Rush hour 2

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Movie
German title Rush hour 2
Original title Rush hour 2
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Country of production USA , Hong Kong
original language English , Cantonese , Chinese
Publishing year 2001
length approx. 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Brett Ratner
script Jeff Nathanson
production Roger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Arthur M. Sarkissian
Jay Stern
music Ira Hearshen
Nile Rodgers
Lalo Schifrin
camera Matthew F. Leonetti
cut Mark Helfrich
Robert K. Lambert
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Rush Hour

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American action comedy directed by Brett Ratner , in which Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan reunite as Detective Carter and Inspector Lee. It is the continuation of Rush Hour .

action

When a bomb explodes in the US embassy in Hong Kong and kills two customs investigators who were on the trail of organized crime, Inspector Lee and his friend and colleague James Carter's relaxed vacation comes to an end. Lee uses a ruse to lure Carter into a gangster bar to investigate. When Carter finds out, he's pretty pissed off. Then a bomb explodes in Lee's office, causing James Carter to be believed dead. Meanwhile, he is exploring Hong Kong in his own way and has to deal with all kinds of difficulties. However, he finds out that the Chinese gang boss Ricky Tan and his "right hand man" Hu Li are responsible for the bombing. During a party on the yacht owned by real estate tycoon Steven Reign, Carter meets undercover agent Isabella Molina. She investigates for the Secret Service in the vicinity of Reign, who turns out to be Ricky Tan's partner. Tan asks Lee for help in escaping the Triads . He is apparently shot by Li shortly afterwards. Therefore, Carter and Lee decide to concentrate the investigation on Reign and arrive in Los Angeles . Here the two learn from Molina that Reign and the Triads were able to print millions of counterfeit money and want to launder it through a Reigns casino in Las Vegas . When the casino opens, Lee tries to confiscate the printing plates, but is overpowered by Li and her people and only barely saved from execution by Molina. However, this has to give up its camouflage and it comes to a showdown . Reign tries to escape with the printing plates, but is stabbed to death by Ricky Tan, who is still alive. Shortly afterwards, he also dies in a fight with Lee and the case is solved.

At the end of the film, Carter reveals that he was able to launder some of the counterfeit money by gambling and offers Lee a trip to New York (to see Isabella). After a moment's hesitation, he accepts.

criticism

“Action comedy based on a pattern successfully tested in the first part ('Rush Hour', 1998), to which hardly any new aspects are added. Still reasonably entertaining, especially thanks to the likeable leading actors. "

- Lexicon of international film

“As in the extremely successful Rush Hour (also directed by Brett Ratner), there is again a mighty and wonderfully choreographed beating for what it takes. Funny sayings, good timing and excellent action ensure lively entertainment despite the poor story. "

- prisma.de

"" Rush Hour 2 "is a solidly made action buddy movie, but it is rarely really funny (...) and has little to offer in terms of its story. Rather, it fully relies on the sympathetic lead actor duo, who can no longer find their way back to their form from Part 1 or, in the case of Chris Tucker, even overshoots their goal and only annoys. "

- filmstarts.de

Trivia

  • According to the director's audio commentary, the opening scene was inspired by the movie The Man with the Death Claw .
  • The film features a yacht and a casino called Red Dragon . After this film, Brett Ratner directed the film Red Dragon (German title Roter Drache ) the following year .
  • The Desert Inn on the Las Vegas Strip , which is about to be demolished, served as the backdrop for the “Red Dragon” casino .
  • Actress Zhang Ziyi could not speak English and had instructions from the director translated. She speaks only three words in English throughout the film: “some apple?” And “out!”.
  • The film was shown in a joint promotion by United Airlines and the Hong Kong Tourism Board before its actual world premiere on August 3, 2001 on a flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on July 26, 2001.
  • Rush Hour 2 grossed over $ 347 million worldwide on a budget of $ 90 million.

Awards

  • 2002: BMI Film Music Award for Lalo Schifrin
  • 2002: Bogey Award
  • 2002: Blimp Award in the Favorite Male Action Hero category for Jackie Chan, Favorite Male Movie Star for Chris Tucker, Favorite Movie
  • 2002: MTV Movie Award in the "Best Fight" category for Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan against the Hong Kong gang.
  • 2002: Teen Choice Award in the category Film - Choice Actor, Comedy for Chris Tucker
  • 2002: Taurus Award in the Best Fight , Best Highwork and Best Specialty Stunt categories
  • The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".
  • 18 more nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for rush hour 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2015 (PDF; test number: 89 708 V).
  2. ↑ Age rating for rush hour 2 . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ^ Rush Hour 2. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ prisma.de
  5. ↑ filmstarts.de
  6. ↑ boxofficemojo.com: Rush Hour 2
  7. ↑ fbw-filmbeval.com