Rush Hour 3 is everything a sequel shouldn't be: wasteful, unwanted, crass, inept and just plain awful to watch.
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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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Brett Ratner, the great refusnik of all the A-list, big-budget action film directors, sticks steadfastly to formula.
08/09/07
The scripting is terrible, the direction lacks energy and the fights -- this movie's entire reason for being -- are filmed in Jumblevison.
08/09/07
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.
08/09/07
It's a tedious, soulless, junky comedy whose outtakes reveal just how little effort aside from writing Tucker that big fat check and another for renting the Eiffel Tower was put into getting it on the screen.
08/09/07
More of the same, only better.
08/09/07
Yet another man versus motor vehicle smash 'em up.
08/09/07
Instead of introducing a new protagonist (e.g. Chris Rock in Lethal Weapon IV) or a fresh plot to reconnect with the audience, Rush Hour 3 bludgeons us with the same old shtick.
08/09/07
The howls of audience members around me proved there's still an audience for the third installment of this odd coupling, though no one involved even pretends there's a story to tell or coherence to maintain anymore.
08/09/07
By far the worst film in the series, and marks career low points for just about everyone involved.
08/09/07
Tucker must not need to be funny since the loudmouth can take his $25 million payday and laugh all the way to the bank.
08/09/07
A pointless sequel in a franchise that's been underwhelming from the start.
08/09/07
The eager yet lazy Rush Hour 3 often made me think of one of those mediocre Beverly Hills Cop sequels; it's that derivative and slapdash.
08/09/07
A whirring, soulless pop product for those who don't expect much more from a movie beyond cheap laughs and frantic diversion.
08/09/07
At the risk of eternal damnation on the Internet, I admit to laughing at -- even feeling momentarily touched by -- Rush Hour 3.
08/09/07
Top Critic...epitomizes the vapidity of the American film-making industry.
08/09/07
Reliably energetic entry in the lowbrow Tucker-Chan action-comedy series manages to be both smart and stupid at the same time.
08/09/07
As oppressive and exhausted as an August day...
08/09/07
Whatever magic between Chan and Tucker that [Ratner] was able to inadvertently capture the first two times around is finally swallowed up in the black hole that is his non-talent.
08/09/07
A completely forgettable popcorn flick...
08/08/07
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