Rush Hour 3 (2007)
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18% of critics liked it
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68% of users liked it
(554,205 ratings)
In this third installment of the popular action comedy franchise, LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) book a flight for Europe and prepare to clean up the streets of Paris after discovering that Chinese triads have extended their criminal influence to the… More In this third installment of the popular action comedy franchise, LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) book a flight for Europe and prepare to clean up the streets of Paris after discovering that Chinese triads have extended their criminal influence to the City of Lights. Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma) is in Los Angeles and about to reveal the details of a clandestine triad conspiracy to the World Criminal Court when an assassin takes aim and pulls the trigger. Though Carter has been demoted to directing traffic at the time of the shooting, Lee is acting as a bodyguard to Han when the bullets begin to fly. Lee quickly gives chase, but hesitates when he realizes that the gunman is Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), his old friend from the orphanage. When triads steal an envelope containing vital information regarding the conspiracy from Soo Yung's (Zhang Jingchu) Chinatown kung fu studio, Carter and Chief Inspector Lee race to reach Genevieve (Noémie Lenoir), an underground entertainer who could prove the key to bagging the bad guys. During the course of their investigation, however, triads clash with the French police, threatening to turn the romance capitol of Europe into an explosive hotbed of crime and violence. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brett Ratner
- Written By
- Jeff Nathanson
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 10, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
The third installment is so cartoonishly stupid it makes the original look like a classic.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
This movie makes a fine replacement for the previous two installments.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
There's no doubt that Rush Hour 3 is anything but a mess. And yet there were moments when I found myself laughing giddily at the inanity of it all, and other moments when the picture was so beautiful to look at that I almost forgot its faults.
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Claudia Puig, USA Today
The final, and anti-climactic, 'threequel' of the summer has nothing new to say. A staleness pervades the film, despite all efforts to inject freshness and excitement into a tired story.
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rush Hour 3 is a blockbuster sequel filmed with the enthusiasm of jury duty and as barren of novelty as a burned-out souvenir stand.
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Cast
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Jackie Chan
as Chief Inspector Lee
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Chris Tucker
as Det. James Carter
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Hiroyuki Sanada
as Kenji
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Youki Kudoh
as Dragon Lady
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Max von Sydow
as Reynard
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Yvan Attal
as George
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Noémie Lenoir
as Genevieve
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Jingchu Zhang
as Soo Yung
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Tzi Ma
as Ambassador Han
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Roman Polanski
as Revi
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Dana Ivey
as Sister Agnes
- Henry O
- Sun Kok Ming
- Julie Depardieu
- Roselyn Sanchez
- Vinnie Jones
- Mia Tyler







