Rush Hour 2

Rush Hour 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brett Ratner
Written by	Jeff Nathanson
Based on	Characters by Ross LaManna
Produced by	Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Arthur M. Sarkissian Jay Stern
Starring	Jackie Chan Chris Tucker John Lone Alan King Roselyn Sánchez Harris Yulin Zhang Ziyi
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by	Mark Helfrich
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production companies	Roger Birnbaum Productions Salon Films
Distributed by	New Line Cinema[1]
Release date	August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	United 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.