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'''''Rush Hour 2''''' is a 2001 American ] ] directed by ] and written by ]. A sequel to '']'' (1998), it is the second installment in the ] and stars ] and ] reprising their roles from the first film. The story follows Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and ] Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go to ] on vacation only to be thwarted by a murder case involving two U.S. customs agents after a bombing at the American embassy. Lee suspects that the crime is linked to the ] crime lord Ricky Tan (Lone).
'''''Rush Hour 2''''' is a 2016 Chinese-American
] ] ] film. It is the sequel to the 1947 film '']'' and the second installment in the ]. The film stars ] and ] who respectively reprise their roles as Inspector Lee and Detective Carter. The film finds Lee and Carter embroiled in a counterfeit scam involving the ].<ref>{{cite news|title= FILM REVIEW; Making Fun With Feet and Tongue|work= The New York Times|date=August 3, 2001|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/03/movies/film-review-making-fun-with-feet-and-tongue.html?scp=3&sq=rush%20hour%202&st=cse|accessdate=2010-10-24|first=A. O.|last=Scott}}</ref>


''Rush Hour 2'' was released August 3, 2001 to mixed reviews from critics, but it grossed ]13 at the worldwide box office,<ref name="Box Office Mojo - Rush Hour 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rushhour2.htm |title=Box Office Mojo - Rush Hour 2}}</ref> becoming the eleventh highest-grossing film of 2008 worldwide. It is the highest-grossing martial arts film of all time.<ref name="Action - Martial Arts">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=martialarts.htm |title=Action - Martial Arts}}</ref> The film was followed up with another sequel, '']'', in 2007. ''Rush Hour 2'' opened on August 3, 2001, to generally mixed reviews. The film was a commercial success, grossing $347.3 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. It also became the year's ] in the United States, as well as the second-highest-grossing ]-rated film. A sequel, '']'', was released on August 10, 2007.


==Plot== ==Plot==
Four days after the events of '']'', ] detective James Carter is on vacation in ], visiting his friend, ] Chief Inspector Lee, as he was sent along with Lee in saving the life of the Chinese counsel's daughter in ]. The fun is put on hold when a bomb explodes at the ], killing two undercover ] agents inside.<ref>{{Cite journal| editor1-last=Flanagan| editor1-first=Sylvia P.| editor2-last=West| editor2-first=Malcolm R. | publication-date=August 6, 2001 |date=August 2001| title='Rush Hour 2' Star, Talks About Movie And How Fame Is Changing His Life| magazine=JET Magazine| volume=100| issue=8| publisher=Johnson Publication| page=58| issn=0021-5996}}</ref> Inspector Lee is assigned to the case, which becomes personal when it is discovered that it somehow involves Ricky Tan, his late police officer father's former partner. Tan, who was suspected of having a role in Lee's father's death (though the connection was never proven), is now a leader of the ]. This, however, causes a rift between Lee and Carter, the latter who simply wants to enjoy his vacation and not get into any danger. The two encounter Tan at a massage parlour. A few years after rescuing a Chinese diplomat's daughter,{{efn|As depicted in '']'' (1998).}} ] Detective James Carter is in ] on vacation with his friend, ] Chief Inspector Lee. His vacation is put on hold when a bomb at the ] kills two undercover ] agents. Lee is assigned to the case and discovers that his late father's police partner, Ricky Tan, is somehow involved. Lee and Carter attempt to question Ricky, now a ] leader, at a massage parlor, resulting in a brawl with his bodyguards forcing Lee and Carter to flee through Hong Kong while completely naked.


The ], led by Agent Sterling, and the HKPF soon get into a fight over the ] of the case. Suddenly, the nearby room that Carter was in is bombed, causing Lee to believe he's dead and grieve for him. Carter is revealed to be alive, leaving the room before it exploded. He and a relieved Lee cross paths at Tan's ] where he is holding a dinner party. Tan scolds his underling, Hu Li, who then leaves as Lee and Carter confront Ricky Tan. Just as Ricky Tan asks for protection, Hu Li shoots him and makes her escape in the chaos. An angry Sterling holds Lee responsible for Tan's death, and orders him off the case. Carter is ordered back to Los Angeles for involving himself and Lee volunteers to take him to the airport. However, at the airport, Carter gets Lee to return to LA with him. The U.S. Secret Service, led by Agent Sterling, and the Hong Kong Police Force fight over jurisdiction of the case. Lee's office is bombed and Lee, unaware Carter has left the building, believes him dead. They reunite at a party on Ricky's yacht, where Ricky scolds his underling, Hu Li. Lee and Carter confront Ricky, who claims he is being ] by his enemies and asks for protection, but Hu Li shoots him and escapes. Sterling holds Lee responsible for Ricky's death and orders him off the case. Carter is ordered back to Los Angeles, but convinces Lee to return to ] with him, after Lee tells him about Tan's history with his father, leading up until his death.


