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Rush Hour 2
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
2001 · Directed by Brett Ratner · 90 min · Action · Comedy · Crime · Screenplay in the scene database · 12 frames
Tagline
Get ready for a second Rush!
Plot
LAPD Detective James Carter is in Hong Kong on vacation with his friend, Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee. His vacation is put on hold when a bomb at the US Consulate General kills two undercover US Customs agents. Lee is assigned to the case and discovers that his late father's police partner, Ricky Tan, is somehow involved. Lee and Carter attempt to question Ricky, now a Triad leader, at a massage parlor, resulting in a brawl with his bodyguards forcing Lee and Carter to flee through Hong Kong while completely naked. After getting dressed, Carter tries to return to the massage parlor to retrieve his passport so he can return home.
The U.S. Secret Service, led by Agent Sterling, and the Hong Kong Police Force fight over jurisdiction of the case. Lee's office is bombed and Lee, unaware Carter has left the building, believes him dead. They reunite at a party on Ricky's yacht, where Ricky scolds his underling, Hu Li. Lee and Carter confront Ricky, who claims he is being framed by his enemies and asks for protection, but Hu Li shoots him and escapes. Sterling holds Lee responsible for Ricky's death and orders him off the case. Carter is ordered back to Los Angeles but convinces Lee to return to Los Angeles with him after hearing the history between Ricky Tan and Lee’s Father and realizing how personal the case is for Lee.
Upon their return to L.A., they start by investigating Steven Reign, a billionaire Los Angeles hotelier whom Carter met on Ricky Tan's boat and later saw acting suspiciously calm. Staking out Reign Towers, they spot Isabella Molina, whom Carter also met on Ricky's yacht, receiving a delivery from Hu Li. Mistaking the package for another bomb, Lee and Carter try to intervene, but Molina reveals she is an undercover U.S. Secret Service agent, looking into Reign's laundering operation of $100 million in superdollars, with the only difference being that they burn with a red color unlike real dollars.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Jeff Nathanson
- Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
- Edited by: Robert K. Lambert, Mark Helfrich
- Music: Lalo Schifrin
- Production design: Terence Marsh
- Produced by: Jonathan Glickman, Roger Birnbaum, Jay Stern, Arthur M. Sarkissian
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Yan Naing Lee
- Chris Tucker as James Carter
- John Lone as Ricky Tan
- Roselyn Sánchez as Isabella Molina
- Zhang Ziyi as Hu Li
- Alan King as Steve Reign
- Harris Yulin as Agent Sterling
- Kenneth Tsang as Captain Chin
- Lisa LoCicero as Receptionist
- Meiling Melançon as Girl in Car
Production
- Country: United States of America, Hong Kong
- Language: Cantonese, English, Mandarin
- Studios: New Line Cinema, Arthur Sarkissian Productions, Roger Birnbaum Productions, Salon Films
- Budget: $90,000,000
- Box office: $347,325,802
- Themes: martial arts, los angeles, california, criminal investigation, interracial friendship, buddy cop, duringcreditsstinger, action hero, good versus evil
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