Rush Hour

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

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Director(s)

Brett Ratner

Kenneth Siao Wai-Keung

Eric Oliver

James M. Freitag

David Cass Jr.

Terry Leonard

Haley McLane

Where to watch

Amazon Video

Rent

Cast & crew

Philip Baker Hall

Captain Diel

Tommy Bush

Bomb Practice Sergeant

Tom Wilkinson

Griffin

Barry Shabaka Henley

Bobby

Andy Cheng

Juntao's Man

Michael Chow

Diner Guest

Jackie Chan

Lee

Norman D. Wilson

Card Player (uncredited)

Lucy Lin

Exposition Official

James Lew

Juntao's Man in Los Angeles (uncredited)

John Hawkes

Stucky

Elizabeth Peña

Johnson

Kai Lennox

Cop at Diner

Matthew Barry

Market Clerk

Manny Perry

Bartender

Clifton Powell

Luke

Terry Leonard

Albert Wong

Chin

Ken Lo Wai-Kwong

Juntao's Man

Chan Man-Ching

Japanese Tourist / Juntao's Man

Kwan Yung

Juntao's Man in Hong Kong (uncredited)

Mars

Juntao's Man in Hong Kong (uncredited)

Lydia Look

Foo CHow Waitress

Stuart W. Yee

Juntao's Man

Roger Fan

Soo Yung's Bodyguard

Tzi Ma

Consul Han

Haley McLane

Rex Linn

Agent Whitney

George Cheung

Soo Yung's Driver

Ken Leung

Sang

Gene LeBell

Taxi Driver

Mark Rolston

Agent Russ

Stephen Blackehart

SWAT Captain (uncredited)

Nicky Li Chung-Chi

Juntao's Man

James M. Freitag

Brett Ratner

Chris Tucker

Carter

Stanley DeSantis

FBI Gate Guard #1

Billy Devlin

FBI Agent at Building

Dan Martin

FBI Gate Guard #2

Frances Fong

Socialite

Kevin L. Jackson

Pool Player

Jody Millard

Police Officer (uncredited)

Jason Davis

Kid at Theatre

Ronald D. Brown

Pool Hall Doorman

Kenneth Siao Wai-Keung

Christine Ng Wing-Mei

Flight Attendant #1

Chris Penn

Clive

Robert Littman

First Caucasien

Julia Hsu

Soo Yung

Larry Sullivan

Cop at Diner

Yang Lin

Consul Secretary

Wayne A. King

Cigaweed Man

Kevin Lowe

Another Agent

Ai Wan

Foo Chow Hostess

Sumiko Chan

Japanese Tourist

Robert Kotecki

Convention Center Agent

Mike Ashley

Male Flight Attendant

Ada Tai

Flight Attendant #2

Arlene Tai

Flight Attendant #3

Nina Ameri

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Michael Finuoli

Ticket Giver (uncredited)

Victoria Genisce

Police Officer (uncredited)

Eric Oliver

David Cass Jr.

Details

GenresAction, Comedy, Crime

Runtime1h 37 mins

Released on18 Sep 1998

Languageen

Produced inUnited States of America

Reviews

Ibraheem...

9/10

A Jackie's Chan movie. Expect a mix between action and comedy, add Chris's Carter character, and you'll have a movie that you'll always laugh at no matter how many times you have seen it before. The whole three parts of it are worth watching.

Gimly

3/10

Maybe the most overrated buddy cop movie of all time. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

GenerationofSwine

10/10

OK, heavy bias here, but I'm just going to come out and say that Chan and Tucker should have stopped after this one. Rush Hour was funny, Rush Hour 2 and especially 3 where horrible. Really it's like Lethal Weapon, or, in fact, it's like just about any buddy cop movie where the duo is salt and pepper and entirely mismatched. And those movies are usually always fun in any action or comedy genre... except when it comes to the ones with the dogs. So you have the chemistry with a solid cultural and language barrier ala Red Heat. The difference is that this amps up the comedy to, honestly, to a point that is utterly hysterical. Especially given the clear chemistry between Chan and Tucker. The timing is great and the out takes are even better. It's a hysterical pleasure to watch... ... just stay away from the sequels because, honestly, I don't know what happened there.