Rush Hour 3

2007 Comedy

In this third installment of the popular action comedy franchise, LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) book a flight for Europe and prepare to clean up the streets of Paris after discovering that Chinese triads have extended their criminal influence to the City of Lights. Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma) is in Los Angeles and about to reveal the details of a clandestine triad conspiracy to the World Criminal Court when an assassin takes aim and pulls the trigger. Though Carter has been demoted to directing traffic at the time of the shooting, Lee is acting as a bodyguard to Han when the bullets begin to fly. Lee quickly gives chase, but hesitates when he realizes that the gunman is Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), his old friend from the orphanage. When triads steal an envelope containing vital information regarding the conspiracy from Soo Yung's (Zhang Jingchu) Chinatown kung fu studio, Carter and Chief Inspector Lee race to reach Genevieve (Noémie Lenoir), an underground entertainer who could prove the key to bagging the bad guys. During the course of their investigation, however, triads clash with the French police, threatening to turn the romance capitol of Europe into an explosive hotbed of crime and violence. more..

Director: Brett Ratner

Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Henry O, Dana Ivey

Reviews

  • Rush Hour 3 reminds us that Tucker is an utterly strange entertainment phenomenon: He exists only in the world of these movies.

    Wesley Morris - The Boston Globe

    27 April 2013

  • It's a jerry-built kick-ass insult machine assembled entirely out of secondhand parts.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    27 April 2013

  • Once you realize it's only going to be so good, you settle back and enjoy that modest degree of goodness, which is at least not badness, and besides, if you're watching Rush Hour 3, you obviously didn't have anything better to do, anyway.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 April 2013

  • It works primarily because of the chemistry between Chan and Tucker, which is at its combustible best this time out.

    Ruthe Stein - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 April 2013

  • Feels as desperate and static as being trapped in a traffic jam.

    Claudia Puig - USA Today

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Action TV Spot

    Golden Trailer Awards (2008)

     
  • Best Fight

    MTV Movie Awards (2008)

     
  • Favorite On Screen Match-up

    People's Choice Awards (2008)

     
  • Choice Summer Movie - Comedy/Musical

    Teen Choice Awards (2007)

     
  • Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture

    Visual Effects Society Awards (2008)