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Reviews Counted:154
Fresh:31
Rotten:123
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Rush Hour 3 is a tired rehash of the earlier films, and a change of scenery can't hide a lack of new ideas.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $140,080,850
Synopsis: 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 battle bad guys. Whereas the... [More]
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh
Director: Brett Ratner
Three years later in the sequel, Tucker and Chan had found their groove, even if the movie did not have as many good laughs and great stunt work. Now, though, it is an awkward Greatest Hits Reunion Show, and neither one of them seem up to the task
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Top CriticThe most innovative scenes involve stunts, for which I'm sure Chan (who is always involved in action sequences and who is himself a director and fight choreographer) provided most of the inspiration.
A dated, stale, anti-American comedy. I hope they all make enough money never to make another Rush Hour movie again.
Jeff Nathanson and director Brett Ratner's biggest crime is their inability to combine comedy and action, and their ineptitude at each element by itself.
None but the mad will want to see Rush Hour 3.
Two hours of non-stop, ear-shattering, humourless shrieking. It's simply unbearable. You soon find yourself begging for him to die.
After a six-year hiatus, the Rush Hour brand has lost its drive.
The East-West fusion action has been exhausted, the broad comedy is tired and the dynamic between Jackie Chan and Christ Tucker has all but disappeared.
Whether it's a hit or not, Rush Hour 3 has just enough story to justify reaching the screen. But let's hope the filmmakers stop while they're ahead.
The film is formulaic and the plot is barely connected together. But it moves along quickly and there's the occasional smile.
Less Abbott & Costello than Cheney & Rove; how else to explain the 'humor' in a movie that gleefully promotes the ugly in the phrase 'ugly American'?
It's hard to think of a sadder commentary about Hollywood's sequel fetish than the existence of Rush Hour 3.
They're back! That lovable duo, back to kick some ass and ogle some babes! Yes - it's Max Von Sydow and Roman Polanski.
Top CriticProves that $25 million does not buy a good, or even bearable performance.
Boy, has this franchise ever run out of gas.
A total dud, as well as perhaps the worst sequel to appear in this up-and-down summer movie season.
Roman Polanski has a confounding two-scene cameo as a customs official who gives Carter and Lee a full cavity search. (Har har.)
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