The first Rush Hour was a novelty item. It was a fresh (or at least not entirely stale) look at the buddy cop movie. Chris Tucker finally found an outlet for his screeching, annoying persona. Then came Rush Hour 2, which never rose above the ranks of being a cheap sequel. This said, there were a couple of moments that didn't cause pain. Tucker's one-note delivery - and it is one shrill note I tell you, was on full display. In this outing, a shameful attempt at squeezing the last remaining cents out of a belabored franchise, Tucker is teetering on becoming the single most irritating cinematic presence alive. He is the Jar-Jar Binks of action films.

Jackie Chan perhaps isn't the best actor but he is a great performer. His simple charm and the fact that he could at any time fall into one of his ridiculously over-choreographed fight sequences allows him to be able to survive making dimwitted movies. In this case, hack director Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand, After the Sunset) should have simply filmed Chan cashing a paycheck. This is essentially all he was doing anyway.

This film has nothing to offer. The formula is dried up and the even the actors appear bored. I've had more surprises and fun watching the lens changes down at my local optometrist's office.


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