The two buddy cops, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker meet up once again in this 3rd part in the Rush Hour series and take flight to Paris to deal with some unfinished business.
This time around the two find themselves in a too quite familiar situation connecting the 1st and 2nd film....which isn't a bad thing at all but does Bret Ratner execute? Many of the same characters from the series are brought back with some nice new additions to the cast. The overall acting is par with the series and doesn't let down on the comedic aspect one minute. The action in this movie is well put together but what lacks is the quantity of action. What action there is though holds up high. There is a serious aspect to the movie which balances the humor which in turn attach'es the viewers closer to the characters and wanting unsolved issues amended to help close the movie with a sense of resolution and completion.
In this chapter of their series Chief Insp. Lee(Chan) still holds a grudge and has a hard time with attachment and forgiveness even after 3+ years in this fictional world of Rush Hour. There seems to be a wall between Lee in which Carter can't break and what sets this movie aside from the series is that in Rush Hour 3 the two don't really resolve anything through words or actions. The movie is set for the viewers to kind of assume that everything between the two is resolved and brings some confusion to the table.
The Ending (no spoilers) ------------------------------- About 4 months back before the release of the movie I had read from IGN.com that the movie had went over-budget. If this is true than that probably explains the end result of the film and why it ends where it ends. If Bret Ratner were smart he would go do some extra post production photography work in LA and resolve the problem with the length of the film.
copy/paste link and read towards the bottom of article http://movies.ign.com/articles/749/749513p1.html The flow of the movie seems to go very well through out the entire time until it hits you. After all the laughs, running and screaming you as the audience are struck with an almost disbelief of what is happening..."Its ending???" Thats what I felt when it came on screen. The movie just started rushing it. I felt like there should have been at least 30 more minutes left in the film. The mission the two were asked to do was completed but you never see what happens to the enemies, what happens to the supporting characters(despite the obvious) and why do Lee and Carter seem fine with their friendship at the end? I recommend this movie for sure if you even just liked the first two but if your an analytical critic whose exceptions are high be prepared for some "what's?" and "huh's?" as you watch. Great movie, but poor ending.
Rush Hour 4 anyone? ---------------------- I think it needs to happen to what I saw in RH3, plus Chris Tucker said he would love to do anyone if 3 is successful and he said he would even hire a writer for him and the writer to sit down and make a pre-ready script if the movie does seem to become reality. It seems though through Jackie Chan's eye's we will have to wait for 5 years until we see another one according to an interview with Chris Tucker which said those words. You can't really tell how he is saying this in the interview because it is just a Q&A text interview online, but I'm pretty sure Mr. Tucker was...as he says in Rush Hour 1 "you know how the newspapers are, they be overizageratin" about it being 5 years until something pops up about another sequel.
Aside from the setbacks of the film, its fun,entertaining and well thought out. Bret's skill as a director is still strong in this sequel and will hold high in the buddy cop "fish out of water" genre.
This time around the two find themselves in a too quite familiar situation connecting the 1st and 2nd film....which isn't a bad thing at all but does Bret Ratner execute? Many of the same characters from the series are brought back with some nice new additions to the cast. The overall acting is par with the series and doesn't let down on the comedic aspect one minute. The action in this movie is well put together but what lacks is the quantity of action. What action there is though holds up high. There is a serious aspect to the movie which balances the humor which in turn attach'es the viewers closer to the characters and wanting unsolved issues amended to help close the movie with a sense of resolution and completion.
In this chapter of their series Chief Insp. Lee(Chan) still holds a grudge and has a hard time with attachment and forgiveness even after 3+ years in this fictional world of Rush Hour. There seems to be a wall between Lee in which Carter can't break and what sets this movie aside from the series is that in Rush Hour 3 the two don't really resolve anything through words or actions. The movie is set for the viewers to kind of assume that everything between the two is resolved and brings some confusion to the table.
The Ending (no spoilers) ------------------------------- About 4 months back before the release of the movie I had read from IGN.com that the movie had went over-budget. If this is true than that probably explains the end result of the film and why it ends where it ends. If Bret Ratner were smart he would go do some extra post production photography work in LA and resolve the problem with the length of the film.
copy/paste link and read towards the bottom of article http://movies.ign.com/articles/749/749513p1.html The flow of the movie seems to go very well through out the entire time until it hits you. After all the laughs, running and screaming you as the audience are struck with an almost disbelief of what is happening..."Its ending???" Thats what I felt when it came on screen. The movie just started rushing it. I felt like there should have been at least 30 more minutes left in the film. The mission the two were asked to do was completed but you never see what happens to the enemies, what happens to the supporting characters(despite the obvious) and why do Lee and Carter seem fine with their friendship at the end? I recommend this movie for sure if you even just liked the first two but if your an analytical critic whose exceptions are high be prepared for some "what's?" and "huh's?" as you watch. Great movie, but poor ending.
Rush Hour 4 anyone? ---------------------- I think it needs to happen to what I saw in RH3, plus Chris Tucker said he would love to do anyone if 3 is successful and he said he would even hire a writer for him and the writer to sit down and make a pre-ready script if the movie does seem to become reality. It seems though through Jackie Chan's eye's we will have to wait for 5 years until we see another one according to an interview with Chris Tucker which said those words. You can't really tell how he is saying this in the interview because it is just a Q&A text interview online, but I'm pretty sure Mr. Tucker was...as he says in Rush Hour 1 "you know how the newspapers are, they be overizageratin" about it being 5 years until something pops up about another sequel.
Aside from the setbacks of the film, its fun,entertaining and well thought out. Bret's skill as a director is still strong in this sequel and will hold high in the buddy cop "fish out of water" genre.