- Title: Rush Hour 3
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To date the last of the Rush Hour films, Rush Hour 3 is the weakest (by far). Every aspect of the film feels tired, pulling lesser versions of villains from both the first two films, and throwing Lee (Jackie Chan) and Carter (Chris Tucker) together ending up in Paris. We get the the abduction of Soo Yung (Jingchu Zhang) like in the first film, the evil philanthropist (Max Von Sydow) in plain sight like the first film, a villain (Hiroyuki Sanada) tied to Lee’s past like in the second film, and bigger stunts, goofy sequences (including Carter’s groanworthy fight sequence in a dojo and the molestation by French cops) and exotic locales in an attempt to hide the script’s many, many problems.
Joining the cast is Noémie Lenoir who is little more than a walking plot point and a potential love interest for Carter. Everything memorable about the film is bad, which may be why (despite being a financial success and every studio rushing to cash in on nostalgia) no traction has been made on another Rush Hour movie.
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