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Rush Hour (1998) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Rush Hour (1998) a score of 2.8193 out of 4

based on (118) reviews

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Excellent

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Good

(23)

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Robert Workman

Rush Hour features Jackie Chan in his first U.S. action movie, playing a Chinese detective who's being flown to the US to investigate the kidnapping of the Chinese Consulate's daughter. Of course, the FBI is upset that he'll be interfering in their ...read the complete Rush Hour movie review at Robert Workman

Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

Chan's companion is Chris Tucker, playing a motormouthed L.A. cop who's been paired with Chan very much against his own wishes. But maybe at last he's starting to warm to him. As the song progresses, Tucker corrects Jackie's pronunciation of Starr's ...read the complete Rush Hour movie review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)

This movie is one of the most entertaining movies that you could possibly see this year. Of course, with Jackie Chan how could you go wrong? Chan is probably my most favorite actor. His stunts are spectacular, the action is always good, and his ...read the complete Rush Hour movie review at The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)

Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)

One of the best and funniest action buddy-flicks around - a rollicking good ride. ...read the complete Rush Hour movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)

Homer Yen

When they first meet, it looks like a match made in Hell. Both like to work alone, and hate having a partner. While driving around, Chan wants to listen to the Beach Boys over the radio while Tucker insists on listening to HipHop. But despite these and ...read the complete Rush Hour movie review at Homer Yen

Vince Yim

This film takes a familiar theme of east meets west. Jackie Chan is Lee, the straight laced inspector who is imported to help deal with a kidnapping case, while Chris Tucker is Carter, the loudmouthed, destructive cop that is `promoted' to the FBI to ...read the complete Rush Hour movie review at Vince Yim

John Carroll

In Rush Hour, Jackie Chan comes back to the action genre, but brings a sidekick along for the ride. No, not some Chinese action king who provides two lines of dialogue and mindless kicks and punches. This costar is one of the loudest and fastest talking ...read the complete Rush Hour movie review at John Carroll