Rush Hour 3

[Hunter Rider]

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[Hunter Rider]

I thought the new trailer was better paced than the first with some cool shots

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33327

A RUSH HOUR 3 Review Is Published! Let There Be Much Rejoicing!

Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.

New Line’s getting ready to ramp up the publicity on this one. In the interest of yummy disclosure, I should admit that New Line sent out deliveries of delicious fresh-baked croissants to journalists in LA this week as a way of reminding you that RUSH HOUR 3, set in Paris, is still coming this summer.

I’ll see this. I hope it’s entertaining. I don’t think RUSH HOUR 3 being good or bad will change the world one way or another, but these have never been consequential films... they’re just silly action-adventures, and if they made this one as light and fun as the first two, I’ll probably enjoy it.

Did this reviewer dig it? Let’s see:

Hey Harry,

I am a long time reader and fan of the site. This will be the first time I have ever sent in anything. I hope you can use it. If not, keep up the good work.

I just got back from a screening of Rush Hour 3 at the Ritz in Philadelphia. It was a sneak preview but there were seats marked for press. Anyway, I thought I share my thoughts on the flick... there may be some spoilers so beware.

I liked the original Rush Hour. I thought it was an entertaining buddy cop movie and I thought that Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan made a great comedic team. I liked the action and the stunts. I enjoyed the second film, it was bigger and had more of what I liked about the original. Rush Hour 3 however, well I didn't think it was that great.

Rush Hour 3 serves as a bookend to the trilogy. We are reintroduced to characters from the original film, notably Consul Han (played by Tzi Ma) and his now grown up daughter Soo Yung (the gorgeous Jingchu Zhang). The plot revolves around an assassination attempt on Consul Han by the Triads. It seems Han knows who the leader of the Triads are and he intends to stop their criminal organization.

The script by Jeff Nathanson sets everything up but then fails to have any real payoffs. There are back-stories that are never explored (what exactly did happen between Carter and Lee in New York? They mention it every 10 minutes but the audience is never privy to the information). How does Lee all of a sudden have a brother and why do they hate each other so much? The script seems to think that isn't pertinent information. Nathanson is the guy who wrote The Terminal, Rush Hour 2, Catch Me If You Can and is a credited writer on Indy 4. He has some serious writing credits under his belt but it seems like he phoned in the screenplay based off of his outline for Rush Hour 2.

Character wise, Lee and Carter are the same as they have always been. Although now they seem derivative and uninspired, like pale shadows of there former selves. The villains, including Kenji (Lee's brother) are cookie cutter villains. It's like a cliffs notes version of antagonists. Max Von Sydow is here and oh, how the mighty have fallen. He plays an uninteresting riff of his character from Minority Report. It was actually painful to watch. Character/actor wise the best moment was Roman Polanski who shows up for a small role. Watching him here makes me smile, his character was easily my favorite part of the flick (but that could be because he is one of my favorite directors... maybe I'm playing favoritism).

The action was weak compared to the previous movies and the fight scenes were, for the most part, boring. The only time I was actually enjoying myself was the moment that the flick spoofs The Godfather, the action that follows was pretty cool and enjoyable. Jackie Chan is definitely showing his age. The first two films had him doing all sorts of crazy stunts, here, he barely does anything, and what he does do shows signs of obvious wire work and blue screen. Speaking of which, the flick is littered with shoddy CGI and bad blue screen work (there is a chance what I saw wasn't a finished cut, at least once a CG shot was still rough and had Timecode running at the top), so maybe the FX will be fixed for the release.

Besides action the Rush Hour movies have always had a healthy dose of humor, and that is intact here (but there is a lot more potty humor this time around). I did find myself chuckling through the flick. Tucker does what he does best, playing himself and showing off his dance skills. I did hate the "Who's on First?" rip off... I mean they basically did the skit verbatim, just with different names.

And now I come to Brett Ratner, who once again proves that he is a generic filmmaker with no sense of originality. I mean, the movie is set in Paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and yet he shoots it in a way that makes it look ugly, and boring. Even the Eiffel Tower becomes bland and ugly, when he shoots it. Brett I have to ask... did you go out of your way to make Paris ugly?

