😂 for the love of god. This needs to be the end of the franchise. (I stopped watching response videos to the franchise to prevent mental breakdowns). Do you ever do meet and greet with fans and viewers?
"i'm not your brother? All the stuff we've been through? Rush Hour 1 and Rush Hour 2?" And then both Jackie and Tucker proceed to crack, laugh and cheer together. This bloop is so ingrained in my memory, and that perfectly summs why Rush Hour trilogy is one of my most watched Jackie movies. They are having fun, both taking frontstage without overshadowing one another. Rush Hour 3 might be the worse of the three, but it still a good send off for the trilogy.
My favourite is the one from 2 (?), where someone calls them while they're filming the ending scene. "No! You cannot speak with Jackie--he wants to talk to you." "Hello? Who this? Why are you calling?! You're wasting our film!" That and gefilte fish. And Ricky Tang's actor not being in Rush Hour 3.
That blooper will always be in my memory too. My family went to all the rush hour and this movie will always be watched trilogy, dont care if 3 is bad.
My favorite one is the 3, its just perfect. Chris Tucker and Jackie chan are a beast together. Also, imo Chris Tucker was really on point with his comedy, he was the soul of the trilogy.
Rush Hour ALMOST had a perfect trilogy. But even with a soft blemish that is RH3, the movie still has enough memorable, quotable and iconic moments, that it earned my very rare certified approval stamp of being *"The most rewatchable and will never get old movie trilogies of all time".*
There arent many movie series that I'll watch anytime they're on TV, but Jackie Chan movies often make that list. Cant tell you how many times I've seen Shanghai/Shanghai Noon, the Rush Hour trilogy, or Drunken Master. He only had a bit part in the series (they hired an impersonator to voice his character so Jackie only appeared in the live action segments at the end of each episode) but I also cant tell you how many times I've seen the cartoon series Jackie Chan Adventures.
"Is it a good movie? Not really - but it can still be a good time" As someone who grew up watching, dreading and loving Bollywood movies on TV, this is so incredibly relatable and true. You get it, as always. And great video, as always!
Bad movies can still be fun. The Expendables series is pure dumb action but it's still fun, many comedy action movies like this ca be mindless but still funny and action packed, and most action movies of the 80s are light on plot, heavy on explosions. I think people forget that while a plot is important you can still have good writing with no or little plot and that movies are more visual than audio so good visuals can make up for a light plot, especially when it comes to martial arts movies where there's entire scenes with no words and all kung fu.
@@arthas640 I've come to really enjoy watching Hallmark mysteries and the occasional Lifetime movie, much to my surprise. They're so incredibly wholesome that it's oddly soothing, imo.
@@guymontag2948 if you like those check out Midsomer Murders. Very chill Britsih murder mysteries set in idealic English countryside, very wholesome, every episode is movie length, and the entire series is free on youtube posted by the creators in HD.
Brett Ratner is 100% to blame for overly favoring Chris Tucker's standup material over Jackie Chan's action. In a behind-the-scenes interview for RH2, he said that he was always there to "sit on" Jackie's creativity b/c he believes that Americans don't like long fight scenes, and he thinks that's why Chan's Hong Kong movies weren't huge hits in the US. Mind you, he made those claims after The Matrix (choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping) had already proven him wrong, and Quentin Tarantino was in the process of making Kill Bill (also w/ Woo-ping). Hence, this franchise could've been way better if Ratner actually respected JC's art.
And then seven years later a four-part series about a retired assassin with a pre-school tier plot literally just existing for set pieces, ends up being one of the most well received group of films of the decade.
IIRC, Ratner also arrogantly claims he's why he made Jackie Chan into a Superstar in 2's Behind-The-Scenes. A Statement I always find myself laughing a lot.
@@ドーブルX75 Making it worse is that he actually sought to work w/ Jackie. Imagine hiring John Woo as a director but not allowing him to incorporate any weapons in the action scenes.
His opinions definitely changed over time for the worse. When talking about the first movie, it was definitely a collaborative process and he was respectful of Jackie's opinions and action scenes will still trying to adapt it well to an American audience. Then the success of Rush Hour and the X Men must have gotten to his head and he thought it was mainly him when really he was just refining/editing Jackie's ideas which we know already work.
There are 4 ways to enjoy a movie imo. Because it's genuinely good, because it's so bad it's good, because it's just plain fun, and because it's just so over the top that you have to see it. I consider RH3 to be the third one.
Yes and it frustrated me when pro critics couldn't figure that out, or at least acknowledge it. They aren't all works of art, sometimes they are just plain fun. Not even always smart fun and sometimes there are holes that get ignored. But it's entertainment.
Exactly. I remember a few months back, we watched a terrible wuxia film. Was it good? Absolutely not. Was it enjoyable and super fun to watch with friends? Yes! yes it was!
