Several studios were interested in acquiring the project. He is portrayed by Don Cheadle. in Los Angeles and is Chief Inspector Lee's partner and friend. New Line Cinema was confident in Ratner, having done Money Talks with him, so they made a hard commitment to a budget and start date for Rush Hour. Carter distracts the guests into leaving for their own safety, angering the FBI, but Lee catches Griffin accepting a remote for the detonator from Sang. [15] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade "C-" and was critical of the buddy comedy saying "The two characters barely even have a relationship; they're a union of demographics--the "urban" market meets the slapstick-action market. The film's success led to two sequels: Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007). Winner: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film (, Nomination: Favorite Supporting Actress- Action/Adventure (, Nomination: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television (, Nomination: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture (, Nomination: Favorite Movie Actor (Blimp Award) (, This page was last edited on 30 September 2020, at 12:36.
Carter asks Lee to leave the room and wait outside in the bar area while he takes care of this situation.
Martin Lawrence was originally considered for the role of James Carter. Carter reminds Luke that he gives a blind eye to his criminal activity because of their relationship and so he expects Luke to help him. He is an old friend of James Carter. Chris Tucker was finally chosen for the part. Edwin Starr's "War" was used as the ending theme for the film. [20][21], A sequel Rush Hour 2, was released in 2001, which was primarily set in Hong Kong. He owns a Chinese restaurant in Crenshaw that sells Chinese Soul Food and is also married to a Chinese woman who he has children with. Released on September 18, 1998, the film grossed over $244 million worldwide. He owns a Chinese restaurant in Crenshaw that sells Chinese Soul Food and is also married to a Chinese woman who he has children with. Carter pulls out his revolver and acts aggressively towards Luke and his men and asks about the little girl ().Luke says he doesn't know anything about a little girl.
He is also revealed to be an expert at the Twisting Tiger … Carter goes to the restaurant alone and sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo Yung into a van. Han and Soo Yung are reunited, and Han sends Carter and Lee on vacation to Hong Kong as a reward. Griffin, holding onto the vest, falls to his death when the vest is torn, but when Lee falls, Carter is able to catch him with a large flag. He is a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D.) [5], After the success of Rumble in the Bronx, Brett Ratner wanted to put Jackie Chan in a buddy-cop movie, not as a co-star or sidekick but as on equal footing with an American star. The screenplay was sold by LaManna's William Morris agent Alan Gasmer to Hollywood Pictures, a division of the Walt Disney Company, with Arthur Sarkissian attached as producer. https://rush-hour.fandom.com/wiki/Luke?oldid=6180.
A few days later Chan agreed to star in the film and not long after flew to Los Angeles and met Chris Tucker. Carter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour, keeping him away from the embassy while contacting informants about the kidnapping. In anticipation for Rush Hour, Chan's first major Hollywood crossover, he coded the website in two weeks and the site went live shortly before the film's release. He is also revealed to be an expert at the Twisting Tiger technique, demonstrated during his fight with Lee. Lee and Johnson conclude that Griffin is Juntao when Carter recognizes him from the Chinatown surveillance tape. Lee catches up to Griffin, resulting in a brief altercation that culminates in the two dangling from the rafters. 1 at the North American box office with a weekend gross of $33 million in September 1998. He is portrayed by Chris Tucker, who also portrays Franklin Hatchett in Money Talks. Chan continued: "I don’t like the way I speak English, and I don’t know what Chris Tucker is saying". Lee arrives and saves Carter from Juntao's syndicate, but they are taken off the case after the FBI blames them for ruining the ransom drop, with Lee sent back to Hong Kong. [12] Joe Leydon of Variety called it "a frankly formulaic but raucously entertaining action comedy". But he does not know his name as the guy has not bought from him. Lee makes his own way to the Chinese Consulate, where Han and the FBI await news about his daughter. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. While arguing with Agent-in-charge Warren Russ, Carter accidentally involves himself in a phone conversation with Sang, where he arranges a ransom drop of $50 million. [6] Carter and Lee leave after this. Rush Hour is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna from a story by LaManna. Before Carter leaves, Agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI, which he mockingly refuses. At the time Martin Lawrence was attached to the project.
Ratner credited Tucker with getting his first feature film Money Talks and thought Tucker and Chan would make a great team. Lee takes the vest and pursues Griffin, while Carter shoots Sang dead in a gunfight. Carter and Lee come to his bar and confront him in the back room. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. At the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, overseen by Han and Griffin, the now $70 million ransom is delivered and Carter, Lee, and Johnson enter disguised as guests. Rush Hour is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna from a story by LaManna. Rush Hour grossed over $140 million in the US and $103 million in the rest of the world, for a total worldwide gross over $244 million. I still don’t like the movie." Luke is a minor character in Rush Hour.. [18], In 2007, before the release of Rush Hour 3, Ratner was optimistic about making a fourth film and potentially having it set in Moscow. Detective James Carter is one of the main protagonists of the Rush Hour films. "[17][18][19], Rush Hour was the catalyst for the creation of the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. The official soundtrack album was also a success, certified platinum on January 21, 1999. Carter's colleague, LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson, traces the detonator to Clive, a man previously arrested by Carter. [23] In 2017 Chan agreed to a potential script for Rush Hour 4 after years of turning down scripts.[24][25][26]. Tzi Ma, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Leung, Mark Rolston, Elizabeth Peña and Rex Linn play supporting roles. Kenny is a minor character in Rush Hour 2. Luke says he doesn't know anything about a little girl. Carter boards the airplane with Lee, who annoys him by singing Edwin Starr's "War". [3][8], On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 60% based on 73 reviews and an average rating of 6/10. Carter pulls out his revolver and acts aggressively towards Luke and his men and asks about the little girl (Soo-Yung). Senh Duong, the website's founder and a Jackie Chan fan, was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's Hong Kong action films as they were being released in the United States. She is also a martial arts student of Lee's. It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter. Johnson manages to get the vest off Soo Yung while Griffin heads to the roof with the bag of money. It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter. Griffin later involves himself in the case, revealing more about the HKPF's past with Juntao's syndicate, and implores Han to pay the ransom to avoid further bloodshed. He owns a bar and runs a criminal organization that involves selling weapons.