Rush Hour . Tucson Weekly . 09-28-98

Rush Hour

DIRECTED BY: Brett Ratner

REVIEWED: 09-28-98

Although this is the first Jackie Chan movie to score big at the box office in its opening weekend in America, it's probably his worst film. Other than the five jokes that have been spread out over the 90 minutes of this films length, all the dialogue is incredibly painful. When asked why he's so gung-ho about capturing the villain, Chan is even forced to utter the line, "He killed my partner." There's a couple of good acrobatics/martial arts sequences, but not enough to make this worth sitting through. On the other hand, if you think you'd like to watch Chris Tucker do an exaggerated impression of an Asian while Jackie Chan tries to get "funky" and "down" to some soul music, then this film's for you.

--DiGiovanna

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