Rush Hour (franchise)
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The Rush Hour franchise is a series of American action comedy films created by Ross LaManna and directed by Brett Ratner with both Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in leading roles. All three films center around a pair of police detectives, Hong Kong Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and Los Angeles Police Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go on their series of misadventures involving corrupt crime figures in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. The films incorporate elements of martial arts, humor involving fish out of water situations and East-West culture shock, and the buddy cop subgenre. The films were released theatrically from 1998 to 2007, attaining commercial success, but critical reception was mixed.
Rush Hour | |
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Directed by | Brett Ratner (1–3) |
Screenplay by | Jim Kouf (1) Ross LaManna (1) Jeff Nathanson (2–3) |
Story by | Ross LaManna (1) Jeff Nathanson (2–3) |
Based on | Characters created by Ross LaManna |
Produced by | Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Arthur M. Sarkissian Jay Stern Robert Birnbaum Michael Poryes |
Starring | Jackie Chan Chris Tucker |
Edited by | Mark Helfrich Robert K. Lambert Mark Possy Billy Weber Don Zimmerman |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin Mark Mothersbaugh Ira Hearshen Nile Rodgers |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (New Line Cinema) |
Release date | 1998–present |
Running time | 279 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $265 million[1] |
Box office | $849 million[1] |