Rush Hour 3

Review by The Ninja Master

THINGS THIS MOVIE CONTAINED:  An 8 foot tall Chinese man, French police beating people with phonebooks, a nun telling a French speaking Chinese man some very bad things

THINGS THIS MOVIE DID NOT CONTAIN:  Albert Einstein, Carnivorous seat belt aliens (and their quest for safe driving), the Singing Crocodile from the cartoon movie "All Dogs Go to Heaven."

The Review:  Well, if you saw the first two Rush Hour movies you know what to expect. Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker get along great, and have some seriously funny scenes here and there. There's plenty of action and martial arts, and all girls involved are of course models. The plot? The duo are trying to take down the Triad (Chinese gangsters) by finding a list that contains the names of their top leaders. They end up in Paris, naturally, and get themselves into all sorts of trouble.

My favorite character in this one was the French cab driver, who offers to drive them around for free just to get in on some shooting. His scenes were double fun for me. Everyone delivers and seems to be enjoying themselves, and you'd swear this is Rush Hour 2 but in France. Not that that's such a bad thing. It's entertaining and it's fun, and that's what most would come to expect from the Rush Hour franchise.

Maybe it was me, but the action wasn't THAT great this time around. Maybe that's just because it's getting a bit repetitive now. The comedy was still there, with the cultural and racial jokes colliding back and forth as always. It's fun to see Paris, and it's fun to see the duo team up again, but it's just not as fun as it was when it was new. Even the plot sticks to the same formula. If you loved the first two, you'll find this one exactly like them. If that's what you want, then check this out. If you were hoping for something fresh, you're going to find yourself getting a little bored. Either way it's still entertaining, and you know you'll probably watch it eventually. By the way, why the hell do they call it Rush Hour when it has nothing to do with traffic? They're in freakin Paris fighting gangsters with swords!

Complaints:  They could have spiced the plot up a little. Maybe Rush Hour 4: Revenge of the Alien Queen will be the next one. Carter and Lee discover a sinister plot by Alien Kung-fu gangsters, and travel to outer space to find out what's going on. The link to it all is some alien model with makeup, and after being captured and told to leave, they are released. They almost bring down the Aliens, only to find they've taken the Alien model girl hostage. They save her and Lee faces his past again, when it's revealed that the Alien Queen is actually his old girlfriend. Throw in some jokes about different races getting along. That's the formula for a Rush Hour movie, and it works pretty well.

On a side note: The Ninja Master was too lazy to go to Paris, so Paris came to The Ninja Master. It was awesome. He also built the Eiffel Tower, which was originally a spear-like weapon for use against dinosaurs. True story.

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