Rush Hour 2 2001

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 92 min

genre: action

theme: action comedy

director: Brett Ratner

Score: 6 / 10

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American buddy action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jeff Nathanson, based on the characters created by Ross LaManna. A sequel to Rush Hour, 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).

Plot

LAPD Detective James Carter is in Hong Kong on vacation with his partner, 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 leader of the Triads, resulting in a brawl with his bodyguards.

Cast

More details

author	Jeff Nathanson
contentLocation	Hong Kong Los Angeles
director	Brett Ratner
editor	Mark Helfrich
events	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2996599
genre	action comedy crime
keywords	act build capture chinese restaurant counterfeit money customs agent dies in the explosion frame gamble hong kong police force kill lapd las vegas new york city plan police force secret service suicide attack superdollars time bomb u.s. customs us customs zip line
musicBy	Lalo Schifrin
producer	Arthur M. Sarkissian Jay Stern Jonathan Glickman Roger Birnbaum
publisher	New Line Cinema
theme	action comedy buddy comedy buddy cop kung fu martial arts sequel