Rush Hour

Rush Hour is a 1998 American martial arts/buddy cop film about a Hong Kong police officer forced to work with an LAPD detective in stopping a mysterious crime lord of The Triads involved in terrorism. It was followed by 2001 sequel film Rush Hour 2. Directed by Brett Ratner. Written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna. The Fastest Hands In The East Meet The Biggest Mouth In The West. taglines Dialogue Carter: Do you understand the words that are COMING OUTTA MY MOUTH?!?! Sang: The drop will be made tonight, 11:00pm. The amount will be $50,000,000. Carter: $50,000,000?! Who do you think you kidnapped, Chelsea Clinton?! Sang: In U.S. currency. Nothing bigger than a 50. Carter: All right. All right. Cool. Cool. Cool. $50,000,000. No prob. No prob. Sang: I want 20,000,000 in 50s... Carter: [writes it down] 20,000,000 in 50s. Sang: 20,000,000 in 20s... Carter: 20,000,000 in 20s. Sang: And 10,000,000 in 10s. Carter: And 10,000,000 in 10s. You want any 5s with that? Cab Driver: [Points a gun at Lee and Carter] Don't move! [ Lee and Carter put their hands up] Drop your guns. Carter: Hey man look, FBI? [Shows his badge] Lee: Oh, um...I'm policeman! I'm just showing him how to take a gun from a suspect. [Carter is stunned at discovering Lee speaks English] [Carter has picked up Inspector Lee, who suddenly turns the radio] Chief Insp. Lee: [hears Surfing USA] Beach Boys. Det. James Carter: Oh, hell, no. You didn't just touch my goddamn radio. Lee: The Beach Boys are great American music. Carter: The Beach Boys'll get you a great ass-whoopin'. Don't you ever touch a black man's radio, boy. You can do that in China but you'll get your ass killed out here. [Carter arrives at Consul Han's residence] Carter: Hey man, you seen a little Asian dude about this height with a steering wheel on his arm? Secret Service guy: Go screw yourself. Carter: What did you say? Secret Service guy: Go screw yourself. Carter: You get your sensitive ass up there and let me in! Get out of the way! Lee: I am not responsible for your assumption. Carter: You full of shit, you understand me, you full of shit. Lee: Not being able to speak is not the same as not speaking. You seem as if you like to talk. I like to let people talk who like to talk. It makes it easier to find out how full of shit they are. Carter: [Pause] What the hell did you just say? "I let people talk, blah blah blah" so I'm the one full of shit? Lee: We both full of shit. Carter: You full of shit. Lee: [Singing "War"] What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Good God you all. Carter: It's not "you all" its "y'all". Lee: Yahl? Carter: Y'all! Lee: Yaal! Carter: Man you sound like a karate movie. Y'all! [Chinese food seller handing Carter some Chinese food] Carter: Damn Chen, some greasy shit? You aint got no better food like some chicken wings, some baby back-ribs, some fries or something? Chen: Chinese food! No soul food here! Carter: I ain't say nothing about no soul food. I said ain't you got some better food? I don't want that greasy shit. How you gonna sell a big box of grease? Chen: Fung geneo bunkwain. Carter: I'm a chilly what? Chen: I'm no punk bitch! Carter: I aint no punk bitch either! Chen: I'm no punk bitch! [Carter and Lee board a flight to China] Carter: Man, how long is this flight? Lee: Fifteen hours. Carter: Fifteen hours? What are we gonna do for fifteen hours? Lee: [Shrugs, then puts on headphones, and sings] Huh! [Carter turns in horror] [Sings] War! Uh! Good God "yaw." Carter: Aw, hell no! Stewardess, get me another seat! Stewardess! Taglines The Fastest Hands In The East Meet The Biggest Mouth In The West. Pals Forever. If they can get past today. They come from different cultures. But on a case this big, they speak the same language. Cast Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter Tom Wilkinson as Griffin / Juntao Tzi Ma as Consul Han Julia Hsu as Soo Yung Chris Penn as Clive Yang Lin as Consul Secretary External links Rush Hour (1998 film) 0120812 Rush Hour rush_hour Rush Hour Category:1998 films Category:Action films Category:Comedy films Category:Martial arts films Category:1990s American films Category:Chinese-language films Category:Films set in Hong Kong Category:Films set in Los Angeles Category:Films directed by Brett Ratner Category:1990s Chinese-language American films