Best bits from each movie from my opinion: Rush Hour 1: the last 20 minutes, the whole movie is actually pretty good but the ending in the museum is just pure cinema. Jackie is in his Element making him look like a badass, while Carter and the little girl bluff the terrorists to blow up the building while she’s wears the bomb vest, the cemetery is too funny. Rush Hour 2: not as good as the first one but still good for it’s time. Chris Tucker performing in the nightclub is just one of the best moments of this movie, love the scene and gets better over time knowing Chris and Michael where best friends. Lee thinking Carter is dead and ends up with Carter running around Hong Kong with a chicken he didn’t want to killed is pretty funny. Also Carters also scene at the casino is just too funny as well while playing roulette. Rush Hour 3: thought it was good when I first watched it (back when I was a child in 07/08) now looking back it’s a bit of a dead movie but still good in some aspects. Both actors especially Chris seem to have beefed out a bit considering in the movie universe it’s only 2 years after the 2nd movie. The whole fight scene in the Eiffel Tower is good. Chris making the taxi driver sing the American national anthem and the whole dojo ME/YOU/HIM skit is pretty good. Overall can’t wait for Rush Hour 4
I think my biggest problem is reconning Lee's upbringing. Suddenly, Lee has a Japanese brother that they were in an orphanage together?? Wait, the first two movies had such a focus on Lee's father, and we presumed that it was his real father. No mention of him being adopted, much less him and some Japanese kid who must have left the family to go into a life of crime while Lee followed into the life of a policeman like his dad. It had NO reason to be his "brother". Why couldn't it have been like an ex partner or something? Would have been much simpler.
Same, the lore of the movies felt really off. Lee's backstory being one, but then flashing forward a few years and they aren't even friends now? All that stuff we watched in Rush Hour 2 with Isabella and all of a sudden there's this huge plot point dropped that Carter accidentally shot her and now he and Lee don't speak anymore? It's just too much to take in at once. I know there's a deleted ending scene of Lee and her reuniting on an airplane with Carter so now I guess they're dating again like nothing happened.
I'm pretty conflicted about Kenji. Originally, he was supposed to be Chinese, which would have made the backstory less implausible (I'm having trouble buying a Japanese boy being sent to an orphanage in China AND growing up to speak Japanese with his Chinese brother). He was only made Japanese because when they couldn't get Jet Li, they really wanted Hiroyuki Sanada, and he refused to play into the trope of interchangeable asian cultures and play a Chinese man. Which is a good thing, of course. But the movie would have made more sense if Kenji was Chinese. As much as I love Hiroyuki Sanada, maybe they just should have cast a Chinese actor.
You have to take in Jackie's age he's born in 1954. When Rush Hour in came out in 1998 he was 44 but by the time Rush Hour 3 came out in 2007 he's 53 a nine year difference. This year he'll be 70.
The point about the color grading and camera work around 4:37 is more likely a testament to how films were shot like 2004-2007. Tons of films around then had that same sort of grading, some even being sequels themselves like 28 Weeks Later.
This movie is very uncomfortable to watch after all of Brett Ratner's horrible stories about s*xual and moral harassment. I still can't believe no one had the courage to cut everything involving Roman Polansky's participation and the joke that he rap*d Carter and Lee during the strip search.
Your comment about the color is so definitively the late aughts hahaha. Like, I'm 100% in agreement with you. It creates imbalance compared to the other two movies due to how overly punched up it is. The same problem affected Sam Raimi's Spider-man 3. That movie had such intense color grading compared to what came before it (which may have been tweaked digitally but was still very much in camera/a film stock thing) that it made it look jarring.
I think you hit the nail on the head. Part 3 feels a bit more tired and at times like it’s “going through the motions (especially with Lee’s part) and it feels like a waste of Hiroyuki Sanada… but the jokes are still funny and the whole movie is carried by Chan and Tucker’s chemistry. Though you’re also right about how knowing about the director now makes some bits feel really off, especially the Polanski bit which becomes even more uncomfortable knowing more about what he did.
Say what you want about rush hour, it’s one of the funniest Buddy cop sagas ever. Chris and Jackie really were the perfect odd couple and it made for such memorable moments, man.
I remember watching this movie with a friend of mine and she pointed out Lee’s tendency to want to spare anyone he has a past with. Even if they’re on the bad side like kenji, if he has a history with them, he won’t want to hurt them. This makes sense cuz he was the same way in the second movie with Ricky tan
My family still enjoy this movie whenever it plays on TV , This movie works cause even if it feels off to see Jackie in Supp role after being a big star but surprising it fits cause we as the audience have been with Duo from 1 so it more like a guilty pleasure for us. A bad movie can be fun if the actors are having fun with script cause that is the energy that the audience is expecting from the actors.
There's one film I'd love to see your take on - 1997's Warriors Of Virtue, a US Martial Arts Fantasy film directed by Ronny Yu, centered on Chinese Philosophy, filmed and written like a late 80's Wuxia flick (in fact it even homages Wuxia manhua in the opening), very competently choreographed but very post-Power Rangers in tone and overall just bizarrely put together. I think there's a LOT one could say about it.
@@edwileo5660 Neither bringing up the roos, themed after the five elements in Chinese mythology (compared to the four in Greek) OR the I N C R E D I B L Y hammy performance of the main villain? I saw that movie decades ago, and I still remember his facial expressions even if I can't remember a single line.
At 11:21 I believe there was a last part of the scene where when they escape with the girl, another set comes on and it’s basically naked woman. Isn’t that the costume carter chose?
You can actually see the same naked women in the same skimpy outfit going up stairs when Carter first sneaks in. Honestly the joke makes no sense either way, but still pretty funny.
The 2nd movie had a massage parlor where Carter literally picked out the girls he wanted to touch him, but the 3rd movie felt much more uncomfortably pervy, skeevy, and horny about it somehow
What happened is that Rush Hour 3 came out 6 years after the second one which was late since the cast has aged and the color grading looks very different compared to the first two...