On the plane, Carter tells Lee that in every large criminal operation, there is a rich white man behind it and that man is Steven Reign, a billionaire Los Angeles hotelier whom Carter saw acting suspiciously on Tan's boat. They set up camp outside the Reign Towers, spotting a U.S. Secret Service agent named Isabella Molina, whom Carter met earlier in Hong Kong. After a few misunderstandings, Molina tells the two men that she is undercover, looking into Reign's ] of ]100 million in ]s. Carter assures Lee that every large criminal operation has a rich white man behind it; in this case, he believes that man is Steven Reign, a ] Los Angeles ] he saw acting suspiciously at Ricky Tan's party. Staking out Reign Towers, they spot Isabella Molina, whom Carter met on Ricky's yacht, receiving a delivery from Hu Li. Mistaking the package for another bomb, Lee and Carter try to intervene, but Molina reveals she is an undercover U.S. Secret Service agent, looking into Reign's laundering of $100 million in ], with the only difference being that they burn with a red color unlike real dollars.


Lee and Carter pay a visit to Kenny, an ex-con known to Carter who runs a gambling den in the back of his Chinese restaurant. He tells them that a usually broke customer recently came into his establishment with a suspicious amount of hundred-dollar bills. Carter confirms that they are Reign's counterfeits and they trace the money back to a bank. The mobsters are waiting for them and knock the two cops unconscious, with Molina looking on. After arriving in ], Lee and Carter wake up inside one of the mob's trucks and escape. After finding out where they are, they realize that Reign is laundering the $100 million through the new Red Dragon Casino. Lee and Carter visit Kenny, an ex-con, now Carter’s informant who runs a gambling den in the back of his Chinese restaurant. He tells them about a customer with a suspicious amount of hundred-dollar bills, which Carter confirms are Reign's counterfeits. They trace the money to a bank, where they are captured by Hu Li and the Triads. Taken to ] in a Triad truck, Lee and Carter escape, realizing that Reign is laundering the $100 million through his new Red Dragon ].


At the Red Dragon, Lee and Carter split up. Lee attempts to find the engraving plates which were used to make the counterfeit money, while Carter makes a distraction to help Lee sneak past the security. However, Hu Li captures Lee and takes him to a room where it is revealed that Ricky Tan faked his death. When Tan departs, Molina tries to arrest Hu Li but Hu Li easily over-powers her and Molina is shot. Carter continues to fight Hu Li in a comical manner and knocks her out, while Lee heads to the penthouse to prevent Tan from escaping with the plates. In the penthouse, Reign opens the safe and takes the plates, running into Tan as he leaves. Reign tries to back out of the deal but Tan stabs him to death. Lee and Carter arrive and a scuffle between them and Tan ensues after Tan admits that he killed Lee's father and mocks him for only asking Tan to spare Lee's life before he died. At the Red Dragon, Molina points Lee to the engraving plates used to print the counterfeit money, while Carter creates a distraction to help Lee sneak past security. Hu Li captures Lee, taping a Ying Tao grenade in his mouth before bringing him to Ricky, who is still alive. When Ricky departs, Molina tries to arrest Hu Li but is shot, and Lee and Carter manage to remove the grenade before Hu Li detonates it, evacuating the casino.


Carter fights Hu Li, accidentally taking her out with a ], while Lee pursues Ricky. In the casino's penthouse, Reign prepares to escape with the plates but Ricky fatally stabs him. Lee and Carter confront Ricky, who admits to killing Lee's father. In the ensuing scuffle, Ricky falls to his death when Lee accidentally kicks him out of a window, avenging Lee’s father’s death. Hu Li enters the room with a time bomb, forcing Lee and Carter to escape on a makeshift ] as Hu Li ].
Tan falls to his death when Lee kicks him out of the window. Hu Li enters with a time bomb forcing Lee and Carter to grab onto the decoration wires. The two escape on the makeshift zipline as Hu Li kills herself in the explosion. Later, at the airport, Molina thanks Lee for his work on the case, and she kisses him for a short time, while Carter watches from afar. Having originally planned to go their separate ways, Lee and Carter change their mind when Carter reveals he won a large amount of money at the casino and the pair decide to head to ] to indulge themselves.

Later at ], Sterling and Molina thank Lee for his work on the case and Molina kisses him. Planning to go their separate ways when Lee gives Carter his late father’s police badge after finally finding closure for his father’s death, Lee and Carter change their minds when Carter reveals the large amount of money he won at ], and the pair head to ] to indulge themselves while performing a ] to ]’s "]".


