Rush Hour 2

Rush Hour 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrett Ratner
Written byJeff Nathanson
Based onCharacters
by Ross LaManna
Produced byRoger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Arthur M. Sarkissian
Jay Stern
Starring
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
Edited byMark Helfrich
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Cinema[1]
Release date
  • August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
Language
  • English
Budget$90 million[2]
Box office$347.3 million[2]

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jeff Nathanson. A sequel to Rush Hour (1998), it is the second installment in the Rush Hour franchise and stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker reprising their roles from the first film. The story follows Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go to Hong Kong on vacation only to be thwarted by a murder case involving two U.S. customs agents after a bombing at the American embassy. Lee suspects that the crime is linked to the Triad crime lord Ricky Tan (Lone).

Rush Hour 2 opened on August 3, 2001, to generally mixed reviews. The film was a commercial success, grossing $347.3 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise. It also became the year's fifth-highest-grossing film domestically in the United States, as well as the second-highest-grossing PG-13-rated film. A sequel, Rush Hour 3, was released on August 10, 2007.

  1. ^ a b c "Rush Hour 2". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Rush Hour 2". Box Office Mojo. IMDb (Amazon). Retrieved May 9, 2018.