In the end I guess I half liked the movie. Is it worth seeing? Well that's a tough question for me to answer because I personally think that every movie should be seen. Even the worst films ever made have small bits and pieces that are enjoyable, and it's not exactly torture to watch a movie. I guess if you are a fan of the first two you'll find stuff to like. If you hated the others than there is nothing here for you. If you want to see a good summer buddy cop movie... I'd personally steer you elsewhere. I consider this a rental, or at the most a matinee.

If you use this call me Aerocrow.

 

[Karea07]

is Roselyn in any of the trailers yet?

 

[Hunter Rider]

is Roselyn in any of the trailers yet?

Nope

 

[TheVileOne]

It's going to be very hard for this movie to break even.

The costs of the movie and what's getting paid to people like Chris Tucker basically means the studio won't be seeing much of the profits for a while, if ever.

Sometimes it's stupid to make a sequel for the sake of just having a sequel. Especially when it almost guarantees you to lose money.

Rush Hour 2 came out 3 years later. Rush Hour 3 came out twice as long later.

 

[enterthemadness]

It's going to be very hard for this movie to break even.

The costs of the movie and what's getting paid to people like Chris Tucker basically means the studio won't be seeing much of the profits for a while, if ever.

Sometimes it's stupid to make a sequel for the sake of just having a sequel. Especially when it almost guarantees you to lose money.

Rush Hour 2 came out 3 years later. Rush Hour 3 came out twice as long later.

Well, Rush Hour 2 did make 226,164,286 million in the U.S/Canada alone. 347,325,802 worldwide in theaters.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour2.htm

Rush Hour did 141,186,864 and 244,386,864 worldwide.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour.htm

Going by this logic, the movie should do over 300 million in theaters and 400+ worldwide. Somehow...I don't see that happening.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0293564/business

Budget for the new film is 120 est.

 

[TheVileOne]

Well, Rush Hour 2 did make 226,164,286 million in the U.S/Canada alone. 347,325,802 worldwide in theaters.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour2.htm

Rush Hour did 141,186,864 and 244,386,864 worldwide.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour.htm

Going by this logic, the movie should do over 300 million in theaters and 400+ worldwide. Somehow...I don't see that happening.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0293564/business

Budget for the new film is 120 est.

Yeah, there's no chance of this movie breaking over $300 million in the US theatres. Especially against the third Bourne movie.

And either way, it will still be hard for this movie to break even according to reports. $120 million not counting that Chris Tucker gets to pocket whatever money they will make back early on.

Some studios now will mandate that they will not give cast or crew percentages until the film has broken even and then they start giving out the residuals. That is not the deal New Line gave Chris Tucker for this movie. It's why the movie was delayed for a year. Ultimately New Line relented and gave Tucker all the money he wanted.

Universal lost a lot of money on King Kong because even though the film still made over $200 million in the US and even more overseas, the deal was arranged so Jackson and his people got to pocket most of that money right off the bat.

You guys just need to realize. A movie makes $100-150 million. Makes $160 whatever million. Not all of that goes directly back to the studios. A chunk of it goes to exhibitors. Sometimes chunks of it goes to cast or above the line crew that have it written in. The producers, investors, or financiers. Sometimes it takes years for a movie to actually make a profit or just barely break even after it's initial theatrical run.

I don't believe for a second this movie only cost $120 million.

 

[enterthemadness]

Yeah, there's no chance of this movie breaking over $300 million in the US theatres.

And either way, it will still be hard for this movie to break even according to reports. $120 million not counting that Chris Tucker gets to pocket whatever money they will make back early on.

Some studios now will mandate that they will not give cast or crew percentages until the film has broken even and then they start giving out the residuals. That is not the deal New Line gave Chris Tucker for this movie. It's why the movie was delayed for a year. Ultimately New Line relented and gave Tucker all the money he wanted.

Kinda off topic, but Tucker seems to have...eaten a lot of pie since Rush Hour 2.

 

[TheVileOne]

Kinda off topic, but Tucker seems to have...eaten a lot of pie since Rush Hour 2.

Well that happens when you get older.