Great analysis. You've helped me articulate my own feelings about the movie, because I feel very similarly. I see a Rush Hour marathon in my near future, now that you've reminded me how much I've enjoyed rewatching them over the years.
I used to have a copy of the rush hours movies on vhs when I was a kid. My mom didn't have cable so I'd watch them all at least once when I was over at her house. She was so annoyed by it but I always laughed at the cheesy skits and jokes, and the fact that the actors all seemed to have great chemistry was what really made it work. No matter how dumb the scene or the lines, it all worked together. And the bloopers at the end were my favorite parts! It's hardly lost on me that the movies aren't good. But as you said, it not being a good movie doesn't mean it's not a good time. The movies didn't take themselves too seriously which allowed the viewers to look at them and laugh at the ridiculous situations and interactions.
Great video! I am happy you bought up some of the forced humor in this film. Even as a 10 year old watching this film, some of the jokes just made me smirk but did not make me laugh. Loved watching this trilogy growing up. I watched Rush Hour 3 a lot even on DVD. The first Rush Hour was what helped me learn how to speak English. No joke. I think my favorite is definitely Rush Hour 2 though for the action scenes, the humor especially Carter. Oh and don't forget the bloopers after each movie. Equally hilarious and you can just see the cast and crew having fun shooting the film and making mistakes look funny. "I always dreamed to Square Marden" lives in my head continuously.
Kinda dire that the subpar cinematography and color grade of RH3 is actually refreshing looking today because so much film and TV is looks the same - like an insurance commercial.
As far as action is concerned - I think the scene where they're in a taxi chased by motorbikes was one of a kind. Thanks for the info in 4:27 - that explains a lot why so many movies I know from that period looked so weird.
I knew someone who was so obsessed with this I had to go to the cinema three times with them to see it, I don't think they even saw the original films. I mean granted at the time I found it funny and it introduced me to Jackie Chan so there was that...
I just watched all 3 movies for the first time over the weekend. Part 2 picks up right where the first one left off. It was released only 3 years afterwards meaning that production probably started only just a few months after seeing the success of the first movie. When the 3rd film starts, the first thing that pops out immediately is Chris Tuckers age. He went from being the goofy young new comedian on the come up, to an actual successful man by the time the 3rd was even filmed. Like you I enjoyed the movie, at times some of the jokes could feel forced and out of place, but overall, the 3rd movie is just like seeing your old friend you haven't seen in a long time and catching up with them
Considering its the third movie and both protagonists are thoroughly established, makes 100% sense seeing how their characteristics rub of on each other which also legitimizes their previous experiences together. Both characters have flaws that have been overcomed and a few that stayed and ended up being amplified. Such a thing is kinda true to life for some people, pretty hard to pull of without flanderizing the characters, so props to the actor performance but also to the writers! I love how this explains what puzzled me for a while, this entry focuses on being a good sequel not on being a stand alone story...And it does that really well actually! ngl, I learn a lot here!
Very well-made points all around on a guilty pleasure movie... I don't think I've rolled my eyes quite so hard as when they tried to remake Who's on First mid-film. That said, every time there is a rumor of Rush Hour 4 coming out I am torn between remembering some of the lows of 3 and highs of the series as a whole. That said, would love to see the characters get a proper send-off in one last ride if it was handled well..
After watching back the first two films, I realized that Rush Hour 3 was definitely not as good as a movie But as a sequel to the first two, it works so well
I remember around last year, my father and I would always joke about putting on Rush Hour while we ate dinner, cause there was ALWAYS some channel that was airing it.
Why you get make me feel old😂 I was a big kung-fu action movie fan as a little kid, and the Rush Hour Trilogy has a special place in my heart! Problematic 90s dialog and all!
if you see behind the scenes of that backstage scene, Chris Tucker himself is questioning the "humor" of the dialogue and situation that's blurted out casully by Brett Ratner. Tucker even calls out Ratner in that moment.
No way the Chelsea Clinton line was ad libbed. He messes up the line a bunch of times in the outtakes. Also, no mention of the French taxi driver? Best character in the movie.
Tucker pulling out the towel and then looking at the chinese villian's pee pee and saying " No wonder you mad!" is😂 the funniest thing i ever saw on the screen
Video Idea! Hello Accented Cinema :) You should analyze / compare Desperado 1995 to Chow Yun-Fat. What does the movie get right and what it does wrong.
Great Essay, but one thing you got wrong (in this video at least): Carter aka Bubbles chose the American outfits and made the women do the almost robotic army march. This was a nice touch, because he was confronted with so much of the French culture and clashed with it, and he wanted to show it to them by giving them what they (the French) seemingly hated. This is probably a nod to the scene with the taxi driver that said he hated America and all it facets.
the ending sums it all up for me. Lee and Carter save the day, punch out that prick french police chief, and they walk off to War doing the stride from Rush Hour 1
Please speak on Jackie's new movie, Ride On... I watched it, I loved it, and I would now like an Accented perspective on it😅...thnx Also... loved all 3 RUSH HOURS, from the Mariah Carey-oke, to the "my best friend just died" head-bobbing, to the Xiōngdì from another Mǔqīn energy!!!
Great video. I could never figure out why I didn’t like it as much as the first 2 but yet still enjoyed, especially on the 2nd watch. The jokes did feel forced into the plot and Jackie didn’t seem to be doing as much fighting (though age could be a factor). But when I stopped comparing it to first 2, it’s an enjoyable movie with flaws.