==Cast== ==Cast==
*] as Chief Inspector Lee * ] as Chief Inspector Lee, a Hong Kong cop. He invites Carter to Hong Kong for a vacation but accepts a case involving Ricky Tan, the man who killed his father.
*] as Detective James Carter * ] as Detective James Carter, an LAPD detective who is in Hong Kong for vacation but quickly becomes entangled in an international investigation.
*] as Ricky Tan * ] as Ricky Tan, a Triad gangster working with Steven Reign.
*] as Hu Li * ] as Hu Li, a Triad assassin and enforcer.
* ] as Agent Isabella Molina of the ]. She is working undercover, posing as a corrupt agent while also enlisting Lee and Carter to help her stop the Triads.
*] as U.S. Secret Service Agent Isabella Molina
* ] as Steven Reign, a corrupt Los Angeles businessman in league with the Triads to use his new casino to launder counterfeit money.
*] as Steven Reign
*] as U.S. Secret Service Agent Sterling * ] as Special Agent-In-Charge Sterling
*] as Hong Kong Police Captain Chin * ] as Captain Chin
*] as Receptionist
*] as Girl in Car (as Meiling Melancon)
*] as Girl in Car
*] as Kenny (uncredited)
*] as Kenny's Wife
*] as Zing
*] as Tex
*] as Red Dragon Box Man
*] High Roller Girl
*] as Versace Salesman
*] as Red Dragon Security Guard (uncredited)
*] as Captain William Diel (deleted scenes)
*] as Himself (deleted scenes)


The cast also includes ] as a young woman Carter unsuccessfully flirts with, ] as Zing, ] as a ] salesman,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/06/12/jeremy-piven-mike-tyson-rush-hour-2/|title=Watch Jeremy Piven recall meeting Mike Tyson on the set of 'Rush Hour 2'|work=EW.com|access-date=2017-12-08|language=en}}</ref> ] a casino box man,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/rush-hour-2/cast/135092/|title=Rush Hour 2|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-08}}</ref> ] as Tex, and ] have ]s,, and a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giannirusso.com/bio/|title=Bio {{!}} Gianni Russo|website=www.giannirusso.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-08}}</ref> ] makes an uncredited appearance as Kenny, the owner of a Chinese restaurant in L.A. that also houses an illegal gambling den.<ref name="Lockett">{{Cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/don-cheadles-rush-hour-2-cameo-inspired-kendrick-lamar.html|title=Don Cheadle Didn't Realize His Rush Hour 2 Character Inspired Kendrick Lamar|last=Lockett|first=Dee|work=Vulture|access-date=2017-12-08|language=en}}</ref>
==Release==
Prior to its August 3 release, ''Rush Hour 2'' was premiered to the public on Thursday, July 26, 2001 on-board ] Flight 1 from ] to ], which was renamed, "The Rush Hour Express".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2001/07/12/new-line-cinema-and-united-airlines-team-with-hong-kong-tourism|title=New Line Cinema and United Airlines Team with Hong Kong Tourism Board for In Flight 'Rush Hour 2' Promotion|date=2001-07-12|accessdate=2014-05-10}}</ref> The Hong Kong Board of Tourism teamed up with United Airlines and New Line Cinema in a campaign that offered both trailers for the film for passengers on all domestic United flights during July and August (reaching an expected 3 million people), as well as Hong Kong travel videos to inspire tourists to visit ] where the film was set.


===Box office=== ==Production==
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''Rush Hour 2'' was released in North America on August 3, 2001, playing on 4,500 screens <ref>http://www.boxofficeguru.com/080601.htm</ref> at 3,118 theaters. It opened at #1 with an opening weekend gross of ]67,408,222, for an average of $21,619 per theater ($14,980 per screen).<ref>{{cite news|title= Rush Hour 2 Has $67.4-Million Debut|work= Los Angeles Times|date=August 7, 2001|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/07/entertainment/ca-31418|accessdate=2010-10-25}}</ref> The film remained in the box office top 10 for a total of ten weeks. It closed on December 20, 2001 <ref>http://www.boxofficeguru.com/r2.htm</ref> with a domestic total of $226,164,286, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 2001 domestically, and the highest-grossing martial arts film at the time.<ref name="Action - Martial Arts"/>


===Filming===
The film's total worldwide box office take was $347,325,802, making it the eleventh highest-grossing film of 2001 worldwide.<ref name="Box Office Mojo - Rush Hour 2"/>
Filming took place between December 11, 2000 and April 30, 2001.


