Shrek III all over again...Rush Hour 3
Not only is this movie boring, it isn’t that funny either. It certainly has followed the Beverly Hills Cop series to a 'T'. Think of this movie as Beverly Hills Cop 3 in France.
One thing is almost always guaranteed in franchises, the movie franchise will usually suck by the third movie. We can see this with Return of the Jedi and the Superman III movies. By the third movie, the people that make the movie start to play it safe.
Rush Hour 3 is not only a ‘safe’ movie, but it is also a needless sequel to the first two movies. Coming off his successful, yet flawed, X3, Brett Ratner decided to fall back into his recycled action comedy franchise. Ratner's direction is dull as ever. He's not even concerned that the script needs a bit of work. (A few more rewrites)
The plot is tired. It is the same damn movie as the first two. They even throw in a corrupt white guy that is in league with the Asian villains. This time they just throw the movie into France. I have nothing against France, but the Rush Hour movies are better suited for Hong Kong and the US. The lazy, ugly American jokes in comedies are lame now, so get over it. The plot is so loose that the entire plot structure of the film will fall apart if you think about it. Like Shrek 3, this feels like some business people got a hold of the story.
Yeah, the movie is tired, but Chris Tucker looks tired too. Early in development, the producers couldn’t get Tucker signed on to do part 3. Jackie Chan made public statements about Tucker’s behavior. Tucker wouldn’t return without a hefty paycheck. He got one: 20 million for his role. I’m sorry, but he looks bored and not into the film. This is not the same Chris Tucker from the first Rush Hour, 5th Element, and Friday. He leaves Jackie Chan to do all the work. Trucker’s character brings nothing to the film, nothing. He is here to collect a check and nothing more.
A few things work in the movie though.
~The who’s on first joke is amusing, even though it was spoiled in the trailers
~While too short, the car chase is fun. (It should have lasted longer.)
~The Dojo stuff was funny with the tall Chinese guy.
~Jackie Chan
Grade: D+
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4 comments:
spot on, it was such a typical movie, you don't want typical when you're on the third, you want a new spin. Even Lethal Weapon managed a bit of ingenuity in the different movies...
The film goes thru the same cliche stuff, overly deep cleavages for the women, automatic weapon baddies (all with the dynasty-like full length beards) and the same line of plot. I just look at the remaining time for most of the movie, it was that boring
Yeah, it just seemed like everyone was just going through the same story beat, but now in France.
Agreed on the lethal weapon series; they seemed to change tones at least with that series.
I'm starting to notice a lot of these movies are simply middle of the road, and boring. Not bad, just boring.
To me, Chris Tucker was always, ALWAYS ripping off Eddie Murphy doing one of his smaller characters from the Beverly Hills Cop. I don't respect him at all.
I think I remember you commenting that Jackie Chan was bad mouthing this movie because he just did Rush Hour 2 and 3 for the money and then the fans in that order, and you found that disingenuous.
I thought Chan was pretty good in this movie, but I do have a problem with him bashing the movie after trying to get Tucker to sign onto the movie for those couple of months.
I think Chan flip-flopped when he saw the crap the movie received after it opened. Then, again I'm sure there are tons of actors that regret supporting a movie after it has come out.
I agree that he is ripping off Eddie, but I sort of liked what he did in the first movie, so-so in the second movie and total bored in the last movie.
I really lost respect for Tucker after he pulled that stunt with him getting pulled over and then saying that he had to get to church.
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