You can ask me what I remember about Rush Hour 1 and 2 and I'll give you many memorable scenes. But when it comes to Rush Hour 3, it's the Yu and Mi scene and nothing else. I won't remember anything else mainly cause I saw the film from beginning to end once on television when a channel aired the trilogy on a Saturday.
The thing that got me was the love story between Jackie and Soo Yung. It was unnecessary and the age difference left a bad taste in my mouth. Especially since I could clearly remember SooYung was the 11 year old girl singing Mariah Carey before getting kidnapped un the first Rush Hour. Niw shes what, 24? And has Jackie holding her in his arms? So how old is Jackie supposed to be in 3 then? But then again, Hollywood is famous for its grooming culture...
So, 2007 had ‘Mr. Bean’s Holiday’ and ‘Rush Hour 3’. In 2006, there was ‘The Pink Panther’ (which was supposed to have Jackie Chan AND Steve Martin). French settings back to back. Idk I’m just drawing a pattern.
Still haven’t watched RH3 yet, but the original RH holds a special place in my heart because my dad I watched it with my older brother for his birthday way back when while we were visiting him at college. They’ve both since departed and even though I now know what a creep Brett Rattner is, I can’t impeach RH1. I was way more disappointed with RH2, particularly since I had looked forward to Zhang Ziyi being in Hollywood. Shanghai Knights became my preferred JC American Sequel.
Jackie Chan's Hong Kong action films are better than any Hollywood action film. Imho, Hollywood's biggest mistake was to ever put Jackie in an American movie. They should have just gave him money to his films bigger and market them.
thx for the video, as a french(and living in paris, so yes some french people are looking your videos), I was a bit desipointed, the movie was not so good, but like you, I still enjoy it. They try to do it in paris, so I could be beantiful and a bit exotic for the both caracters, I am not so sure it was a god idea.
I always feel bad for the nun in that scene. It’s played for laughs but the guys have her translating things that would make mr rogers embarrassed let alone a nun
They were just pure crazy fun! Jackie Chan giving those comedic action stunts that impressed and amused me. While Chris Tucker was just funny as hell. And their odd bromance was the coolest.
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😂 for the love of god. This needs to be the end of the franchise. (I stopped watching response videos to the franchise to prevent mental breakdowns). Do you ever do meet and greet with fans and viewers?
You should do a comparison between rush hour and shanghai noon movies
The traditional Chinese subtitles for this video sound like they're machine-translated.
The Yu and Mi joke will never get old. The Rush Hour trilogy is an absolute hood classic.
A modern day Who's on First
Sometimes when I am having a rough day, it is one of those clips I look up for a laugh
I loved those films so much. And Chris Tucker was so funny back then as well
He is Mei and I'm Yu
If you notice when Carter says him Yu looks off camera probably at someone named Him
"i'm not your brother? All the stuff we've been through? Rush Hour 1 and Rush Hour 2?" And then both Jackie and Tucker proceed to crack, laugh and cheer together.
This bloop is so ingrained in my memory, and that perfectly summs why Rush Hour trilogy is one of my most watched Jackie movies. They are having fun, both taking frontstage without overshadowing one another. Rush Hour 3 might be the worse of the three, but it still a good send off for the trilogy.
My favourite is the one from 2 (?), where someone calls them while they're filming the ending scene.
"No! You cannot speak with Jackie--he wants to talk to you."
"Hello? Who this? Why are you calling?! You're wasting our film!"
That and gefilte fish. And Ricky Tang's actor not being in Rush Hour 3.
That blooper will always be in my memory too. My family went to all the rush hour and this movie will always be watched trilogy, dont care if 3 is bad.
My favorite one is the 3, its just perfect. Chris Tucker and Jackie chan are a beast together. Also, imo Chris Tucker was really on point with his comedy, he was the soul of the trilogy.
I cannot laugh at this bloop. It always gets me
Rush Hour ALMOST had a perfect trilogy. But even with a soft blemish that is RH3, the movie still has enough memorable, quotable and iconic moments, that it earned my very rare certified approval stamp of being *"The most rewatchable and will never get old movie trilogies of all time".*
There arent many movie series that I'll watch anytime they're on TV, but Jackie Chan movies often make that list. Cant tell you how many times I've seen Shanghai/Shanghai Noon, the Rush Hour trilogy, or Drunken Master. He only had a bit part in the series (they hired an impersonator to voice his character so Jackie only appeared in the live action segments at the end of each episode) but I also cant tell you how many times I've seen the cartoon series Jackie Chan Adventures.
@@arthas640the Shanghai duology is incredible, they should do another one
a good way to put it just a soft blemish
"Is it a good movie? Not really - but it can still be a good time"
As someone who grew up watching, dreading and loving Bollywood movies on TV, this is so incredibly relatable and true. You get it, as always. And great video, as always!
Bad movies can still be fun. The Expendables series is pure dumb action but it's still fun, many comedy action movies like this ca be mindless but still funny and action packed, and most action movies of the 80s are light on plot, heavy on explosions. I think people forget that while a plot is important you can still have good writing with no or little plot and that movies are more visual than audio so good visuals can make up for a light plot, especially when it comes to martial arts movies where there's entire scenes with no words and all kung fu.