===Fake-money controversy===
''Rush Hour 2'' out-grossed its predecessor, ''Rush Hour''. This was due to the fact that it had a little more box office longevity and lasted consistently within the domestic box office top ten for roughly two weeks longer than ''Rush Hour''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1998/RUSHH.php |title=Movie Rush Hour - Box Office Data, News, Cast Information |publisher=The Numbers |date= |accessdate=2011-08-30}}</ref> In addition, the hype surrounding ''Rush Hour 2'' helped it maintain high numbers for a longer period of time. After fifty days since its domestic release, ''Rush Hour'' was only {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 10 on the box office charts while comparatively, ''Rush Hour 2'' was still pulling in big audiences after fifty days in theaters and was the {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 2 grossing film domestically.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2001/RUSH2.php |title=Rush Hour 2 Box Office data}}</ref>
The prop masters for the film created approximately $1{{nbsp}}trillion in fake money to be used as props in the film. The money was realistic enough that some of the film's extras pocketed it and attempted to spend it illegally outside of the production, which led to said fake money being confiscated and destroyed by the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvAskG242y8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IvAskG242y8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=How Fake Money Is Made For Movies And TV|website=Movies Insider|via=YouTube|date=October 10, 2020|access-date=September 20, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==Reception== ==Music==
{{see also|Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack)}}
The film received mixed reviews. It currently has a 52% "Rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's consensus reads: Rush Hour 2 doesn't feel as fresh or funny as the first, and the stunts lack some of the intricacy normally seen in Chan's films. Roger Ebert gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars criticizing Chris Tucker: How can a movie allow to be so obnoxious and make no acknowledgment that his behavior is aberrant?
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] returned to compose the ] for the film. According to him, "The music for ''Rush Hour 2'' is completely different from ''Rush Hour''. The first 20–30 seconds of the main title is a reprise of the music from ''Rush Hour'' – but that's it."<ref name="soundtrack">{{cite web|last1=Goldwasser|first1=Dan|title=Schifrin's Latest Rush|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=81|website=]|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004143412/https://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=81|archive-date=October 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He said that Ratner had requested a "symphonic score", which he incidentally found suitable for ''Rush Hour 2'':


<blockquote>
==Accolades==
For the sequel, he asked me to do a symphonic score. It was bigger than life – like an epic score. I ignored the comedy – the actors took care of that. I played to the chases and the danger. It's a serious score in the sense of an "epic" score, like '']'' or an ] film. Also, you must realize that the symphony orchestra allows many more possibilities. ] didn't need a rhythm section to "drive". I was able to create a lot of energy without the use of drums and electric guitars and all that.<ref name="soundtrack"/>
''Rush Hour 2'' earned a total of 27 award nominations and 10 wins, including an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, a Teen Choice Award for Film-Choice Actor, Comedy, and 3 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Male Butt Kicker (Chan), Favorite Movie Actor (Tucker), and Favorite Movie.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
</blockquote>


Schifrin performed the ''Rush Hour 2'' score with the ]. ] released the soundtrack album on ] in August 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rush-hour-2-original-motion-picture-score-mw0000590799|website=]|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510185332/https://www.allmusic.com/album/rush-hour-2-original-motion-picture-score-mw0000590799|archive-date=May 10, 2018|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In a 2001 interview with Dan Goldwasser for ], Schifrin was asked whether he would score '']'', and he stated: "Oh, I'm not a prophet!"<ref name="soundtrack"/> By 2007, he began composing the score for ''Rush Hour 3'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldwasser|first1=Dan|title=Lalo Schifrin turns 75, and scores ''Rush Hour 3''|url=http://scoringsessions.com/2007/07/10/lalo-schifrin-turns-75-and-scores-rush-hour-3/|website=ScoringSession.com|date=10 July 2007|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510110350/http://scoringsessions.com/2007/07/10/lalo-schifrin-turns-75-and-scores-rush-hour-3/|archive-date=May 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> which {{as of|2018|alt=as of 2018}}, is his last motion picture score.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lalo Schifrin|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/person/lalo-schifrin/|website=Soundtrack.Net|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510110956/https://www.soundtrack.net/person/lalo-schifrin/|archive-date=May 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Sequel==
Because of ], '']'' was not released until August 10, 2007—six years after ''Rush Hour 2''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rush_hour_3/ |title=Rush Hour 3 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 3 |publisher=] |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=rushhour3.htm |accessdate=2008-03-13}}</ref> In 2007, it was reported that a sequel to the third one, set in ], was in negotiations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=5191 |title="Rush Hour 4" is Set in Moscow}}</ref>


