Rush Hour

About Rush Hour

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

Brett Ratner's Rush Hour is a 1998 comedy crime film. Its themes are action hero, cop, buddy cop, and child kidnapping.

Jackie Chan appears as Lee, Chris Tucker as Carter, Tom Wilkinson as Griffin, and Philip Baker Hall as Captain Diel. Released in September 1998, it runs 97 minutes.

The screenplay is by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna. Production companies include Arthur Sarkissian Productions, New Line Cinema, and Roger Birnbaum Productions. It is part of Rush Hour Collection.

Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3, and The Way of the Dragon make useful companions to Rush Hour, all filed under martial arts. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 5,947 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.