Rush Hour (Film Series)
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| Rush Hour | ||
| Rush Hour trilogy on DVD'' | ||
| Directed by | Brett Ratner | |
| Produced by | Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Arthur M. Sarkissian Jay Stern Robert Birnbaum Michael Poryes | |
| Screenplay by | Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna (1) Jeff Nathanson (2–3) | |
| Story by | Ross LaManna (1) Jeff Nathanson (2–3) | |
| Based on | Characters created by Ross LaManna | |
| Starring | Jackie Chan Chris Tucker | |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin Mark Mothersbaugh Ira Hearshen Nile Rodgers | |
| Edited by | Mark Helfrich Robert K. Lambert Mark Possy Billy Weber Don Zimmerman | |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema | |
| Release date | 1998–present | |
| Running time | 279 minutes | |
| Country | United States | |
| Language | English | |
| Budget | $263 million | |
| Box office | $850.6 million | |
The Rush Hour film series is a series of three Chinese-American martial arts/|action-comedy buddy cop films created by Ross LaManna, directed by Brett Ratner, and distributed by New Line Cinema. All three films center on a pair of police detectives: a Hong Kong Police Force inspector and an American LAPD detective (portrayed by Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker) who go on a series of misadventures often involving corrupt crime figures. The films were released theatrically between 1998 and 2007, and have achieved commercial success and incorporate elements of martial arts, humor, and the buddy cop subgenre.
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[edit] Development
[edit] Production for Rush Hour
[edit] Production for Rush Hour 2
[edit] Production for Rush Hour 3
[edit] Future
[edit] TV series
- Main article: Rush Hour (U.S. TV series)
[edit] Characters
| Character | Films | Television series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Hour (1998) | Rush Hour 2 (2001) | Rush Hour 3 (2007) | Rush Hour (2016) | |
| Chief Inspector Lee | Jackie Chan | Jon Foo | ||
| Detective James Carter | Chris Tucker | Justin Hires | ||
| Consul / Ambassador Solon Han | Tzi Ma | Tzi Ma | ||
| Soo Yung Han | Julia Hsu | Zhang Jingchu | ||
| Thomas Griffin / Juntao | Tom Wilkinson | |||
| Detective Tania Johnson | Elizabeth Peña | |||
| Sang | Ken Leung | |||
| FBI Agent Warren Russ | Mark Rolston | |||
| FBI Agent Dan Whitney | Rex Linn | |||
| Ricky Tan | John Lone | |||
| Isabella Molina | Roselyn Sánchez (cut from the 3rd film) | |||
| Hu Li | Zhang Ziyi | |||
| Steven Reign | Alan King | |||
| Kenji | Hiroyuki Sanada | |||
| Geneviève | Noemie Lenoir | |||
| George | Yvan Attal | |||
| Jasmine The Dragon Lady | Youki Kudoh | |||
| Varden Reynard | Max von Sydow | |||
| Captain William Diel | Philip Baker Hall (cut from the 2nd film, uncredited in the 3rd) | |||
| Sergeant Didi Diaz | Aimee Garcia | |||
| Captain Lindsay Cole | Wendie Malick | |||
| Gerald | Page Kennedy | |||
| Kim Lee | Jessika Van | |||
| Donovan | Kirk Fox | |||
[edit] Reception
[edit] Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Ref(s) | |||
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[edit] Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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[edit] Soundtracks
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
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| U.S. | U.S. R&B | |||