==Soundtrack== ==Release==
Before its August 3 release, ''Rush Hour 2'' premiered on July 26, 2001, on-board the ] Flight 1 from ] to ] renamed, "The Rush Hour Express".<ref name="United">{{cite web|url=http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2001/07/12/new-line-cinema-and-united-airlines-team-with-hong-kong-tourism|title=New Line Cinema and United Airlines Team with Hong Kong Tourism Board for In Flight 'Rush Hour 2' Promotion|date=July 12, 2001|publisher=]|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511103551/http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2001/07/12/new-line-cinema-and-united-airlines-team-with-hong-kong-tourism|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The Hong Kong Board of Tourism teamed up with United Airlines and New Line Cinema in a campaign that offered both trailers for the movie for passengers on all domestic United flights during July and August reaching an expected three million people, as well as Hong Kong travel videos to inspire tourists to visit the country where the film was set.<ref name="United"/>
{{Main|Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack)}}
A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on July 31, 2001 by ], ] and ]. It peaked at {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 11 on the ] and {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 11 on the ] chart.


==Home media== === Box office ===
''Rush Hour 2'' earned $226.2 million in ] and an estimated $121.2 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $347.3 million (surpassing ''Rush Hour'' and ''Rush Hour 3''{{'}}s worldwide box-office receipts).<ref name="bom"/><ref name="rushbom">{{cite web|title=Rush Hour|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=rushhour.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb (Amazon)|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref> The film was ranked number one during its opening weekend, grossing $67.4 million at 3,118 locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-07-ca-31418-story.html|title='Rush Hour 2' Has $67.4-Million Debut|website=] |date=7 August 2001 }}</ref><ref name="bom"/> The film stayed in the Top 10 until October 11 (10 weeks total).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Rush-Hour-2#tab=box-office | title=Rush Hour 2 (2001) - Financial Information }}</ref> It became one of the four 2001 films to generate $60 million in their first three days of release, with the others being '']'', '']'' and '']''.<ref>{{cite news |title='Monsters' scares up win at box office |url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2001/11/04/Monsters-scares-up-win-at-box-office/78081004905129/ |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=] |date=4 November 2001 |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211025803/https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2001/11/04/Monsters-scares-up-win-at-box-office/78081004905129/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film also had the fourth-highest opening weekend of all time, behind the latter two films and '']''. Additionally, ''Rush Hour 2'' achieved two other records during its opening weekend, beating '']'' for having the biggest August opening weekend and '']'' for scoring the largest opening weekend for a ] film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=Weekend Box Office: Rush Hour Jams Theaters|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/07/weekend-box-office-rush-hour-jams-theaters|publisher=IGN|access-date=July 13, 2022|date=August 7, 2001}}</ref> The August opening weekend record would be held for six years before being surpassed by '']'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/23057-bourne-ultimatum-breaks-august-box-office-record|title=Bourne Ultimatum Breaks August Box Office Record!|date=6 August 2007 }}</ref> ''Rush Hour 2'' would hold the record for having the highest opening weekend for a comedy film until 2002 when '']'' surpassed it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2002/7/31/19669080/austin-collects-opening-weekend-gold|title='Austin' collects opening weekend gold|date=July 31, 2002 }}</ref> Despite being overtaken by '']'', the film made $31.5 million during its second weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/sequel-weekend-pie-2-takes-45m-rush-hour-2-31m/406551.article|title=Sequel weekend: Pie 2 takes $45m, Rush Hour 2 $31m}}</ref> It was 2001's second-highest-grossing rated ] film and the 11th highest-grossing film worldwide.<ref name="pg13">{{cite web|title=2001 Yearly Box Office for PG-13 Rated Movies|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/mpaarating.htm?rating=PG-13&yr=2001&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb (Amazon)|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="worldwide">{{cite web|title=2001 Worldwide Grosses|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2001&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb (Amazon)|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref> ''Rush Hour 2'' surpassed the 1984 film '']'' as the highest-grossing ] action film, and was ranked as the second-highest-grossing ] film, behind the 1997 film '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Action - Martial Arts (1980–present)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=martialarts.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb (Amazon)|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Action - Buddy Comedy|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=actionbuddycomedy.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb (Amazon)|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref> The film was also ranked as the third-highest-grossing second installment in a live action comedy film franchise (behind the 2004 film '']'' and the 2011 film '']'').<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedy - Sequel (Live Action)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=comedysequel.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb (Amazon)|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref>
The only film in the trilogy without a Blu-ray release in the US, a Blu-ray release was originally set to be released in October 2007 in the United States, and December 2007 in the United Kingdom. This was to coincide with the releases of '']'' & '']'' on the same format. For unknown reasons, both dates were pulled from the release schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bva.org.uk/node/533859 |title=Rush Hour 2|publisher=bva.org.uk |accessdate=1 April 2012}}</ref> On ''Blu–ray.com'', it was announced that a Blu–ray was due to be released in the United States on 12 August 2014. It is available for pre–order on ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 Blu-ray (Pre-order Up)|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=13729|publisher=blu-ray.com|date=16 April 2014|accessdate=3 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 Blu-ray (2014)|url=http://www.amazon.com/Rush-Hour-Blu-ray-Jackie-Chan/dp/B00JOTGI8Q|publisher=]|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref>


