Rush Hour

The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West.

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Action
Crime
Comedy

Overview

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.

Keywords

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Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 18, 1998
Original language: English
Spoken languages: Cantonese, Chinese, English
Countries: United States of America
Production: New Line Cinema,Roger Birnbaum Productions,Caravan Pictures,Arthur Sarkissian Productions
Cast: Jackie Chan,Chris Tucker,Tom Wilkinson,Philip Baker Hall,Elizabeth Peña,Chris Penn,Mark Rolston,Tzi Ma,Rex Linn,Ken Leungand 48 more
Director: Brett Ratner
Writer: Ross LaManna,Jim Kouf
Producer: Roger Birnbaum,Arthur M. Sarkissian,Jonathan Glickman,Jay Stern
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Budget: $33,000,000
Revenue: $244,721,064
IMDb: tt0120812