| 80 |
Variety
Superior sequel, which is the very model of the limber, transnational Hollywood action comedy.
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| 80 |
Mr. Showbiz
Oy, it's such a pleasure that you'll be begging for Rush Hour 3.
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| 80 |
Rolling Stone
Winds up being faster and funnier than the first time. Chan's acrobatic high jinks play strikingly off of Tucker's wiseass humor.
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| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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.
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| 75 |
Miami Herald
Action and comedy are more impressive here than in the first film.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
It hasn't got a brain in its body, but it's fun to watch.
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| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly
Coarser, more hectic, more cheaply written sequel.
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| 63 |
Chicago Tribune
This sequel succeeds as a slightly convoluted, paint-by-the-numbers buddy/action comedy with fast, funny banter and well-choreographed fight scenes.
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| 63 |
USA Today
Except for its muddier than necessary photography, there aren't any surprises, which probably won't matter to the target audience.
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| 63 |
New York Daily News
The co-stars genuinely like each other, and their pleasure is infectious.
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| 60 |
The New York Times
The action and humor are enough to make an hour and a half pass quickly and pleasantly.
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| 60 |
Los Angeles Times
Feels out of shape and self-satisfied, as if it knew it didn't have to try very hard.
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| 60 |
Washington Post
Nothing more or less than a moneymaking encore. The story is functional. The performers assume their marks with almost flippant ease.
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| 50 |
Chicago Reader
This action comedy transforms LAPD detective Chris Tucker from an intolerably annoying egotist into a practically lovable intolerably annoying egotist.
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| 50 |
Salon.com
Chan is still one of the most amazing -- and one of the most charming -- physical performers the movies have given us.
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| 50 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
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| 50 |
Washington Post
It's about half as much fun as the original.
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| 50 |
Time
Until a vigorous climax, the action scenes have little punch.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
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.
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| 40 |
Wall Street Journal
The movie is counterfeit too, a coarse imitation of a stylish star vehicle for stars who deserve the real thing.
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| 40 |
TV Guide
Should please undiscriminating fans. But it in no way improves on the clichéd formula.
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| 38 |
Charlotte Observer
Looks as if it were thrown together as carelessly as slum housing.
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| 38 |
New York Post
The contrast between Chan's charm and physical prowess and Tucker's lack of same is even more dramatic in this tiresome, leaden sequel.
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| 38 |
Chicago Sun-Times
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?
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| 30 |
New Times (L.A.)
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.
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| 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.
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| 20 |
LA Weekly
The best parts of the movie occur during the outtakes, which are genuinely funny. The movie proper is insufferable.
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| 20 |
Village Voice
This movie doesn't just kill time but tortures it.
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