![]() Transformers has been the biggest success story, pulling in is 235 million yuan (US$31.04 million) at box offices in China by last Sunday.Įven industry insiders hesitated to predict Rush Hour 3 would be a success given its release 6 years after the series' last outing. Yuan Wenqiang, the President of China Film Group's import and export branch, said, "We saw no good market potential in this film, and thus decided not to import it."Ĭhina has already brought over several Hollywood blockbusters this summer, including Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Transformers, and the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. While Tucker does his usual verbal riffing, Chan relies more on being the straight man and less on the martial arts this time out.The action comedy Rush Hour 3 will not be released in China, despite starring Chinese star Jackie Chan along with sidekick, American comedian Chris Tucker, officials from the China Film Group told the Nanfang City News yesterday. Also feeling threatened is the World Court’s French head, Reynard (Max von Sydow), so everyone decamps for Paris, where the court’s next meeting is scheduled.Įnough exposition to sink a much sturdier vehicle is unveiled in order to link Lee to the movie’s main villain, Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), and set up a vertiginous finale at the Eiffel Tower. The duo promise the ambassador’s daughter (whom they saved as a child in the first movie and is now played as an adult by Zhang Jingchu) that they will protect her and capture the man who tried to kill her father. ![]() It’s a natural development for the characters, but it creates a dramatic void, leaving the moments between action and comedy feeling increasingly drawn out. His plan to reveal a piece of secret information that could lead to the downfall of the Triads - China’s dangerous crime organizations - is thwarted by an assassin’s bullet, leading to a reunion of Inspector Lee and Tucker’s hyper LAPD detective, James Carter.Ĭhan and Tucker still project the same chemistry borne of complementary talents that helped establish the franchise in the first place, but the culture-clash conflict between them has given way to the complacency of an old married couple. In the new movie, Tzi Ma’s consul-general from 1998’s “Rush Hour” has been promoted to ambassador and calls upon Chan’s Inspector Lee to provide security while he delivers an important speech to the World Criminal Court in downtown Los Angeles. Director Brett Ratner, screenwriter Jeff Nathanson and stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker appear to be trying to save the planet one gag at a time by recycling as much material as humanly possible.Īs the summer of threes comes to a merciful end, “RH3” (arguably the least anticipated of the season’s litany of Part 3s) brings up the rear one week after the third “Bourne” movie opened and three months after “Spider-Man 3.” The action buddy-comedy franchise feels worn out, and its insistence on relying on “greatest hits” doesn’t help matters, but it still probably possesses enough action set-pieces and mismatched partner humor to satisfy fans of the first two “Rush Hours.” ![]() Hardly a joke, stunt, musical interlude or special effect is deployed that doesn’t seem to directly reference one or both of the earlier “Rush Hour” movies. ![]() In terms of creative content, “Rush Hour 3” may be one of the most conservation-minded movies ever made. ![]()
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