01/00
Sure, the action's there, along with his trademark amazing physical stunts, but in getting the Hollywood treatment, a great deal of the fun stemming from Chan and his "antics" has been lessened.
01/01/00
Chan is as sweet and charming as ever. Tucker makes an excellent foil. And things blow up.
04/08/01
Rush Hour would be a lot more valuable if it were not so heavily based on other successful films, but if you're looking for mindless entertainment, you could do worse.
02/08/03
The contrast between Tucker's motormouth and Chan's man of few words should be funnier, but the plot -- which is cliched without quite becoming self-reflexive -- and the uneven pace dampen most of their moments.
10/14/08
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