@@arthas640 I've come to really enjoy watching Hallmark mysteries and the occasional Lifetime movie, much to my surprise. They're so incredibly wholesome that it's oddly soothing, imo.
@@guymontag2948 if you like those check out Midsomer Murders. Very chill Britsih murder mysteries set in idealic English countryside, very wholesome, every episode is movie length, and the entire series is free on youtube posted by the creators in HD.
Brett Ratner is 100% to blame for overly favoring Chris Tucker's standup material over Jackie Chan's action. In a behind-the-scenes interview for RH2, he said that he was always there to "sit on" Jackie's creativity b/c he believes that Americans don't like long fight scenes, and he thinks that's why Chan's Hong Kong movies weren't huge hits in the US. Mind you, he made those claims after The Matrix (choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping) had already proven him wrong, and Quentin Tarantino was in the process of making Kill Bill (also w/ Woo-ping). Hence, this franchise could've been way better if Ratner actually respected JC's art.
Knowing Ratner, he doesn't know how to respect anything or anyone
And then seven years later a four-part series about a retired assassin with a pre-school tier plot literally just existing for set pieces, ends up being one of the most well received group of films of the decade.
IIRC, Ratner also arrogantly claims he's why he made Jackie Chan into a Superstar in 2's Behind-The-Scenes. A Statement I always find myself laughing a lot.
@@ドーブルX75 Making it worse is that he actually sought to work w/ Jackie. Imagine hiring John Woo as a director but not allowing him to incorporate any weapons in the action scenes.
His opinions definitely changed over time for the worse. When talking about the first movie, it was definitely a collaborative process and he was respectful of Jackie's opinions and action scenes will still trying to adapt it well to an American audience. Then the success of Rush Hour and the X Men must have gotten to his head and he thought it was mainly him when really he was just refining/editing Jackie's ideas which we know already work.
There are 4 ways to enjoy a movie imo. Because it's genuinely good, because it's so bad it's good, because it's just plain fun, and because it's just so over the top that you have to see it. I consider RH3 to be the third one.
Yes and it frustrated me when pro critics couldn't figure that out, or at least acknowledge it.
They aren't all works of art, sometimes they are just plain fun. Not even always smart fun and sometimes there are holes that get ignored. But it's entertainment.
Exactly. I remember a few months back, we watched a terrible wuxia film. Was it good? Absolutely not. Was it enjoyable and super fun to watch with friends? Yes! yes it was!
@tiadeets What's wuxia? Also what film?
Best bits from each movie from my opinion:
Rush Hour 1: the last 20 minutes, the whole movie is actually pretty good but the ending in the museum is just pure cinema. Jackie is in his Element making him look like a badass, while Carter and the little girl bluff the terrorists to blow up the building while she’s wears the bomb vest, the cemetery is too funny.
Rush Hour 2: not as good as the first one but still good for it’s time. Chris Tucker performing in the nightclub is just one of the best moments of this movie, love the scene and gets better over time knowing Chris and Michael where best friends. Lee thinking Carter is dead and ends up with Carter running around Hong Kong with a chicken he didn’t want to killed is pretty funny. Also Carters also scene at the casino is just too funny as well while playing roulette.
Rush Hour 3: thought it was good when I first watched it (back when I was a child in 07/08) now looking back it’s a bit of a dead movie but still good in some aspects. Both actors especially Chris seem to have beefed out a bit considering in the movie universe it’s only 2 years after the 2nd movie. The whole fight scene in the Eiffel Tower is good. Chris making the taxi driver sing the American national anthem and the whole dojo ME/YOU/HIM skit is pretty good.
Overall can’t wait for Rush Hour 4
I think my biggest problem is reconning Lee's upbringing. Suddenly, Lee has a Japanese brother that they were in an orphanage together?? Wait, the first two movies had such a focus on Lee's father, and we presumed that it was his real father. No mention of him being adopted, much less him and some Japanese kid who must have left the family to go into a life of crime while Lee followed into the life of a policeman like his dad.
It had NO reason to be his "brother". Why couldn't it have been like an ex partner or something? Would have been much simpler.
Same, the lore of the movies felt really off. Lee's backstory being one, but then flashing forward a few years and they aren't even friends now? All that stuff we watched in Rush Hour 2 with Isabella and all of a sudden there's this huge plot point dropped that Carter accidentally shot her and now he and Lee don't speak anymore? It's just too much to take in at once. I know there's a deleted ending scene of Lee and her reuniting on an airplane with Carter so now I guess they're dating again like nothing happened.
@@duishungry rush hour 3 felt like a fan fiction lmao
I'm pretty conflicted about Kenji. Originally, he was supposed to be Chinese, which would have made the backstory less implausible (I'm having trouble buying a Japanese boy being sent to an orphanage in China AND growing up to speak Japanese with his Chinese brother). He was only made Japanese because when they couldn't get Jet Li, they really wanted Hiroyuki Sanada, and he refused to play into the trope of interchangeable asian cultures and play a Chinese man. Which is a good thing, of course. But the movie would have made more sense if Kenji was Chinese. As much as I love Hiroyuki Sanada, maybe they just should have cast a Chinese actor.
Carter becoming more sleazy makes sense now that we know more about director Brett Ratner.
Oof, that's so true 😵💫😆
Yes, this movie it's very uncomfortable to see after all the stories came to light
@@Maxwel_Rodrigues WAIT WHAT DID BRETT DO CUZ I ALWAYS FELT OFF ABOUT HIM?
