It's blatantly obvious in every frame of the film that Chan just can't cut it anymore.
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08/09/07
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
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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
Reviews for Rush Hour 3
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The Rush Hour series comes to a close (hopefully) with this inert and entirely needless installment...
08/09/07
It could be 10 times better if Chris Tucker would shut up.
08/09/07
a manic hobgob of shoot-outs, double-crosses, and absurd one-note jokes
08/09/07
The film features the same noxious mix of racial humor, sexual innuendo and violent slapstick as its predecessors. A racially insensitive gag revisiting Abbott and Costello's 'Who's on first?' routine is painful to watch.
08/09/07
Sure, the jokes are crude and the plot is goofy, but Chan and Tucker have such a delightful rapport that they come close to perfecting the buddy-cop genre.
08/09/07
I'm not gonna lie to you: A lot of the movie is straight-up stupid.
08/09/07
The junky, clunky, grimly unfunny Rush Hour 3 isn't the worst movie of the summer. But it's an enervating bummer nonetheless.
08/09/07
Top CriticA lazy rehash of the first two installments.
08/09/07
Director Brett Ratner, screenwriter Jeff Nathanson and stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker appear to be trying to save the planet one gag at a time by recycling as much material as humanly possible.
08/09/07
Top CriticJackie Chan and Chris Tucker have been through a lot together... Are they tired? Perhaps not, but their antics and action sequences certainly are.
08/09/07
Top CriticWhether 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.
08/09/07
Chan still sounds silly talkin' jive, the action sequences are peppy if not exactly memorable, and the gags have been sitting out long enough to make penicillin.
08/09/07
The division of labor is the same as in the first two films: Jackie kicks ass; Chris kicks sass. Ratner's challenge is giving the stars enough comedy byplay to keep audiences awake between the big action scenes, and RH 3 gets it done.
08/09/07
Six years after the second installment...it would seem that there is little to warrant Rush Hour 3, and yet in not expecting too much I was surprised how much of a good time I had watching it.
08/09/07
If you've seen one Rush Hour, you've seen them all.
08/09/07
By no means is it a great movie, but it is great slapstick fun, one of summer's guilty pleasures.
08/09/07
Chan shows he still has the chops during a showdown at the Eiffel Tower, but you'd think the movie's reported budget of $140 million might have bought Tucker at least one side-splitting gag.
08/09/07
Ratner, who has been accurately dubbed a 'fauxteur', does an OK job keeping the action swirling, especially in the finale atop the Eiffel Tower. But there's no particular reason to have kept this franchise going except for commercial expediency.
08/09/07
There is nothing new, nothing engaging, nothing to indicate that anyone is here for any reason other than the paycheck.
08/09/07
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