Rush Hour 2 Movie Review 2001

Director Ratner and stars Tucker and Chan all reteam for the sequel to their $250 million 1998 comedy. Det. Carter (Tucker) travels to Hong Kong with his new buddy, Det. Lee (Chan), where they get involved in a criminal conspiracy. The jokes aren't as funny or fresh as in the original, and that situation isn't helped by the fact that before the movie's half over you just want Tucker to shut up. Chan does a fine job with his duties, which are to continue to amusingly mangle the English language, and do some more of those great martial-arts stunts. He gets some help in the acrobatic martial-arts department from Ziyi, Lone, and a nice cameo by Cheadle. They should stop now, but they won't. RH3 is almost guaranteed.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Buddy Cops, Hong Kong, It's a Conspiracy, Man!, Karaoke, Viva Las Vegas!, Funny Money, Top Grossing Films of 2001, Comic Cops, Triads, Future Cop

Screenplay

Jeff Nathanson

Cast

Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Harris Yulin, Zhang Ziyi, John Lone, Alan King, Roselyn Sanchez, Kenneth Tsang, Ernie Reyes, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Don Cheadle

Cinematography

Matthew F. Leonetti

Director

Brett Ratner

Music

Lalo Schifrin, Kathy Nelson

Other

Kim Harris Ornitz, Mark Helfrich, Andrew Max Cahn, James E. Tocci, Rita Ryack, Terence Marsh

Producer

Arthur Sarkissian, Roger Birnbaum, Jay Stern, Jonathan Glickman, New Line Cinema