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Rush Hour 2
Join Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker for a second rush as they trade places for the start of the second movie. This time round Tucker finds himself as the fish out of water as he visits Hong Kong for a holiday but gets dragged into Chan’s investigation of the bombing of the American Embassy by the Triads.
In summary the plot is paper thin (as expected) but what is disappointing is the lack of laughs. The entire character interaction that made the first film such a hit just does not hang together here. There are a few laughs but this movie will not have you rolling around in the isles as the first one did. The best laughs are reserved for the f**k-up real showed during the final credits and some of these looked somewhat contrived.
It looks to me that the budget was spent on the two stars and not enough on what they actually did or said.
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The plot starts with our duo chasing Ricky Tan (Triad boss) as the lead suspect in the bombing (for no particular reason as far as I could tell), who later turns out to be Lee (Chan) fathers partner (Triad boss who used to be a cop!) who doubled crossed and killed him (small world). This sub plot mixes uneasily with the tracking down of a counter fitting operation master minded by the Triads and ‘ Rich American White Guy’
The pair follow said ‘rich white guy’ to Vegas where they are run across more federal agents and the Triad gang from Hong Kong who are opening a new gamblers paradise where the gamblers win and the counter fit cash is laundered into the system.
There follows a double cross buy the bad guys and the obvious resolution of the Tan-Lee sub plot.
As I said the plot in kind of thin,
In summary the plot is poor the laughs are low and this is one sequel to miss out on this year, however as I write this the movie is the biggest August opener ever and one of the best comedy openers of all time. This must be the result of the success of the first movie, which took less money but was of far higher quality. Shame but there you go.
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