You have to take in Jackie's age he's born in 1954. When Rush Hour in came out in 1998 he was 44 but by the time Rush Hour 3 came out in 2007 he's 53 a nine year difference. This year he'll be 70.
Hearing that makes me wonder how the studios are teasing a Rush Hour 4 seriously.
By the end of the movie, I actually felt bad for the Cab Driver and what he had become
Whatchu mean? He became an American hero
He finally understands what's it like to be an American lmao.
The montage about them ordering fried chicken and a takeaway was hilariously over the top. I have such a big love of jackie chan
Rush Hour 3 is a mad movie with good parts in it. Rush Hour 2 is still the best of the series.
I actually did a typo for mad-I meant bad, but I’m gonna keep it in now.
I don’t know RH 1 was fantastic I slightly prefer it over RH 2 but their both fantastic
The racial stereotype montage when they departed was the funniest thing ever lolll
The point about the color grading and camera work around 4:37 is more likely a testament to how films were shot like 2004-2007. Tons of films around then had that same sort of grading, some even being sequels themselves like 28 Weeks Later.
Rush Hour 1: Mix of Jackie Chan/Christ Tucker
Rush Hour 2: Jackie’s movie with Tucker as sidekick
Rush Hour 3: Tucker’s movie with Jackie as sidekick
The ‘Rush Hour’ series is a guilty pleasure honestly. Thoroughly unhinged 🔥
I'm glad we can all love something and acknowledge its many many flaws. ❤ - Terrence
This movie is very uncomfortable to watch after all of Brett Ratner's horrible stories about s*xual and moral harassment. I still can't believe no one had the courage to cut everything involving Roman Polansky's participation and the joke that he rap*d Carter and Lee during the strip search.
Your comment about the color is so definitively the late aughts hahaha. Like, I'm 100% in agreement with you. It creates imbalance compared to the other two movies due to how overly punched up it is. The same problem affected Sam Raimi's Spider-man 3. That movie had such intense color grading compared to what came before it (which may have been tweaked digitally but was still very much in camera/a film stock thing) that it made it look jarring.
I think you hit the nail on the head. Part 3 feels a bit more tired and at times like it’s “going through the motions (especially with Lee’s part) and it feels like a waste of Hiroyuki Sanada… but the jokes are still funny and the whole movie is carried by Chan and Tucker’s chemistry.
Though you’re also right about how knowing about the director now makes some bits feel really off, especially the Polanski bit which becomes even more uncomfortable knowing more about what he did.
Say what you want about rush hour, it’s one of the funniest Buddy cop sagas ever. Chris and Jackie really were the perfect odd couple and it made for such memorable moments, man.
Agreed, i think it ranks alongside Bad Boys and other greats.
"Scan it into a computer. Mess up the colour, and then shat it back onto film for exhibition."
Bro. LMFAO! 😂😂😂😂
I remember watching this movie with a friend of mine and she pointed out Lee’s tendency to want to spare anyone he has a past with. Even if they’re on the bad side like kenji, if he has a history with them, he won’t want to hurt them. This makes sense cuz he was the same way in the second movie with Ricky tan
0:08 I feel so old
Broooooo same 😂
My family still enjoy this movie whenever it plays on TV , This movie works cause even if it feels off to see Jackie in Supp role after being a big star but surprising it fits cause we as the audience have been with Duo from 1 so it more like a guilty pleasure for us.
A bad movie can be fun if the actors are having fun with script cause that is the energy that the audience is expecting from the actors.
There's one film I'd love to see your take on - 1997's Warriors Of Virtue, a US Martial Arts Fantasy film directed by Ronny Yu, centered on Chinese Philosophy, filmed and written like a late 80's Wuxia flick (in fact it even homages Wuxia manhua in the opening), very competently choreographed but very post-Power Rangers in tone and overall just bizarrely put together.
I think there's a LOT one could say about it.
Sir. How do you bring this movie up and not mention the human-sized, animal kung-fu warriors?
@@edwileo5660 Neither bringing up the roos, themed after the five elements in Chinese mythology (compared to the four in Greek) OR the I N C R E D I B L Y hammy performance of the main villain? I saw that movie decades ago, and I still remember his facial expressions even if I can't remember a single line.
At 11:21 I believe there was a last part of the scene where when they escape with the girl, another set comes on and it’s basically naked woman. Isn’t that the costume carter chose?
You can actually see the same naked women in the same skimpy outfit going up stairs when Carter first sneaks in. Honestly the joke makes no sense either way, but still pretty funny.
Love your videos!!!❤❤ Thanks for all the efforts you put in them
The 2nd movie had a massage parlor where Carter literally picked out the girls he wanted to touch him, but the 3rd movie felt much more uncomfortably pervy, skeevy, and horny about it somehow
Yay! You're back. And you made me nostalgic for this merry trainwreck. Gonna see if I can find it steaming somewhere.
Can you do a video about Bruceploitation?
This is the same reason why I love Mortal Kombat. It isn't a perfect film, but it had so much heart you can't help but smile watching the movie.
What happened is that Rush Hour 3 came out 6 years after the second one which was late since the cast has aged and the color grading looks very different compared to the first two...
shanghai knights was my go to bedtime movie, must have watched it 20 times at least, sad we never got a trilogy
Great analysis. You've helped me articulate my own feelings about the movie, because I feel very similarly. I see a Rush Hour marathon in my near future, now that you've reminded me how much I've enjoyed rewatching them over the years.
