Rush Hour 2
Tags: comedy, bleak, violence, action, revenge, entertaining

Plot synopsis:
Four days after the events of Rush Hour, LAPD detective James Carter is on vacation with his friend, HKPF Chief Inspector Lee, as he was asked to vacation along with Lee after helping save the Chinese Consul's daughter, Soo Yung, in Los Angeles. Their leisure is temporarily put on hold as soon as a bomb explodes at the United States Consulate General, murdering two undercover U.S. Customs agents inside of it. Chief Inspector Lee is assigned to the case, which becomes personal when it is discovered that it somehow involves Ricky Tan, his late police officer father's former partner. Ricky, who was suspected of having a role in elder Lee's death (although never proved), is now a leader of the Triads. This, however, causes Lee and Carter to get into a brawl between them and Ricky's bodyguards, with Carter becoming shocked with Lee as they were busy with their vacation.
The U.S. Secret Service, led by Agent Sterling, and the HKPF soon get into a fight over the jurisdiction of the case. Suddenly, the nearby room that Carter was in is bombed, causing Lee to believe he's dead and grieve for him. Carter is revealed to be alive, leaving the room before it exploded. He and a relieved Lee cross paths at Ricky's yacht where he is holding a dinner party. Ricky scolds his underling, Hu Li, who then leaves as Lee and Carter confront her boss. Just as Ricky asks for protection, Hu Li shoots him and makes her escape in the chaos. An angry Sterling holds Lee responsible for Ricky's death, and orders him off the case. Carter is ordered back to Los Angeles for involving himself and Lee volunteers to take him to the airport. However, at the airport, Carter gets Lee to return to LA with him.
On the plane, Carter tells Lee that in every large criminal operation, there is a rich white man behind it and that man is Steven Reign, a billionaire Los Angeles hotelier whom Carter saw acting suspiciously on Ricky's boat. They set up camp outside the Reign Towers, spotting a U.S. Secret Service agent named Isabella Molina, whom Carter met earlier in Hong Kong. After a few misunderstandings, Molina tells the two men that she is undercover, looking into Reign's money laundering of $100 million in superdollars.
Lee and Carter pay a visit to Kenny, an ex-con known to Carter who runs a gambling den in the back of his Chinese restaurant. He tells them that a usually broke customer recently came into his establishment with a suspicious amount of hundred-dollar bills. Carter confirms that they are Reign's counterfeits and they trace the money back to a bank. The mobsters are waiting for them and knock the two cops unconscious, with Molina looking on. After arriving in Las Vegas, Lee and Carter wake up inside one of the mob's trucks and escape. After finding out where they are, they realize that Reign is laundering the $100 million through the new Red Dragon Casino.
At the Red Dragon, Lee and Carter split up. Lee attempts to find the engraving plates which were used to make the counterfeit money, while Carter makes a distraction to help Lee sneak past the security. However, Hu Li captures Lee and takes him to a room where it is revealed that Ricky faked his death. When Ricky departs, Molina tries to arrest Hu Li but Hu Li easily over-powers her and Molina is shot. Carter continues to fight Hu Li in a comical manner and knocks her out, while Lee heads to the penthouse to prevent Ricky from escaping with the plates. In the penthouse, Reign opens the safe and takes the plates, running into Ricky as he leaves. Reign tries to back out of the deal but Ricky stabs him to death. Lee and Carter arrive and a scuffle between them and Ricky ensues after Ricky admits that he killed Lee's father and mocks him for only asking Ricky to spare Lee's life before he died.
Ricky falls to his death when Lee kicks him out of the window. Hu Li enters with a time bomb forcing Lee and Carter to grab onto the decoration wires. The two escape on the makeshift zipline as Hu Li kills herself in the explosion. Later, at the airport, Molina thanks Lee for his work on the case, and she kisses him, while Carter watches from afar. Having originally planned to go their separate ways, Lee and Carter change their mind when Carter reveals he won a large amount of money at the casino and the pair decide to head to New York City to indulge themselves.

Review: It's a great blend of action and comedy, and Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker seem to work really well together because they act total opposites and play really well off each other.The plot's fairly basic with the standard sort of Hong Kong police story about drugs and revenge, but the two fish out of water characters (Chan in LA and Tucker in HK) just make it really enjoyable.
The fight scenes are pretty cool (I really liked the one with the locker doors in the casino) and Tucker's jokes with that high pitched voice are just really funny.It's just a really fun action-comedy movie that is really enjoyable.
Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan are just amazing and I cannot wait until the third Rush Hour release, I just know it'll be a great one!
