A movie review written by:
Andrew Vigeant
Their finest hour.....well that's what the good old commercials said, but I'd definitely have to disagree. I really don't know whether their was a defined plot, or if they just went with the flow when making this movie. After an assassination attempt on Ambassador Han(Tzi Ma), Lee(Jackie Chan) and Carter(Chris Tucker) head to Paris to learn about the Triad's secrets and stop them once and for all. That is basically all I could come up with here, I know it's not much, but then again this movie wasn't anything much either.
Once again I went with my friend in Arlington Heights to see this movie. We couldn't sneak into this one because their was too many "nigs" patrolling the area, so we had to pay like scrubs. We heard noises after we got back to the crib that could belong to no other than the FRENCHAY though, so we were kinda scared for our lives.
The acting was pretty horrible for the most part, and that's surprising. Jackie Chan(Inspector Lee) was alright in this Rush Hour film, but compared to the past two he didn't even try. It was like he didn't even want to make this film, but was offered a large sum of money so he said what the hell I'll do it. Chris Tucker(Detective James Carter) was slightly worse than Lee, and didn't show any emotion or any real facial expressions throught the entire film which was rather disappointing. Don't get me wrong the chemistry with these two, on screen, is still amazing, but you can't always rely on that to carry you through a film. Genevieve(Noemie Lenoir) was alright as well, but no emotion or real facial expressions either. She was rather dull and boring to watch while she was on screen. Soo Yung(Jingchu Zhang) was slightly better than average, and looked like someone who would be on one of the Dynasty Warrior games for Ps2. At least she showed emotion, and cared about making this a better film. The only actor that did a good job in showing emotion, expression, and cared about his job/life/this film was Kenji(Hiroyuki Sanada). He actually put forth a lot of effort in this film and it showed, and quite possibly payed off for him.
Saying that this movie takes disappointment to a whole new level for hours wouldn't get boring or tiring to read, but it isn't worth taking that much time to talk about this film. Nor go and see it either. The only reason this movie doesn't fail completely was because Kenji showed us their still was hope, their were lots of funny moments just like in the first two films, and last but not least the good old fighting scenes with Lee and Carter. It is a laughable experience, but why pay $9 for laughs when you could just watch a White Sox game when they blow a 5 run lead in the 9th inning?
This movie was nowhere near perfect. It had such potential, although it would've been difficult to best the hype of the first two, but director Brett Ratner fails miserably and should be rather ashamed of himself. I'd love to ask the question why to him, but I'd be very afraid of his answer. He has a rather good background in directing movies, but if I were him I'd leave this one out of his resume. If you were a fan, like I am, of the first two Rush Hour films than you definitely should go and sneak in to see this movie. If you're a die-hard fan than go ahead and pay. Overall I can't recommend this film.
2 comments:
Well I want to politely disagree with your review. Rush Hour 3 may not have been a great film, but it was definitely a good one. I guess it works for me because I have really grown to like these two characters and their adventures are always fun for me. Jackie Chan is the straight man while Tucker is the crazy incompetent side-kick and the fact that they always seem to do a good job is great. What they have is a friendship and they are willing to look past one another's differences. It is almost love. I find that these films, unlike other comedies that never really look at the relationship between the characters involved deeply, offer a great example of how friendships should be.
I loved the first two as i said, and i agree that they show what friendship should be. This one just lacked in too many areas. Oh, and one more thing man. Our friendship has their's beat by a million miles pshhhh.
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