==Reception==
It was later announced that the Blu–ray release would be delayed until 6 January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 Blu-ray|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Rush-Hour-2-Blu-ray/5278/|publisher=blu-ray.com|accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> The Blu–ray had again been delayed, this time until 15 September 2015, but was then canceled without announcement. The US version was then re-scheduled for 16 February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 New Line Cinema|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Rush-Hour-2-Blu-ray/5278/|publisher=blu-ray.com|accessdate=9 November 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109143515/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Rush-Hour-2-Blu-ray/5278/|archivedate=9 November 2015}}</ref> In the PAL regions, the Blu-ray is available to buy on ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 Blu-ray New Line Cinema|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Rush-Hour-2-Blu-ray/5278|accessdate=13 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 Blu-ray New Line Cinema|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Rush-Hour-2-Blu-ray/85511/|accessdate=13 January 2015}}</ref>
Reviews for ''Rush Hour 2'' were mixed.<ref name="turner">{{cite web |last= Passafiume |first= Andrea |title= Rush Hour 2 |url= http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/196857%7C0/Rush-Hour-2.html |website= ] |publisher= ] (]) |access-date= May 11, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180511142317/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/196857%7C0/Rush-Hour-2.html |archive-date= May 11, 2018 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite news|title=Rush Hour 2 rumbles to top|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1475591.stm|website=]|date=6 August 2001|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512151240/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1475591.stm|archive-date=May 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On ], the film has an approval rating of 50% based on 129 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus states that the film "doesn't feel as fresh or funny as the first, and the stunts lack some of the intricacy normally seen in Chan's films."<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2 (2001)|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rush_hour_2/ |website=]|publisher=]|access-date= March 2, 2019 }}</ref> On ], the film has a score of 48 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 2|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/rush-hour-2|website=]|publisher=] (])|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510124316/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/rush-hour-2|archive-date=May 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by ] during ''Rush Hour 2''{{'s}} opening weekend gave the film an average grade of A on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=]|url=https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|title=Official website|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041238/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

] gave it one and half stars out of a possible four calling Chris Tucker "an anchor around the ankles of the humor" in the movie.<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |date= August 3, 2001 |last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link1= Roger Ebert |title= Rush Hour 2 |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rush-hour-2-2001 |website= ] }}</ref> Conversely Robert Koehler of ] called it a "superior sequel" and "the very model of the limber, transnational Hollywood action comedy".<ref>{{cite web |date= July 27, 2001|last=Koehler|first=Robert|title= Rush Hour 2 |url= https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/rush-hour-2-2-1200469002/ |website=Variety }}</ref>

===Awards===
''Rush Hour 2'' earned 27 award nominations and 10 wins, including an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, a Teen Choice Award for Film-Choice Actor, Comedy, and 3 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Actor for Tucker, Favorite Male Butt Kicker for Chan, and Favorite Movie.

==Sequel==
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Because of various issues during ] and production, ''Rush Hour 3'' wasn't released until August 10, 2007; six years after ''Rush Hour 2''. ''Rush Hour 3'' failed to receive the critical and commercial acclaim of its predecessors, but was still a box office success.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour 3 |website=] |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=rushhour3.htm |access-date=2008-03-13}}</ref>


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2001 film by Brett Ratner For the soundtrack, see Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack).

Rush Hour 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrett Ratner
Written byJeff Nathanson
Based onCharacters
by Ross LaManna
Produced byRoger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Arthur M. Sarkissian
Jay Stern
Starring
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
Edited byMark Helfrich
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)
Running time90 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language
  • English
Budget$90 million
Box office$347.3 million

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jeff Nathanson. A sequel to Rush Hour (1998), it is the second installment in the Rush Hour franchise and stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker reprising their roles from the first film. The story follows Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go to Hong Kong on vacation only to be thwarted by a murder case involving two U.S. customs agents after a bombing at the American embassy. Lee suspects that the crime is linked to the Triad crime lord Ricky Tan (Lone).

Rush Hour 2 opened on August 3, 2001, to generally mixed reviews. The film was a commercial success, grossing $347.3 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. It also became the year's fifth-highest-grossing film domestically in the United States, as well as the second-highest-grossing PG-13-rated film. A sequel, Rush Hour 3, was released on August 10, 2007.