Maybe being Jackie Chan with one of the best Asian celebrities who really make it big in Hollywood and really brought honours for us here in Asia, I knew I was in for a great time when I first watched this movie.
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are perfect for the roles and both are excellent throughout the movie which has even more humor than Rush Hour 1.
Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan repeat their roles as unlikely cop buddies, starting off the film in Chan's home territory, Hong Kong, and finishing up in Tucker's, the good ole US of A.
Jackie Chan is well as usual and Chris Tucker seems to be inspired, except when he is talking in Chinese language!Chris Tucker is a great American actor and we like him as an example of a good patriotic American.Inspector Lee and Carter are an awesome duo, they seem to be the only thing in this movie, but the kick in Carter's face from Hu Li makes clear it is not so.
Action-comedy legend Jackie Chan teams up with the amusing Chris Tucker in this off-beat sequel to the 1998 hit, Rush Hour.
The story evolves to expose a counterfeiting plot in which the Triad, the US Secret Service, and others are all somehow involved.Chan and Tucker have great chemistry and, with a good supporting cast, they make this sequel work.
If Chris Tucker's James Carter gallivanting in Hong Kong doesn't sound appealing to you, surely, you didn't see 'Rush Hour'.
Jackie Chan,( Chief Inspector Lee) invites Chris Tucker,(Detective James Carter) to a nice vacation in Hong Kong and they start off doing exactly what James Carter wants to see, a room full of gals to choose from and then the gals join you for a nice rub down and a relaxing hot bath along with other special services offered.
While the inventiveness of the stunt work in Rush Hour 2 doesn't come close to that of Chan's best Hong Kong-produced films, at least this outing grants him more respect than its predecessor did.
Rush Hour 2 is one of those odd-couple buddy-cop movie, with loudmouth Chris Tucker again playing alongside Hong Kong action genius Jackie Chan.
It's quite funny, and, as always in a Jackie Chan movie, the action scenes are good, particulary to the end, but it's not as fresh as the original and sometimes seems a little forced.
Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan have some of the best chemistry ever seen on film.
Rush Hour 2 follows Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan), and L.A.P.D. Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), as they go on vacation in Hong Kong.
Still, Jackie Chan's skills are far more astonishing.The only thing that makes me feel a little disappointed is how you'd expect this movie to take place entirely in Hong Kong, but no, they go back to the US.
This is an action pack movie with Jackie Chan's amazing stunt work and Chris Tucker's amazing comedic presence.
The story is better than the first film's, although the twists don't work as well as they think they do.The main improvement since the first movie is that there's more fighting action.
The story is better than the first film's, although the twists don't work as well as they think they do.The main improvement since the first movie is that there's more fighting action.
The plot of the film is not as Interesting or complicated, is just bad guys doing bad guys thing which that's not what this franchise is all about, is about Jackie Chan and Chris tucker doing comedic things and the action scenes, which work alright in the first film but, here i don't know what happen here.
The one thing i really like in this film is Don Cheadle because, his scenes are the only thing i can stand in this film, the character he is portray is pretty cool and i kind of wish, he was in the movie more and went to Las Vegas to fight along side with Chan and tucker.
Rush Hour 2 is a great movie with a well developed storyline and a great comedic cast.I personally think fans of the first Rush Hour will not be disappointed,don't expect it to be much better,but it's just as good as the first.In certain aspects it has improved,the chemistry between Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker seemed a lot more genuine this time around rather than just acting and Chan's comedy acting has improved,in the first one you could tell English wasn't his first language and he didn't seem use to delivering comedic lines either,but he clearly got use to it after doing movies like the first Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon and really is use to acting in comedies now.As it is with the first,Chris Tucker is the highlight,a lot of his lines are clearly improvised and that's what makes so many of his scenes so funny.Rush Hour 2 is a very enjoyable movie that fans of the first will be impressed with and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good comedy or action.
The fast pace and quick action continue in this sequel to Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker's "Rush Hour." Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and Detective James Carter (Tucker) are on vacation in Hong Kong, but Lee is distracted with police work and becomes embroiled in a counterfeiting case involving Hong Kong Triad Leader Ricky Tan (John Lone) and his beautiful but evil assistant Hu Li (Ziyi Zhang).
It was great to see them on screen together during the kidnapping and fight scenes; however, I just wished their one-on-one duel would have been longer.I especially enjoyed seeing many of the Hong Kong city scenes and the appearance of Hong Kong movie legends such as Kenneth Tsang (Captain Chin), John Lone (Ricky Tan) and members of Jackie Chan's stunt team.Overall, another great rush!
Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) invites Detective Carter (Chris Tucker) to vacation in Hong Kong except Lee can't seem to stop working.
The original "Rush Hour" is one of the surprise delights of the 1990's- a fun, fast and well-made "buddy cop" film that charmed audiences with its humor and the great chemistry between leads Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.
However, whereas the first film was able to rise above a fairly formulaic script and deliver a good film, this sequel isn't quite able to rise above it's almost embarrassingly by-the-numbers screenplay, and comes off as a much more average film than the original.Detective Carter (Tucker) is visiting his friend Detective Lee (Chan) in Hong Kong.
Just think of any other buddy cop movie, and substitute in Chan and Tucker, and you have "Rush Hour 2."And it's a shame, because it's the one big problem in an otherwise decent sequel.
The first Rush Hour (1998) I found fairly entertaining because of its relationship between Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker's opposite like personalities.
Carter (Tucker) is more upfront, while Lee (Chan) is more diplomatic, that is until he's forced to be upfront when Carter drags him into trouble.The sequel to Rush Hour (1998) is just as entertaining if not slightly more because some of the bad things I mentioned in my review for the first film have been omitted for this one.
The movie is a very good and entertaining movie, to sound unoriginal from my review for Rush Hour 3 "The Highlight performance is Chris Tucker" the guy has something that makes him entertaining and fun to watch act (I have seen films with him in it, the Rush Hour films and The Fith Element, In The Fith Element he is extremely annoying).Now onto the plot: Carter and Lee are on the vacation that is where the first film's ending lead to - Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee wants to solve a case involving the Chinese triads.
To me, that had a near perfect balance of comedy, drama and action.No doubt, Rush Hour 2 is good but the final scenes were almost like a chaos.Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker still rocked, the former with his effortless super kicks & stunts and Chris's quick wit.However, I still expected more from the fights(which were just decent) other than those involving Jackie.
Ziyi Zhang as John Lone's sidekick was very pretty and shined in action too.Verdict: Nice movie but not the best sequel to Rush Hour..
Though not as great as the original – they clearly knew the duo (Chan/Tucker) had some excellent chemistry in part 1 and thoroughly exploited it – Rush Hour 2 still was actually pretty darn good.
It's just hilarious, the plot again is simple but that doesn't take away anything from this film, and no one could of promoted the film in a better way then Jackie and Chris, a great team together, and i think we will all like to see them in future movies together.
Jackie Chan and Chris tucker (Lee and carter) are in hong Kong.
LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) is on vacation in Hong Kong with his friend, Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan).
My Take: Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker is the very reason to see this hilarious action comedy.
Big laughs, neat stunt choreography by Jackie Chan and even neater wit, RUSH HOUR 2 makes good use of recycled material.After the events that I'm not aware of in the first film, Inspector Lee (Chan) and his American cop partner James Carter (Chris Tucker) are at their vacation in Hong Kong.
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker return after a three year hiatus from 1998's original Rush Hour where it was a box office smash leaving Chan and Tucker the new comedy partners in crime movies.After the first movie ended with Detectives Lee (Chan) and Carter (Tucker) wrapping a big case in Los Angeles, the friends go off in a vacation to China where just when the relaxation begins a building explodes which happens to be a U.S. Embassy.
The two detectives get help from an undercover FBI agent named Isabella Molina played by the beautiful Roselyn Sanchez where both Lee and Carter fall for her.Rush Hour 2 is filled with more humor and action than its predecessor where Chris Tucker doesn't really annoy that much unlike the first film, but it's Jackie Chan who steals the show with his martial arts during the film and the end credits where fans get to see how dangerous his stunts are..
i found this movie to be better than the first one.there's still lots of action,but it's even funnier than the first.there's some really good fight scenes,and Jackie Chan's moves are even more outrageous this time around.the banter between Chan and Tucker is much funnier and more natural.once again,although there is some violence it's not excessive or gratuitous.i think there is also less coarse language than the first,and like the first,there is no nudity,but there is a bit of suggestiveness.overall,i though this movie was a great ride from start to finish.it's even faster paced than the original,and Tucker and Chan have even better general and comedic chemistry.for me,Rush Hour 2 is an 8/10.
I described the first "Rush Hour" as one of the best comedy-action flicks of them all and stated that Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, when combined as a karate-kicking, speed-talking duo for the screen, force the audience into embracing the film.
