

The two jog back to the police station using newspapers and garbage can lids as badly improvised shorts. Lee and Carter lose the fight and their clothes. A brawl erupts in which Carter and Lee fight Tan's guards. Tan leaves Carter, Lee and Tan's guards in the room together. Carter insultingly insists, resulting in Tan quietly taking his leave. Tan pretends to not understand that he's resisting arrest. However, Carter goes over to Tan and loudly confronts him. Lee insists to Carter that police backup ambush Tan. Lee and Carter visit a Triad-owned massage parlor to question Tan, now a leader of the Triads. Lee is assigned to the case and discovers that his late father's police partner, Ricky Tan, is somehow involved. Their vacation is put on hold when an explosion at the US Consulate General kills two undercover US Customs agents. Carter is inept, obnoxious, rude, unprofessional, and mildly corrupt Lee is quiet and subtle. A sequel, Rush Hour 3, was released on August 10, 2007.Īfter the events of the previous film, LAPD Detective James Carter is in Hong Kong on vacation with his partner, Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee. It became the year's 11th-highest-grossing film worldwide as well as the second-highest-grossing PG-13 film. The film was a commercial success, grossing $347.3 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. Rush Hour 2 opened on August 3, 2001, to generally mixed reviews. Lee suspects that the crime is linked to the Triad crime lord Ricky Tan (Lone). customs agents after a bombing at the American embassy. 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. 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. 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.