Plot

A few years after rescuing a Chinese diplomat's daughter, LAPD Detective James Carter is in Hong Kong on vacation with his friend, Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee. His vacation is put on hold when a bomb at the US Consulate General kills two undercover US Customs agents. Lee is assigned to the case and discovers that his late father's police partner, Ricky Tan, is somehow involved. Lee and Carter attempt to question Ricky, now a Triad leader, at a massage parlor, resulting in a brawl with his bodyguards forcing Lee and Carter to flee through Hong Kong while completely naked.

The U.S. Secret Service, led by Agent Sterling, and the Hong Kong Police Force fight over jurisdiction of the case. Lee's office is bombed and Lee, unaware Carter has left the building, believes him dead. They reunite at a party on Ricky's yacht, where Ricky scolds his underling, Hu Li. Lee and Carter confront Ricky, who claims he is being framed by his enemies and asks for protection, but Hu Li shoots him and escapes. Sterling holds Lee responsible for Ricky's death and orders him off the case. Carter is ordered back to Los Angeles, but convinces Lee to return to Los Angeles with him, after Lee tells him about Tan's history with his father, leading up until his death.

Carter assures Lee that every large criminal operation has a rich white man behind it; in this case, he believes that man is Steven Reign, a billionaire Los Angeles hotelier he saw acting suspiciously at Ricky Tan's party. Staking out Reign Towers, they spot Isabella Molina, whom Carter met on Ricky's yacht, receiving a delivery from Hu Li. Mistaking the package for another bomb, Lee and Carter try to intervene, but Molina reveals she is an undercover U.S. Secret Service agent, looking into Reign's laundering of $100 million in superdollars, with the only difference being that they burn with a red color unlike real dollars.

Lee and Carter visit Kenny, an ex-con, now Carter’s informant who runs a gambling den in the back of his Chinese restaurant. He tells them about a customer with a suspicious amount of hundred-dollar bills, which Carter confirms are Reign's counterfeits. They trace the money to a bank, where they are captured by Hu Li and the Triads. Taken to Las Vegas in a Triad truck, Lee and Carter escape, realizing that Reign is laundering the $100 million through his new Red Dragon Casino.

At the Red Dragon, Molina points Lee to the engraving plates used to print the counterfeit money, while Carter creates a distraction to help Lee sneak past security. Hu Li captures Lee, taping a Ying Tao grenade in his mouth before bringing him to Ricky, who is still alive. When Ricky departs, Molina tries to arrest Hu Li but is shot, and Lee and Carter manage to remove the grenade before Hu Li detonates it, evacuating the casino.

Carter fights Hu Li, accidentally taking her out with a spear, while Lee pursues Ricky. In the casino's penthouse, Reign prepares to escape with the plates but Ricky fatally stabs him. Lee and Carter confront Ricky, who admits to killing Lee's father. In the ensuing scuffle, Ricky falls to his death when Lee accidentally kicks him out of a window, avenging Lee’s father’s death. Hu Li enters the room with a time bomb, forcing Lee and Carter to escape on a makeshift zip line as Hu Li dies in the explosion.

Later at McCarran International Airport, Sterling and Molina thank Lee for his work on the case and Molina kisses him. Planning to go their separate ways when Lee gives Carter his late father’s police badge after finally finding closure for his father’s death, Lee and Carter change their minds when Carter reveals the large amount of money he won at Caesar's Palace, and the pair head to New York City to indulge themselves while performing a victory dance to Michael Jackson’s "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".

Cast

  • Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee, a Hong Kong cop. He invites Carter to Hong Kong for a vacation but accepts a case involving Ricky Tan, the man who killed his father.
  • Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter, an LAPD detective who is in Hong Kong for vacation but quickly becomes entangled in an international investigation.
  • John Lone as Ricky Tan, a Triad gangster working with Steven Reign.
  • Zhang Ziyi as Hu Li, a Triad assassin and enforcer.
  • Roselyn Sánchez as Agent Isabella Molina of the Secret Service. She is working undercover, posing as a corrupt agent while also enlisting Lee and Carter to help her stop the Triads.
  • Alan King as Steven Reign, a corrupt Los Angeles businessman in league with the Triads to use his new casino to launder counterfeit money.
  • Harris Yulin as Special Agent-In-Charge Sterling
  • Kenneth Tsang as Captain Chin

The cast also includes Maggie Q as a young woman Carter unsuccessfully flirts with, Ernie Reyes Jr. as Zing, Jeremy Piven as a Versace salesman, Saul Rubinek a casino box man, Joel McKinnon Miller as Tex, and Gianni Russo have cameo appearances,, and a pit boss. Don Cheadle makes an uncredited appearance as Kenny, the owner of a Chinese restaurant in L.A. that also houses an illegal gambling den.

