Rush Hour feels like it's 10 years out of date.
From the dialogue, stereotypes on Chinese and black American culture and its overall vibe.
Like if you told me this was made in 1985, I wouldn't even bat an eye.
With the exception of a couple telephones, one or two cars and maybe some of the camera movements. But nothing really sticks out that would date this movie one way or the other subsequently you can do it in 2005 and have a little change as well.
Except for the airport scene.
We are reminded of the ''before times'' when airplanes were kind of accessible and a minor pain in the ass as opposed to the absolute nightmare that they are now.
Really the only thing that sticks out in this movie that makes it of its time is all the references to how crappy the LAPD was.
They are mocked and ridiculed to high heaven even if Tucker says he's happy to be part of said police force at the end of the movie.
So Rush Hour is supposed to be a buddy cop movie with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. But it really does just feel like a Chris Tucker movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it.
It's a little disappointing as I really enjoyed the parts of Jackie Chan a lot more.
At least when he got to be a proper and Kung Fu Fighting badass.
Not that I have anything against Tucker's character, he's fine his own.
He got a little over-the-top and kind of annoying at points. But he was always able to bring it back down to something more suitable and at the end of the day he does have some pretty legitimately good lines. Even if half of the stand up really feels like a ripping off of Eddie Murphy.
I get that nobody has a monopoly on stand-up comedy but you could switch their characters and have little to no difference of any of the comedic lines.
It's one of those filler films well there's nothing really wrong with any aspect of the movie but at the same time it's not really going to stick around in your head.
You could literally remove 3 to 4 entire scenes and loses nothing in the overall plot.
A daughter to a Chinese ambassador to the United States is kidnapped and held for ransom.
The FBI steps in to solve the investigation and find the kid.
However the Chinese Ambassador is asked for special help from a unique individual from Hong Kong.
That's being Jackie Chan.
The FBI has no interest in this man hanging around their investigative unit.
Especially if he ends up being injured it could cause an international incident that would be far worse than anything to do with this Ransom.
So they get a smuck from the LAPD to act as a distraction to keep Jackie Chan out of their hair.
And wouldn't you know it these two individuals really couldn't have anything more to do with each other.
Jackie Chan is interested in finding kidnapped girl and Chris Tucker's character is interested in finding out who selling explosives around Los Angeles.
As luck would have it the two cases do start to intermingle and Chris Tucker's character is forced more into the former situation when Jackie Chan keeps escaping from him and makes his way back to the Embassy.
From this point on the movie turns into a very typical action thriller and our buddy cop duet ends up getting in more trouble than they're technically worth and they keep bringing down their own investigation bye escalating problems with some of the criminals they keep spotting.
It all culminates in a giant action set piece at the end where the kidnappers, FBI agents and our ragtag team of protagonist characters all show up for a giant standoff revolving around hundreds of millions of dollars, priceless Chinese Antiques and a small girl strapped to at bomb.
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