Rush Hour

"The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West."

Sep 18 1998 PG-13 1h 38m
Action, Comedy, Crime

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

Plot

Cultures clash and tempers flares as the two cops named Detective Inspector Lee a Hong Kong Detective and Detective James Carter FBI, a big-mouthed work-alone Los Angeles cop who are from different worlds discovers one thing in common: they can't stand each other. With time running out, they must join forces to catch the criminals and save the eleven-year-old Chinese girl of the Chinese consul named Soo Yung.

Written by

Ross LaManna, Jim Kouf

Directed by

Brett Ratner

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

New Line Cinema, Roger Birnbaum Productions

Languages

English

Awards

6 wins & 9 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
308,660
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
61
Popularity
NA