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Rush Hour is a 1998 American action, buddy cop, and martial arts film directed by Brett Ratner. The screenplay was written by Jim Kouf, with music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The cast includes Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, and Tom Wilkinson. Produced by Roger Birnbaum and Jonathan Glickman, the film was distributed by New Line Cinema, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video. It is part of the Rush Hour series and features the Los Angeles Police Department as its main subject.
Set in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, the movie has a runtime of 98 minutes and was released in English and Cantonese. The production budget was $33,000,000, and the film earned $245,253,686 at the box office. It received a PG-13 rating and has a Metascore of 61. Audience scores include a 7.0 IMDb rating and a 62% Rotten Tomatoes score. The film has received 6 wins and 9 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
7.1When 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.
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
Themes
- martial arts
- fbi
- two man army
- chinese mafia
- cop
- los angeles, california
- east asian lead
- buddy cop
- consul
- crime lord
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
325,702 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Brett Ratner
- Screenplay by
- Jim Kouf Ross LaManna
- Story by
- Ross LaManna
- Produced by
- Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Arthur M. Sarkissian
- Starring
- Jackie Chan Chris Tucker Tom Wilkinson Chris Penn Elizabeth Peña
- Cinematography
- Adam Greenberg
- Edited by
- Mark Helfrich
- Music by
- Lalo Schifrin
- Production company
- Roger Birnbaum Productions
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release date
- September 18, 1998 ( 1998-09-18 )
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Cantonese
- Budget
- $33–35 million
- Box office
- $245.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- rush hour
- Genre
- martial arts film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Cantonese
- Series
- Rush Hour
- Followed by
- Rush Hour 2
- Director
- Brett Ratner
- Screenwriter
- Jim Kouf
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Producer
- Jonathan Glickman
- Production company
- New Line Cinema
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 326630
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- distributed by
- Amazon Prime Video
- publication date
- 1999-01-27
- title
- Rush Hour
- film editor
- Mark Helfrich
- derivative work
- Rush Hour
- box office
- 245253686
- attendance
- 3172830
- capital cost
- 33000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 61/100
- set in period
- handover of Hong Kong
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