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Rush Hour 2
New Line Cinema
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for action violence, language and some sexual material
Starring
Jackie Chan,
Chris Tucker,
Chris Penn,
Don Cheadle,
Roselyn Sanchez,
and
Alan King
In this sequel to 1998's blockbuster "Rush Hour," Detective James Carter (Tucker) once again teams up with Detective Lee (Chan) to trap one of the world's most feared gangsters.
| GENRE(S): |
Crime
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Ross LaManna (characters)
Jeff Nathanson
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Brett Ratner
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 11, 2001
Video: December 11, 2001
Theatrical: August 3, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
88 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Variety
Robert Koehler
Superior sequel, which is the very model of the limber, transnational Hollywood action comedy.

80
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Oy, it's such a pleasure that you'll be begging for Rush Hour 3.
80
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Winds up being faster and funnier than the first time. Chan's acrobatic high jinks play strikingly off of Tucker's wiseass humor.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
A winning combination. By some bizarre quirk of star chemistry, their persona complement each other, the action scenes have comic flair and the movie is mindless fun.

75
Miami Herald
Charles Savage
Action and comedy are more impressive here than in the first film.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
It hasn't got a brain in its body, but it's fun to watch.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Coarser, more hectic, more cheaply written sequel.

63
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
This sequel succeeds as a slightly convoluted, paint-by-the-numbers buddy/action comedy with fast, funny banter and well-choreographed fight scenes.

63
USA Today
Mike Clark
Except for its muddier than necessary photography, there aren't any surprises, which probably won't matter to the target audience.

63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The co-stars genuinely like each other, and their pleasure is infectious.

60
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The action and humor are enough to make an hour and a half pass quickly and pleasantly.

60
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Feels out of shape and self-satisfied, as if it knew it didn't have to try very hard.

60
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Nothing more or less than a moneymaking encore. The story is functional. The performers assume their marks with almost flippant ease.

50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
This action comedy transforms LAPD detective Chris Tucker from an intolerably annoying egotist into a practically lovable intolerably annoying egotist.

50
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
Chan is still one of the most amazing -- and one of the most charming -- physical performers the movies have given us.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
If there's going to be a "Rush Hour 3," the filmmakers need more of the Ziyi/Sanchez women warriors to punch up the sagging cross-cultural buddy humor of the Chan-Tucker partnership.

50
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It's about half as much fun as the original.

50
Time
Richard Corliss
Until a vigorous climax, the action scenes have little punch.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
It's a fact that becomes riotously evident in the reel of outtakes that caps the picture and incites wonder about why no one thought to give us 90 minutes of those instead.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The movie is counterfeit too, a coarse imitation of a stylish star vehicle for stars who deserve the real thing.
40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Should please undiscriminating fans. But it in no way improves on the clichéd formula.

38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Looks as if it were thrown together as carelessly as slum housing.

38
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
The contrast between Chan's charm and physical prowess and Tucker's lack of same is even more dramatic in this tiresome, leaden sequel.

38
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Tucker's scenes finally wear us down. How can a movie allow him to be so obnoxious and make no acknowledgment that his behavior is aberrant?

30
New Times (L.A.)
Robert Wilonsky
It's as light on its feet as a dead elephant. It's never clever or smart, nor is it terribly thrilling or engaging during its numerous fight sequences.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
Summertime popcorn pictures don't get much goofier than this silly sequel, which is everything you'd expect and nothing you wouldn't.

20
LA Weekly
Ernest Hardy
The best parts of the movie occur during the outtakes, which are genuinely funny. The movie proper is insufferable.

20
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
This movie doesn't just kill time but tortures it.


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