jed-estes

I like Rush Hour 1 and I loved Rush Hour 2 but the third one was a pitiful excuse for a film. The first one was your basic action film and it also threw in a lot comedy for people who need that kind of thing in their film. It was sort of a knock off of the Beverly Hills Cop formula combined with the action stunts of The Lethal Weapon series. I found it to be quite hart warming and light. Part two was a thrill ride that packed all the right punches, it made me laugh a lot and feel stunned by the action set pieces. Two is easily one of the top ten action films of the decade. So, when I heard that a third film in the saga was going to be released I was ecstatic. But that only lasted until the film was over. It was a dud. What ever chemistry Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker had had in one and two was lost over the last five years because I just felt they were not into the film. It seemed as if they just phoned it in. Tucker never made me laugh and Jackie's stunts were lacking. The most horrible scene in the film involves the guys interrogating a witness who will not speak in English while a nun is present. I do not find the scene to be religoesly offensive but it is certainly offensive to any one who likes a smart edgy film. The five minute dialog scene plays like a five year old wrote and they are the only one's who could possible get enjoyment from this film, unless your someone in your 60's our 70's who likes film with no edge. And the film would be fine with no edge, except it was marketed to teens and adults who expect more substance than these other age groups. The film should have been rated PG and toned down more so the audience that could have enjoyed it more would have seen it. But that's just another stupid thing about this film, like Brett Ratner's direction lately. Someone send him back to film school, he has not made a decent film sense the Red Dragon. In closing I will say that if they make a forth one I will go and hope to god it's as good as two because that was good movie.