Rush Hour (franchise)

Rush Hour
Blu-ray cover
Directed byBrett Ratner (1-3)
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onCharacters created
by Ross LaManna
Produced by
Starring
Edited by
Music by
Distributed by
Release date
1998-present
Running time
279 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$265 million[1]
Box office$849 million[1]

The Rush Hour franchise is a series of American buddy cop 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.

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