Production

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Filming

Filming took place between December 11, 2000 and April 30, 2001.

Fake-money controversy

The prop masters for the film created approximately $1 trillion in fake money to be used as props in the film. The money was realistic enough that some of the film's extras pocketed it and attempted to spend it illegally outside of the production, which led to said fake money being confiscated and destroyed by the U.S. Secret Service.

Music

See also: Rush Hour 2 (soundtrack)
"Main Title" Audio sample of the main title from Rush Hour 2
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Lalo Schifrin returned to compose the score for the film. According to him, "The music for Rush Hour 2 is completely different from Rush Hour. The first 20–30 seconds of the main title is a reprise of the music from Rush Hour – but that's it." He said that Ratner had requested a "symphonic score", which he incidentally found suitable for Rush Hour 2:

For the sequel, he asked me to do a symphonic score. It was bigger than life – like an epic score. I ignored the comedy – the actors took care of that. I played to the chases and the danger. It's a serious score in the sense of an "epic" score, like Raiders of the Lost Ark or an Errol Flynn film. Also, you must realize that the symphony orchestra allows many more possibilities. Mozart didn't need a rhythm section to "drive". I was able to create a lot of energy without the use of drums and electric guitars and all that.

Schifrin performed the Rush Hour 2 score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Varèse Sarabande released the soundtrack album on compact disc in August 2001. In a 2001 interview with Dan Goldwasser for Soundtrack.Net, Schifrin was asked whether he would score Rush Hour 3, and he stated: "Oh, I'm not a prophet!" By 2007, he began composing the score for Rush Hour 3, which as of 2018, is his last motion picture score.

Release

Before its August 3 release, Rush Hour 2 premiered on July 26, 2001, on-board the United Airlines Flight 1 from Los Angeles to Hong Kong renamed, "The Rush Hour Express". The Hong Kong Board of Tourism teamed up with United Airlines and New Line Cinema in a campaign that offered both trailers for the movie for passengers on all domestic United flights during July and August reaching an expected three million people, as well as Hong Kong travel videos to inspire tourists to visit the country where the film was set.

Box office

Rush Hour 2 earned $226.2 million in North America and an estimated $121.2 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $347.3 million (surpassing Rush Hour and Rush Hour 3's worldwide box-office receipts). The film was ranked number one during its opening weekend, grossing $67.4 million at 3,118 locations. The film stayed in the Top 10 until October 11 (10 weeks total). It became one of the four 2001 films to generate $60 million in their first three days of release, with the others being Monsters, Inc., The Mummy Returns and Planet of the Apes. The film also had the fourth-highest opening weekend of all time, behind the latter two films and The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Additionally, Rush Hour 2 achieved two other records during its opening weekend, beating The Sixth Sense for having the biggest August opening weekend and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me for scoring the largest opening weekend for a New Line Cinema film. The August opening weekend record would be held for six years before being surpassed by The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007. Rush Hour 2 would hold the record for having the highest opening weekend for a comedy film until 2002 when Austin Powers in Goldmember surpassed it. Despite being overtaken by American Pie 2, the film made $31.5 million during its second weekend. It was 2001's second-highest-grossing rated PG-13 film and the 11th highest-grossing film worldwide. Rush Hour 2 surpassed the 1984 film The Karate Kid as the highest-grossing martial arts action film, and was ranked as the second-highest-grossing buddy comedy film, behind the 1997 film Men in Black. The film was also ranked as the third-highest-grossing second installment in a live action comedy film franchise (behind the 2004 film Meet the Fockers and the 2011 film The Hangover Part II).

Reception

Reviews for Rush Hour 2 were mixed. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 50% based on 129 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus states that the film "doesn't feel as fresh or funny as the first, and the stunts lack some of the intricacy normally seen in Chan's films." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore during Rush Hour 2's opening weekend gave the film an average grade of A on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert gave it one and half stars out of a possible four calling Chris Tucker "an anchor around the ankles of the humor" in the movie. Conversely Robert Koehler of Variety called it a "superior sequel" and "the very model of the limber, transnational Hollywood action comedy".

Awards

Rush Hour 2 earned 27 award nominations and 10 wins, including an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, a Teen Choice Award for Film-Choice Actor, Comedy, and 3 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Actor for Tucker, Favorite Male Butt Kicker for Chan, and Favorite Movie.

Sequel

Main article: Rush Hour 3

Because of various issues during development hell and production, Rush Hour 3 wasn't released until August 10, 2007; six years after Rush Hour 2. Rush Hour 3 failed to receive the critical and commercial acclaim of its predecessors, but was still a box office success.

See also

Notes

  1. As depicted in Rush Hour (1998).

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