Oh man, I had actually forgotten about how the color in movies of this period used to Look Like That... and I can't say I appreciate the reminder.
I used to have a copy of the rush hours movies on vhs when I was a kid. My mom didn't have cable so I'd watch them all at least once when I was over at her house. She was so annoyed by it but I always laughed at the cheesy skits and jokes, and the fact that the actors all seemed to have great chemistry was what really made it work. No matter how dumb the scene or the lines, it all worked together. And the bloopers at the end were my favorite parts!
It's hardly lost on me that the movies aren't good. But as you said, it not being a good movie doesn't mean it's not a good time. The movies didn't take themselves too seriously which allowed the viewers to look at them and laugh at the ridiculous situations and interactions.
Bro, I'd love to see you cover more Hollywood films like Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child and The Last Dragon.
I liked that you put the Chinese titles in the transitions, way to represent! Great analysis as always
What is the song at 0:12?
Great video! I am happy you bought up some of the forced humor in this film. Even as a 10 year old watching this film, some of the jokes just made me smirk but did not make me laugh. Loved watching this trilogy growing up. I watched Rush Hour 3 a lot even on DVD. The first Rush Hour was what helped me learn how to speak English. No joke. I think my favorite is definitely Rush Hour 2 though for the action scenes, the humor especially Carter. Oh and don't forget the bloopers after each movie. Equally hilarious and you can just see the cast and crew having fun shooting the film and making mistakes look funny. "I always dreamed to Square Marden" lives in my head continuously.
"What's up with the color?"
That's one hell of a question to take out of context
I love your videos, so honest and so smart. Keep doing it. Thanks.
Kinda dire that the subpar cinematography and color grade of RH3 is actually refreshing looking today because so much film and TV is looks the same - like an insurance commercial.
Honestly I think it's straight up good, it's really funny and the action while not great, it's fine. The whole trilogy is a blast, it's amazing.
So when are you going to collaborate with fiq the signifier?
As far as action is concerned - I think the scene where they're in a taxi chased by motorbikes was one of a kind.
Thanks for the info in 4:27 - that explains a lot why so many movies I know from that period looked so weird.
Ppl keep saying the rush hour movie are racist.....but as an asian, i don't see anything racist in them.
I knew someone who was so obsessed with this I had to go to the cinema three times with them to see it, I don't think they even saw the original films. I mean granted at the time I found it funny and it introduced me to Jackie Chan so there was that...
I just watched all 3 movies for the first time over the weekend. Part 2 picks up right where the first one left off. It was released only 3 years afterwards meaning that production probably started only just a few months after seeing the success of the first movie. When the 3rd film starts, the first thing that pops out immediately is Chris Tuckers age. He went from being the goofy young new comedian on the come up, to an actual successful man by the time the 3rd was even filmed. Like you I enjoyed the movie, at times some of the jokes could feel forced and out of place, but overall, the 3rd movie is just like seeing your old friend you haven't seen in a long time and catching up with them
Considering its the third movie and both protagonists are thoroughly established, makes 100% sense seeing how their characteristics rub of on each other which also legitimizes their previous experiences together.
Both characters have flaws that have been overcomed and a few that stayed and ended up being amplified. Such a thing is kinda true to life for some people, pretty hard to pull of without flanderizing the characters, so props to the actor performance but also to the writers!
I love how this explains what puzzled me for a while, this entry focuses on being a good sequel not on being a stand alone story...And it does that really well actually!
ngl, I learn a lot here!
Very well-made points all around on a guilty pleasure movie... I don't think I've rolled my eyes quite so hard as when they tried to remake Who's on First mid-film. That said, every time there is a rumor of Rush Hour 4 coming out I am torn between remembering some of the lows of 3 and highs of the series as a whole. That said, would love to see the characters get a proper send-off in one last ride if it was handled well..
After watching back the first two films, I realized that Rush Hour 3 was definitely not as good as a movie
But as a sequel to the first two, it works so well
The cab driver saved them at the End.
He’s the True Hero of the movie!
I remember around last year, my father and I would always joke about putting on Rush Hour while we ate dinner, cause there was ALWAYS some channel that was airing it.
Why you get make me feel old😂 I was a big kung-fu action movie fan as a little kid, and the Rush Hour Trilogy has a special place in my heart! Problematic 90s dialog and all!
You did NOT have to start off the video like that. 16 already?! Good lord. I was renting that in what feels like a couple years ago.
I think it's a counter point to the first movie. In his hometown a great man is often not.
if you see behind the scenes of that backstage scene, Chris Tucker himself is questioning the "humor" of the dialogue and situation that's blurted out casully by Brett Ratner. Tucker even calls out Ratner in that moment.
I love all Rush Hour movies even 3...the Yu and Mi joke is brilliant 😅
Roman Polanski shows up as a customs agent who fingers the protagonists
I love RH3 I know is not the best of the three but you can still feel brotherhood in the movie.
so should we have hope for the 4th?
Can you please make a review about
Kundun 1997
I still like Rush Hour 3, however Rush Hour 2 is still KING!!
Please do a video essay on Shunji Iwai
They don't make movies like the Rush Hour series anymore. I really miss these types of films.
