Rush Hour is a real rush: energetic, funny, involving and effortlessly entertaining,
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01/01/00
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
US Box Office: $0
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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06/18/02
Top CriticJust when you thought cop-buddy pictures were toast (Lethal Weapon), along comes a suprisingly kick-ass riff on the genre!
01/01/00
Top CriticA vindication of what some of us have always known: that Jackie is a screen legend.
07/31/01
By themselves, Chan and Tucker do not provide anything inspiring or refreshing, but when they are combined, they form a surprisingly entertaining comedic duo.
01/08/04
While it is cartoonish, it also is fun, and that is due mostly to Chan.
01/01/00
Rush Hour is a righteous title for an action comedy, and that's only the beginning.
06/18/02
A second-rate comedy that's wrapped around a third-rate action movie.
01/01/00
Much 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
Much of it [is] quite funny.
01/01/00
The movie is no more than a well-produced confection designed for quick payoff in the big cities, but it's pretty consistently funny.
01/01/00
Classy and brassy, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are a funky, well-matched duo in New Line's winning Rush Hour.
01/01/00
...manages to coast on the palpable chemistry between the two leads...
09/19/07
Rush Hour is a lot of fun!
01/01/00
Rush out and catch Rush Hour.
01/01/00
I didn't have very high expectations for this film, and it was much better than I thought it was going to be.
05/22/03
If one of the cinema's most unique talents has decided to make another go of it in Hollywood, Rush Hour isn't a bad start.
01/01/00
[Chan] should be doing his high kicks well into his sixties. Let's hope so.
01/01/00
This 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.
01/01/00
A perfect popcorn film -- lightweight, low in nutrients but remarkably satisfying nonetheless.
11/07/02
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