Rush Hour 2
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6.8It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
Released: 2001-08-0390 minDir: Brett RatnerAction, Comedy, Crime
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Yan Naing Lee
- Chris Tucker as James Carter
- John Lone as Ricky Tan
- Roselyn Sánchez as Isabella Molina
- Zhang Ziyi as Hu Li
- Alan King as Steve Reign
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.7/10
256,979 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
48/100
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 10 wins & 22 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Brett Ratner
- Written by
- Jeff Nathanson
- Based on
- Characters, by Ross LaManna
- Produced by
- Roger Birnbaum , Jonathan Glickman , Arthur M. Sarkissian , Jay Stern
- Starring
- Jackie Chan Chris Tucker John Lone Alan King Roselyn Sánchez Harris Yulin Zhang Ziyi
- Cinematography
- Matthew F. Leonetti
- Edited by
- Mark Helfrich
- Music by
- Lalo Schifrin
- Production companies
- Roger Birnbaum Productions Salon Films
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release date
- August 3, 2001 ( 2001-08-03 )
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Country
Key dates
- Published
- 7 February 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Rush Hour
- Followed by
- Rush Hour 3
- Follows
- Rush Hour
- Main subject
- Hong Kong Police Force
- Director
- Brett Ratner
- Screenwriter
- Jeff Nathanson
Article
Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jeff Nathanson. A sequel to Rush Hour (1998), it is the second installment in the Rush Hour franchise and stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker reprising their roles from the first film. The story follows Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go to Hong Kong on vacation only to be thwarted by a murder case involving two U.S. customs agents after a bombing at the American embassy. Lee suspects that the crime is linked to the Triad crime lord Ricky Tan (Lone). This film was filmed in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Rush Hour 2 was released by New Line Cinema on August 3, 2001, to mixed reviews. The film was a commercial success, grossing $347.5 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. It also became the year's fifth-highest-grossing film domestically in the United States, as well as the second-highest-grossing PG-13-rated film in that market. A sequel, Rush Hour 3, was released on August 10, 2007.