I want to get into Thai comedy because of Pee Mak that you recommended, do you know of movies that are similar in the comedy?
No way the Chelsea Clinton line was ad libbed. He messes up the line a bunch of times in the outtakes.
Also, no mention of the French taxi driver? Best character in the movie.
tucker being more of a creep in rh3 is more true to life considering he has flown on the lolita express
Tucker pulling out the towel and then looking at the chinese villian's pee pee and saying " No wonder you mad!" is😂 the funniest thing i ever saw on the screen
What college you went to? We might be alumni
Video Idea! Hello Accented Cinema :) You should analyze / compare Desperado 1995 to Chow Yun-Fat. What does the movie get right and what it does wrong.
Yeah this movie might be bad but it's a classic. Really loved the comedy and action and it's just engrained with great memories.
Suddenly Ricky Tan doesn't feel so bad about not being in Rush Hour 3
Great Essay, but one thing you got wrong (in this video at least):
Carter aka Bubbles chose the American outfits and made the women do the almost robotic army march. This was a nice touch, because he was confronted with so much of the French culture and clashed with it, and he wanted to show it to them by giving them what they (the French) seemingly hated.
This is probably a nod to the scene with the taxi driver that said he hated America and all it facets.
the ending sums it all up for me. Lee and Carter save the day, punch out that prick french police chief, and they walk off to War doing the stride from Rush Hour 1
The Rush Hour Trilogy also gave me a lot of knowledge. For example, now I know that French Womrn are naked 34% of the time
Please speak on Jackie's new movie, Ride On... I watched it, I loved it, and I would now like an Accented perspective on it😅...thnx
Also... loved all 3 RUSH HOURS, from the Mariah Carey-oke, to the "my best friend just died" head-bobbing, to the Xiōngdì from another Mǔqīn energy!!!
Knowing that Chris tucker visited the epstein plane makes the perv scenes more uncomfortable
Bro, could you please make a review of the animation 长安三万里？I was pleasantly surprised and deeply moved by the movie.
Can't wait for Rush Hour 4.
It's not a technically great movie, it's no Citizen Kane, but I'll still go Jackie Chan on anyone who says its not a fun movie
im sorry, am i the only person who did not realize until now that fucking roman polanski is in rush hour 3
Great video. I could never figure out why I didn’t like it as much as the first 2 but yet still enjoyed, especially on the 2nd watch. The jokes did feel forced into the plot and Jackie didn’t seem to be doing as much fighting (though age could be a factor). But when I stopped comparing it to first 2, it’s an enjoyable movie with flaws.
This is exactly how I feel about Hell Comes to Frog Town with Roddy Piper
I remember the short trend that went around with Jackie bothering Chris to make RH4 with him.
You can ask me what I remember about Rush Hour 1 and 2 and I'll give you many memorable scenes. But when it comes to Rush Hour 3, it's the Yu and Mi scene and nothing else. I won't remember anything else mainly cause I saw the film from beginning to end once on television when a channel aired the trilogy on a Saturday.
There's one mistake: The El Pollo Loco became "El Poco Loco."
The thing that got me was the love story between Jackie and Soo Yung.
It was unnecessary and the age difference left a bad taste in my mouth.
Especially since I could clearly remember SooYung was the 11 year old girl singing Mariah Carey before getting kidnapped un the first Rush Hour.
Niw shes what, 24? And has Jackie holding her in his arms?
So how old is Jackie supposed to be in 3 then?
But then again, Hollywood is famous for its grooming culture...
So, 2007 had ‘Mr. Bean’s Holiday’ and ‘Rush Hour 3’. In 2006, there was ‘The Pink Panther’ (which was supposed to have Jackie Chan AND Steve Martin). French settings back to back. Idk I’m just drawing a pattern.
Still haven’t watched RH3 yet, but the original RH holds a special place in my heart because my dad I watched it with my older brother for his birthday way back when while we were visiting him at college. They’ve both since departed and even though I now know what a creep Brett Rattner is, I can’t impeach RH1.
I was way more disappointed with RH2, particularly since I had looked forward to Zhang Ziyi being in Hollywood. Shanghai Knights became my preferred JC American Sequel.
I never understood how people think this movie is bad.
I’m sorry but I thought ‘The Tuxedo’ and ‘The Medallion’ were fun! Maybe I’m biased and it would air a lot on TV.
Jackie Chan's Hong Kong action films are better than any Hollywood action film. Imho, Hollywood's biggest mistake was to ever put Jackie in an American movie. They should have just gave him money to his films bigger and market them.
Oh for sure, his Hong Kong movies from the 80s are better then anything he made in the west
thx for the video, as a french(and living in paris, so yes some french people are looking your videos), I was a bit desipointed, the movie was not so good, but like you, I still enjoy it. They try to do it in paris, so I could be beantiful and a bit exotic for the both caracters, I am not so sure it was a god idea.
I always feel bad for the nun in that scene. It’s played for laughs but the guys have her translating things that would make mr rogers embarrassed let alone a nun
She was in the whole thing, the end of the scene reveals she was acting distressed to make the bad guy talk also she seems okay with saying the things
@@user-ss3wb8he7h which makes me now wonder if Sister Agnes has done this before to know how to get the baddie to talk
They were just pure crazy fun! Jackie Chan giving those comedic action stunts that impressed and amused me. While Chris Tucker was just funny as hell. And their odd bromance was the coolest.