Rush Hour

Sep 18, 1998

1h 37m

★ 7.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Arthur Sarkissian Productions

Roger Birnbaum Productions

Rush Hour Trailers

Cast

Lee

Jackie Chan

Carter

Chris Tucker

Griffin

Tom Wilkinson

Captain Diel

Philip Baker Hall

Johnson

Elizabeth Peña

Clive

Chris Penn

Agent Russ

Mark Rolston

Consul Han

Tzi Ma

Agent Whitney

Rex Linn

Sang

Ken Leung

First Caucasien

Robert Littman

Diner Guest

Michael Chow

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