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Reviews Counted:154
Fresh:31
Rotten:123
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Rush Hour 3 is a tired rehash of the earlier films, and a change of scenery can't hide a lack of new ideas.
Theatrical Release:Aug 10, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $140,080,850
Synopsis: In director Brett Ratner's RUSH HOUR 3, African-American cop James Carter (Chris Tucker) once again reunites with Chinese inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) to both taunt and battle bad guys. Whereas the... [More]
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh
Director: Brett Ratner
Instead of the playful banter that infested the second film, Chan's stiff delivery is punctuated by meaningless and exhaustive one-liners that pour out of Tucker like an oil tanker that just got the business-end of a torpedo.
Like the cinematic equivalent of an old, reliable piece of furniture: although it predictably brings comfort, age ultimately catches up with it, and is simply isn't as refreshing as it once was.
Crude, knockabout stuff.
Like Lethal Weapon, this franchise has become lazier and less thrilling with each instalment. Hopefully, unlike Lethal Weapon, they’ll stop at Part Three.
This cloying, fractured slop of uninspired swill is content to swim among summer's worst.
It makes a case against "war" and in favor of buddies, across languages and expectations. That doesn't make Rush Hour 3 good, but it does put Carter's American excesses in a context.
I never get tired of seeing Jackie accidentally bruise whatever is left of his genitals. 'I've got one ball in a sling and another in need of Lasik,' says Jackie. 'My testicles have their own physical therapist.'
A total dud, as well as perhaps the worst sequel to appear in this up-and-down summer movie season.
Rush Hour 3 is the movie equivalent of a paint-by-numbers picture. No matter how much color you slap on top of it, you can always see the numbers guiding you underneath.
Most of the time while watching 'Rush Hour 3,' I couldn't help longing for another one of those hilarious Jackie Chan/Owen Wilson 'Shanghai' movies.
The third installment is so cartoonishly stupid it makes the original look like a classic.
Top CriticThere's a bizarre lack of anything to care about beyond the dynamic duo at the center of the film. Chan and Tucker can only carry an audience so far.
Boy, has this franchise ever run out of gas.
I’m not a huge fan of the first two Rush Hour films, but this third sequel is just sad considering the still-viable talent involved.
It reflects not only the tension between the main characters, but the tension between the stars as well. Tucker has a lot to learn.
As it is now, it's just a messy plate of leftovers fancied up to include the number three in the title.
The most innovative scenes involve stunts, for which I'm sure Chan (who is always involved in action sequences and who is himself a director and fight choreographer) provided most of the inspiration.
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This movie makes a fine replacement for the previous two installments.
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