Rush Hour (1998)
Release: September 18, 1998 | Runtime: 1h 37m | Rating: 7.1
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.
The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West.
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Main cast
- Jackie Chan as Lee
- Chris Tucker as Carter
- Tom Wilkinson as Griffin
- Philip Baker Hall as Captain Diel
- Elizabeth Peña as Johnson
- Chris Penn as Clive
- Mark Rolston as Agent Russ
- Tzi Ma as Consul Han
- Rex Linn as Agent Whitney
- Ken Leung as Sang
- Robert Littman as First Caucasien
- Michael Chow as Diner Guest
- Julia Hsu as Soo Yung
- Kai Lennox as Cop at Diner
- Larry Sullivan as Cop at Diner
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What is Rush Hour about?
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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