But think about this. With the Rush Hour movies, Tucker hasn't had to work for years. After Rush Hour 3 he can probably retire happily and eat as much pie as he wants.

Think about it. Tucker hasn't made a SINGLE movie, TV show, anything since Rush Hour 2 six years ago. So he doesn't have to stay in shape and work out constantly for his next role like a lot of other actors do.

Jackie Chan is really starting to look his age as well.

Bruce Campbell looks like he's been eating a lot of pie lately as well.

 

[Sebastos]

The new trailer is great.

 

[deathshead2]

Yeah that new trailer was really funny. I know right now not to expect this to be the best Rush hour ever. But im sure it'll be really funny no matter what.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm just curious, what looks so great and funny about it?

It looks fairly generic to me. Lee and Carter falling out of a high place and screaming again. Bad French stereotypes. Jackie Chan badly talking in eubonics. I mean is that supposed to be funny?

 

[Darth Elektra]

China Passes on Chan's `Rush Hour 3'

Jackie Chan's new action comedy, "Rush Hour 3," won't be shown in China.

"We think the market for the movie is relatively weak," Xiao Ping, a vice president at state-run China Film Group's import and export arm, said Tuesday.

The Chinese government carefully screens foreign media content and allows only about 20 foreign films a year to be shown.

Ping said "Rush Hour 3" was up against some tough competition.

China has already imported several Hollywood blockbusters, including "Transformers," "Spider-Man 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

But Hollywood trade publication Variety reported on its Asian Web site Tuesday that Chinese officials believe "Rush Hour 3," which stars Chan and Chris Tucker as buddy cops taking on a Chinese crime family in Paris, is "fundamentally anti-Chinese."

Xiao said she didn't know whether film executives were concerned about scenes of Chinese gangsters.

New Line Cinema said it had no comment.

Chan, 53, and Tucker, 34, have co-starred in all three "Rush Hour" movies. The trilogy, directed by Brett Ratner, began in 1998.

The loss of the China market isn't a major blow to filmmakers. Chinese box-office income remains much smaller than in the U.S. A movie that makes tens of millions of U.S. dollars in China can be considered a hit, while U.S. box office winners can make hundreds of millions.

"Rush Hour 3" is set for release in the U.S. on Aug. 10.

 

[terry78]

Hearing Tucker get exasperated is what makes these movies. As annoying as his voice is, you still laugh.

"What the hell are ya'll feeding him, he is too damn big!"

 

[Warhammer]

Hearing Tucker get exasperated is what makes these movies. As annoying as his voice is, you still laugh.

"What the hell are ya'll feeding him, he is too damn big!"

Exactly.
Just him saying "damn!" is hilarious.
You'd be amazed just how funny his movies are solely because of his voice, and my dad tells me that his stand-up is to die for.

Btw, he grew up about 20 minutes away from my current location.

 

[Warhammer]

I'm just curious, what looks so great and funny about it?

It looks fairly generic to me. Lee and Carter falling out of a high place and screaming again. Bad French stereotypes. Jackie Chan badly talking in eubonics. I mean is that supposed to be funny?

Where is your heart and soul, man?

 

[terry78]

I am your brother, and I'm fly.

Black people do laugh when someone non-black does that, but only when it's harmless.

 

[Mr. Socko]

The Chinese government carefully screens foreign media content and allows only about 20 foreign films a year to be shown.


WTF...how stupid is that...


Those damn communist pigs!

 

[dark_b]

how can you invest 120 miliosns in a comedy?

 

[Mr. Socko]

how can you invest 120 miliosns in a comedy?

It's actually quite easy when the previous installment made over $200 Million just in America, not even counting foreign.

 

[The Kid]

**** this movie

 

[Sebastos]

Exactly.
Just him saying "damn!" is hilarious.
You'd be amazed just how funny his movies are solely because of his voice, and my dad tells me that his stand-up is to die for.

Btw, he grew up about 20 minutes away from my current location.

Yeah, Tucker really was great in both Rush Hour movies. He had me laughing all the time.

 

[블라스]

I also love him in The 5th Element.

BZZZZT! BZZZZZZZZZZT!!

 

[Sebastos]

"We could have been a good couple, but you one crazy ass b**ch!"