The first one wasn't that great of a film to begin with, but was a fast-paced, action-packed and hilarious return to the buddy-cop formula and launched forward both former music- video director Brett Ratner ( "Money Talks," "X3: The Last Stand" ) and hardly-known comedian Chris Tucker's careers as well as give foreign martial arts/action star-singer- comedian Jackie Chan a bigger audience.Anyway, this film has more laughs then the first, has more wacky secondary characters as well as an annoying villainous played nastily by former dancer Zhang Ziyi ( from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" fame ) and even has Don Cheadle ( "Hamburger Hill," "Ocean's 11/12/13" and "Hotel Rwanda" ) as a half African-American, half Chinese martial artist who is in one of the most hilarious cameos ever in the history of film ( well, in my opinion at least it's a classic!
Just like before, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker join forces in a sequel that might be even better than the first one.
Rated PG-13 for action violence,language and some sexual material Rush Hour 2 is the second film in the Rush Hour trilogy.I haven't seen this one in a while so I don't remember that much of it.Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are hilarious as usual and great when they are paired up together.As in the first film,Lee(Jackie Chan) comes to America, in this film his partner Carter(Chris Tucker) comes to Hong Kong.He thinks its for vacation but they are really on a case.Lee is out to look for a triad gang lord who is an ex-cop who worked with Lee's father.Rush Hour 2 is a lot like the first film and not as good but it is a funny movie and you will like it if you liked the other Rush Hour movies.Rush Hour 3 I found was a bit better than this one as well..
Chris Tucker is supremely hilarious to me, and his jokes are only made better with the addition of Jackie Chan.Interestingly enough, an Asian columnist (former columnist) used Rush Hour 2 to help support his argument that Black people don't like Asians.
as a ten year old I though it was the best movie ever made, however I knew that couldn't still be the case so decided to check it out a few weeks ago.Yeah, of course it was nowhere near as good as I had remembered it, but as a buddy comedy its satisifes, with Tucker being just as funny as before and Chan excelling at his trademark stunts (although he has been on better form before).If you can forget that the plot isn't bullet proof and just sit back, stop being cynical and watch in the way a kid would- purely for enjoyment- you'll realize that it's actually quite good..
Jackie Chan is a Martial Arts Master and Chris Tucker have a very funny personality and knows how to fight, not more than Jackie but he's is good.A nice presence in the cast is Zhang Ziyi as a evil Chinese criminal after she appeared in "CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON" (i love her since she appeared in "THE ROAD HOME").However, the argument is not original and repeats some gags from the previous movie, though, Jackie and Chris carry out every sequence with fighting-comical skills.
This movie has plenty of jokes, a fun plot, and of course, lots of Jackie Chan action.
Great!Hilarious!Entertaining!Even it wasn't the genius one,but This is obviously The Good one of comedy-action genre.I saw it the First before i continued with this sequel,and can't believe it,In many case the seconds are the worst,This time the second is the Best.Lots of funny and hilarious scenes,this movie was the great success entertainment example.I was very enjoying it!i watched it once in the cinema and continued with bought the DVD and saw it thousands times until now.And surprisingly,i'm still laughing!
Li (Chan) and Carter (Tucker) are out in Hong Kong having a good time, enjoying a little vacation.
So the investigation is underway right away, and the Hong Kong police get Li to jump on the case right away.Just like the first movie, the plot is really just a vehicle for Jackie Chan's flying fists of fury and Chris Tucker's big mouth.
Chan and Tucker's chemistry is even better this time around, making for many more funny scenes than the first.
Able to do comedy on the same level as Tucker, but wisely sticking to his own strengths, Jackie provides plenty of punch for his fee.Consistently funny and action packed, Rush Hour 2 is the best film of 2001, and you can quote me on that.Although I can't quite bring myself to give it a ten.My Rating: 9 out of 10.
He's just the jive-talking "J.J" from "Good Times" and that, sadly, passes for funny and original (at least enough so that Rush Hour can be spun out into a trilogy).Chan, as always, is great, bringing his original brand of comedy-martial arts combo to this otherwise very annoying Tucker vehicle..
*** 1/2Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi, and Rosalyn Sanchez.A terrorist bombing on a U.s Embassy (?) causes the funny duo back in action.
this has got to be the best jackie chan film ever rush hour two the best of the two films more laughter more stunts and more depth and feeling to the characters chris tucker is even more funny the plot is good and can't wait for the third film.
Best of all action movies Director Brat Ratner Knows what he's really doing Jackie Chan & Chris tucker etc.
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker reprise their roles as the two mismatched partners, who now are vacationing in Hong Kong, in this hilarious sequel.
RUSH HOUR 2   **+_  Action/Comedy  Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Alan KingChan and Tucker fight counterfeiters and bombers in Hong Kong and Las Vegas.