# Rush Hour

Rush Hour is a 1998 American martial arts/buddy cop film about a Hong Kong police officer forced to work with an LAPD detective in stopping a mysterious crime lord of The Triads involved in terrorism. It was followed by 2001 sequel film Rush Hour 2.
    Directed by Brett Ratner. Written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna.

## Dialogue

    Sang: The drop will be made tonight, 11:00pm. The amount will be $50,000,000.
    Carter: $50,000,000?! Who do you think you kidnapped, Chelsea Clinton?!
    Sang: In U.S. currency. Nothing bigger than a 50.
    Carter: All right. All right. Cool. Cool. Cool. $50,000,000. No prob. No prob.
    Sang: I want 20,000,000 in 50s...
    Carter: [writes it down] 20,000,000 in 50s.
    Sang: 20,000,000 in 20s...
    Carter: 20,000,000 in 20s.
    Sang: And 10,000,000 in 10s.
    Carter: And 10,000,000 in 10s. You want any 5s with that?
    Cab Driver: [Points a gun at Lee and Carter] Don't move! [ Lee and Carter put their hands up] Drop your guns.
    Carter: Hey man look, FBI? [Shows his badge]
    Lee: Oh, um...I'm policeman! I'm just showing him how to take a gun from a suspect. [Carter is stunned at discovering Lee speaks English]
    [Carter has picked up Inspector Lee, who suddenly turns the radio]
    Chief Insp. Lee: [hears Surfing USA] Beach Boys.
    Det. James Carter: Oh, hell, no. You didn't just touch my goddamn radio.
    Lee: The Beach Boys are great American music.
    Carter: The Beach Boys'll get you a great ass-whoopin'. Don't you ever touch a black man's radio, boy. You can do that in China but you'll get your ass killed out here.
    [Carter arrives at Consul Han's residence]
    Carter: Hey man, you seen a little Asian dude about this height with a steering wheel on his arm?
    Secret Service guy: Go screw yourself.
    Carter: What did you say?
    Secret Service guy: Go screw yourself.
    Carter: You get your sensitive ass up there and let me in! Get out of the way!
    Lee: I am not responsible for your assumption.
    Carter: You full of shit, you understand me, you full of shit.
    Lee: Not being able to speak is not the same as not speaking. You seem as if you like to talk. I like to let people talk who like to talk. It makes it easier to find out how full of shit they are.
    Carter: [Pause] What the hell did you just say? "I let people talk, blah blah blah" so I'm the one full of shit?
    Lee: We both full of shit.
    Carter: You full of shit.
    Lee: [Singing "War"] What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Good God you all.
    Carter: It's not "you all" its "y'all".
    Lee: Yahl?
    Carter: Y'all!
    Lee: Yaal!
    Carter: Man you sound like a karate movie. Y'all!
    [Chinese food seller handing Carter some Chinese food]
    Carter: Damn Chen, some greasy shit? You aint got no better food like some chicken wings, some baby back-ribs, some fries or something?
    Chen: Chinese food! No soul food here!
    Carter: I ain't say nothing about no soul food. I said ain't you got some better food? I don't want that greasy shit. How you gonna sell a big box of grease?
    Chen: Fung geneo bunkwain.
    Carter: I'm a chilly what?
    Chen: I'm no punk bitch!
    Carter: I aint no punk bitch either!
    Chen: I'm no punk bitch!
    [Carter and Lee board a flight to China]
    Carter: Man, how long is this flight?
    Lee: Fifteen hours.
    Carter: Fifteen hours? What are we gonna do for fifteen hours?
    Lee: [Shrugs, then puts on headphones, and sings] Huh! [Carter turns in horror] [Sings] War! Uh! Good God "yaw."
    Carter: Aw, hell no! Stewardess, get me another seat! Stewardess!

## Taglines

* The Fastest Hands In The East Meet The Biggest Mouth In The West.
* Pals Forever. If they can get past today.
* They come from different cultures. But on a case this big, they speak the same language.

## Cast

* Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee
* Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter
* Tom Wilkinson as Griffin / Juntao
* Tzi Ma as Consul Han
* Julia Hsu as Soo Yung
* Chris Penn as Clive
* Yang Lin as Consul Secretary

## External links

* Rush Hour quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Rush Hour at Rotten Tomatoes