Rush Hour 2

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Rush Hour 2
Directed by	Brett Ratner
Produced by	Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Arthur M. Sarkissian, Jay Stern
Written by	Ross LaManna, Jeff Nathanson
Starring	Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Zhang Ziyi, Roselyn Sanchez
Distributed by	-USA- New Line Cinema -Non-USA- Various Distributors
Release date(s)	August 3, 2001
Running time	90 min.
Language	English
Budget	~US$90,000,000
Preceded by	Rush Hour
Followed by	Rush Hour 3
IMDb profile

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 martial arts/buddy cop film, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. It is the sequel to the movie Rush Hour (1998). It was more successful at the box-office than its predecessor, a rarity in the film business. Rush Hour 2 grossed over $226 million dollars at the box-office, becoming the 4th top grossing film of 2001.

Taglines:

• Get Ready For A Second Rush!
• The Mouth Of The West And The Hands Of The East Are Back!

[edit] Plot

The story of Rush Hour 2 continues from where the original left off, with Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and Detective James Carter (Tucker) traveling to Hong Kong on a vacation. Carter, obviously, is interested in partying and meeting girls. However, soon after they arrive, a bomb explodes in the American Embassy. Inspector Lee is assigned to this case, which takes on a personal meaning for him when it is discovered the man behind it is Ricky Tan — his father's former partner who played an instrumental role in his father's death, and is now the leader of the Triads, the most deadly gang in all of China.

The American and Hong Kong authorities soon get into a fight over the jurisdiction of the case. A US Secret Service agent, Isabella Molina (Roselyn Sanchez), becomes Inspector Lee's love interest. Isabella tells them about Ricky Tan's plan to transport $100 million dollars in "Superbills" (high grade counterfeit $100 bills that look so real, 14 out of 15 banks cant tell they are fake) to a Las Vegas casino called the Red Dragon. Inspector Lee drags a reluctant Carter off to try and solve the case on their own.

Another enemy they must face on their case is Tan's deadly second-in-command Hu Li, played by Zhang Ziyi in her first American film. However all is not what it seems and soon Inspector Lee and Carter discover an even more sinister crime. However, despite this, the duo along with Isabela Molina, take on Hu Li and Ricky Tan. An expert assassin from China, Hu Li is more than a match for James Carter and Isabela, quickly proving with silence that she is not to be misunderstood. She engages in a brutal fight with Isabela, and ultimately shoots her in the arm. She had earlier put a small bomb inside Lee's mouth, and was very close to detonating it, and when she did, Lee had already managed to get rid of it. For a moment when Carter is holding her, he smells her and expresses that she smells fine just before she kicks him in the head. With Carter attacking Hu Li, Lee goes after Ricky Tan. Tan goads Lee on and taunts him, revealing the truth of his father's demise. Carter, whom just got Hu Li knocked out, thought to be dead, manages to reach Lee before he does anything stupid and calms his friend. Lee lowers the gun and Tan attacks once more, but Lee kicks him and sends him crashing out of the window to his death (he lands on a cab). Stunned, Lee says, "It was an accident." Carter waves it off, saying, "That's okay... We'll just say he tried to catch a cab." At that moment, Hu Li enters the room, her hair slightly askew and breathing deeply, holding a bomb. She screams in Chinese as the timer goes down. Lee and Carter jump out the window just in time and the casino explodes. It is unknown whether Hu Li died in the explosion or escaped (being that she is an expert assassin) and will return in the next third movie ("Rush Hour 3," due out in 2007) to have revenge. The film ends as Carter, Lee, and Isabela meet at the airport to go their separate ways, Carter going to Los Angeles and Isabela to New York. As she walks away, Carter reveals to Lee that he still has lots of money he won from the Red Dragon. The two of them decide to take a second vacation - to New York City!

[edit] Trivia

• The Red Dragon Casino in Las Vegas owned by Ricky Tan (John Lone) and Steven Reign (Alan King) is actually the Desert Inn hotel and casino. There were red lights shined at the hotel to make it a scarlet color. Following the closure of the 50 year old Las Vegas Strip property in August 2000 by new owner Steve Wynn, the Rush Hour 2 production moved in and redesigned parts of the property as a Chinese themed casino/hotel for the movie. Shortly after the movie wrapped production in Las Vegas the buildings used in the film were imploded to make way for the new $2.7 billion dollar Wynn Las Vegas resort. Futhermore, the Red Dragon is the name of another movie that Brett Ratner directed, as well as the name of a real casino in Mountainlake Terrace, Washington, USA. [1] [2].
• Prop gaming chips were produced for the film, ranging in denominations from $1 to $1,000,000. These are much sought after by both film fans and gaming collectors. [3]
• The moves in the scene where Chan and Tucker grab each others hands and swing to kick their opponents are also used by Michael Winslow and Brian Tochi in Police Academy 3: Back in Training.
• Zhang Ziyi only speaks English two times in the film, being her famous line "Some apple?", as she didn't know the language at the time of filming. Jackie Chan served as her translator on the set.
• Zhang Ziyi's character name, "Hu Li", means "fox."
• In both Rush Hour movies, the primary antagonist dies by falling to his death.
• Rush Hour 2 was featured in Ludacris's "Area Codes" video.
• Rush Hour 3 was hinted at when in the outtake credits, after Lone (Ricky Tan) gets kicked out of the window, Tucker replies "Damn, he ain't gonna be in Rush Hour 3!"
• Both Rush Hour films began in Hong Kong and ended in a United States airport.
• Don Cheadle agreed to be in this movie under two conditions: First, a fight with Jackie Chan's character, and second, having him speak Chinese.
• The scene where Chan and Tucker are in the spa is spoofed in Busta Rhymes' video, "Pass the Courvosier, Part II".
• During the first fighting scene, while Chris Tucker was going up the stairs, an elderly lady tells him "Move aside, Kobe." reffering him to Kobe Bryant.

[edit] Box Office

Rush Hour 2 opened on August 3, 2001 in 3,118 North American theatres, and it grossed a massive $67,408,222 USD ($21,619 per screen) in its opening weekend. It ended its run with $226,164,286 USD, making it the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2001 and the highest-grossing martial arts film of all time.[4]

The film's total worldwide box office take was $347,325,802 USD.[5]

[edit] Cast

• Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee
• Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter
• John Lone as Ricky Tan
• Ziyi Zhang, as Hu Li
• Roselyn Sanchez as Isabella Molina
• Alan King as Steven Reign
• Harris Yulin as Agent Sterling
• Kenneth Tsang as Captain Chin
• Don Cheadle as Kenny

[edit] External links

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• Rush Hour 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site
• Zhang Ziyi CSC: Rush Hour 2
• Zhang Ziyi: Rush Hour 2
• Rush Hour 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Rush Hour 2 at Metacritic