Rush Hour 2
Released: 2001
Rated: PG-13
Length: approx. 90 min.
Main Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker
, Zhang Zihi, John Lone, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Tsang, Alan King(I), Lisa Lo Cicero
Ooh, a sequel to a mediocre Jackie Chan film. Is it good? Well, it depends on what you like. If you like stupid black humor, lots of scantily clad Asian chicks (and one Hispanic-colored woman in her undergarments) with some better pacing than the original, then you’ll love this.
The plot goes something like this: Tucker (AKA: James Carter) is on vacation in Hong Kong visiting his friend (i.e. Jackie) who keeps taking Tucker to various places as he investigates a murder of some American nationals. He sees a girl and some goons and gives chase. They climb a scaffold with Jackie (as Inspector Lee) in hot pursuit. A few of them get knocked off and they bounce down like pachinko balls in a pachinko machine. This is interesting stuff, but short and a little confusing due to bad lighting.
Tucker thinks it’s one big party and all he does is make eyes at any cute girl. And he spouts epithets left and right in traditional fashion. Luckily, he seems to have toned it down some for this movie. However, they ramped up the sexual content by sticking in a lot of chicks in underwear. There’s a scene where we watch Tucker try to choose his masseuse, who happens to be a girl with very little on. He gets to choose from around 40 other Asian babes in varying degrees of undress.
Well, enough on that. Jackie finds his target there getting a massage and goes to call back-up. Tucker immediately screws it up by walking up to the guy and acting like the jerk that he is. After having a nice fight, in which one of the bad guys gets naked, Tucker and Jackie get captured. Then we see them getting pushed out of some cars in the middle of Hong Kong, buck-naked themselves. You see, the bad guys wanted to humiliate them and at the same time, gross out (or turn on, as the case may be) the audience.
Soon after, Jackie thinks his friend gets blown up. This is hard to explain in a review, so just watch it if you want to know more about this misconception. Anyway, Jackie next goes to a boat that’s having a party where he tries to chat with the bad guy, who happens to be Jackie’s father’s ex-partner, Ricky Tan (John Lone). (Now this guy is a crime-lord…go figure!) There’s a lot that happens and I’d rather not spoil the plot, so let’s leave it right there.
We all know Jackie’s going to win anyway, so there’s no sense in telling you how he did it.
The Good Stuff:
 | Better pacing, less swearing… |
| A cute Asian chick (Zhang Zihi) who is the one of the principal baddies. |
| Why is she "good"? Because she repeatedly kicks Tucker. |
| Decent fight scenes. |
The Bad Stuff
| Naked Jackie, Tucker and even a bad guy. YUCK! |
| A guy-clerk in an expensive clothing boutique who acts like he’s gay (and maybe is one) and who tries to come onto Tucker…and Jackie, although not as much. |
| The blatant sexual overtones with a Hispanic in "Victoria’s Secret" and the other girls…and Tucker's blatant girl-chasing throughout... |
| Tucker’s come-ons with the girls and the general overtone of wanting to "get laid." |
| Don’t forget the cursing! |
| And then there's the scene where Carter encourages Lee to kill someone. Disgusting! |
This is okay Jackie fair, but it’s nothing special. If you love Jackie, get it. It’s better than some of his early garbage.
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