Directed by. Brett Ratner
Written by: Ross LaManna (characters) & Jeff Nathanson
Lee and Carter are on a vacation in Hong Kong, when they get pulled into another criminal investigation, that includes a bombing and counterfeit money scam.
Watching sequels is a risky business. Sometimes your love for the original gets butchered because the quality of the sequels dropped somewhere along the way - writers changed, maybe even director changed. Luckily Rush Hour 2 shares the quality with the original, and is not clearly worse. And hey, how much originality do you want from action comedies anyway?
Pretty much everything that was good and right in the first one is good in the sequel. Rush Hour 2 is still hilarious and entertaining, and makes you laugh out loud. The fight scenes are as amazing as previously, and now even Carter seems to have learned something. Still, Jackie Chan's skills are far more astonishing.
The only thing that makes me feel a little disappointed is how you'd expect this movie to take place entirely in Hong Kong, but no, they go back to the US. There are enough movies taking place there, couldn't we have had this one in Hong Kong? The languages are pretty and the scenery feels refreshing compared to the tired streets of Los Angeles.
The chemistry between the actors is still excellent. It might be even better now that the characters know each other better and aren't just two random people thrown into a same case - but it might not be as interesting to the audience. It was more interesting to see two strangers trying to get along and work together, but this works as well.
Rush Hour 2 is still a decent action comedy. It speaks about the quality when a director is the same in the sequels and in original. Usually when the director changes into someone not as good, the quality drops, sometimes as badly as in the Hostel series. But Rush Hour and at least this second sequel seems to be just as good - predictable and stereotypical, but still entertaining.
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8 / 10
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