How come I have yet to meet anyone that can give me a plot summary of any Jackie Chan movie? The people I know who are fans can go into excruciating detail of every fight scene yet can't tell what the movie actually is about. If it is the Rush Hour movies then it is every fight and every "funny line" that Chris Tucker has. Peace Out, Rev J
dont really care for chan, I think hes more a stunt man , then a martial artist and no lie I think actually Im positive I can kick his ass in a real fight..
Jackie Chan is a bad actor and the plotline of his movies are cheesy and adolescent …… BUT he has a terrific onscreen presence and uses his martial arts skills to the level of comedic genius …his movies are fun and entertaining …like Armour of God II, and Drunken Master II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6o9p8yXjr0"]YouTube- Jackie Chan Drunken Master 2 Hotwater
It's very simple reverend, his movies are not about the plot but about the fightscenes and humor. But did you really need that to be pointed out
Yeah I know it's kind of like an Elvis movie the only purpose the plot served was to get to the musical number. I also think most people watch Jackie Chan, Steven Segal, and Jean Claude Van Dame movies the same way they watch porn. They fast forward through all of the talking and just watch the ass kicking. Peace Out, Rev J
I can tell you about The Karate Kid, but I have the 1984 Cliff's Notes to help out. I never saw any of the Rush Hour movies. It was in a $3 bin at Blockbuster so I got it and tried watching it last night. I could only endure about 15 minutes of Chris Tucker. Grandson inherits this DVD before I die. About the only movie where I could tolerate Chris Tucker is The Fifth Element, because his loud, self-centered, obnoxious character (Same one as in Rush Hour but more flamboyant) was there to annoy Bruce Willis as well as me.
On the last day of British rule in Hong Kong, Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) of the Hong Kong police leads a raid at a shipping bar wharf, hoping to arrest the mysterious crime lord Juntao. He finds only Sang (Ken Leung), Juntao's right hand man, who manages to escape. However, Lee successfully recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory to his departing superiors: Chinese Consul Solon Han (Tzi Ma) and British Commander Thomas Griffin (Tom Wilkinson). Shortly after Han arrives in the United States to take up his new diplomatic post in Los Angeles, his daughter, Soo Yung, is kidnapped on her way to her first day of school. The leader of the kidnappers is none other than Sang. Shortly after this incident, the FBI inform Consul Han, who calls in Lee to assist in the case. The FBI, afraid that the injury or death of Lee would result in negative attention, pawn him off on the LAPD Captain Diel, who gives the assignment to Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker), an overconfident and arrogant police officer with aspirations of joining the FBI. Carter had recently caused property damage while arresting bomb-maker Clyde Cod (Chris Penn). Captain Diel gives him a choice: keep Lee away from the investigation or face two months suspension without pay. Carter reluctantly agrees, secretly intending to solve the case himself. Carter meets Lee at the Los Angeles International Airport and then proceeds to take him on a sightseeing tour of Los Angeles, simultaneously keeping Lee away from the embassy and contacting several of his underworld informants about the kidnapping. Lee finally escapes Carter and makes his way to the Chinese Consulate, where an anxious Han and a group of FBI agents are awaiting news about his daughter. While being reprimanded by Agent-in-charge Warren Russ (Mark Rolston), Carter manages to accidentally involve himself in a phone conversation with the kidnappers, where he poorly arranges a ransom drop. After their arrival at the agreed drop point, Lee tries to warn the FBI that something is amiss, but is ignored until a bomb inside the building is detonated, killing several agents. Spotting Sang nearby, Lee and Carter give chase, but Sang escapes, dropping a strange detonator in the process. After showing it to Carter's colleague, LAPD bomb expert Tania Johnson (Elizabeth Peña), and Clyde, the bomb-maker Carter arrested, they learn that Juntao was behind the kidnapping. Following a lead to a restaurant in Chinatown, Carter is captured after going in alone. He sees a surveillance video of Juntao carrying Soo-Yung into a van. Lee arrives and rescues Carter, and they are met outside by the FBI, led by Russ, who blames them for ruining the ransom exchange. Sang phones the consul, angrily telling him that the ransom has been increased from $50 million to $70 million, and threatens to kill Soo-Yung if anything else goes wrong. Disgraced and guilt-ridden, Lee and Carter are ordered off the investigation and Lee is informed that he will be sent back to Hong Kong. Carter refuses to drop the case and confronts Lee on his plane to enlist his help. He tells Lee about the death of his father, also a police officer, killed at a traffic stop because his partner did not back him up. They decide to save Soo-Yung together. The final confrontation comes at the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which Han and Griffin are overseeing, while the ransom is being delivered. Carter, Lee, and Johnson enter disguised as guests. After Carter recognizes Griffin from Chinatown, he creates a scene by alerting the spectators about a bomb threat in the building and tells them to evacuate. In the confusion, Lee sees Griffin talking to a waiter he recognizes as Sang, figures out Griffin's true identity as Juntao, and confronts him. Griffin then threatens to detonate a bomb vest attached to Soo-Yung if the delivery is interrupted. He also reveals that most of the works in the exhibition were once part of his private collection and he intends to get them back. During the stand off, Carter and Johnson rescue Soo-Yung and bring the bomb vest within range to kill Griffin and his men. During the ensuing gunfight, Carter kills Sang, and Johnson defuses the bomb attached to Soo-Yung. Griffin shoots and injures Agent Russ and takes the ransom money. Lee puts on the defused bomb vest and pursues Griffin up several sets of maintenance ladders. As Griffin tries to kill Lee, Lee falls over a railing and hangs there. Griffin, still attempting to kill Lee, does the same, releasing the ransom money in the process. Griffin is left hanging onto the bomb vest, which rips, sending Griffin falling to his death. Lee is rescued by Carter shortly afterwards. Han and Soo-Yung are reunited, and Han sends Carter and Lee on vacation together to Hong Kong. Before Carter leaves, Agents Russ and Whitney offer him a position in the FBI, which he refuses. The film ends with Lee and Carter enjoying their flight to Hong Kong.
Thanx for the synopsis Odon. This is as far as I got on the DVD before turning Chris Turkey off: "Carter meets Lee at the Los Angeles International Airport and then proceeds to take him on a sightseeing tour of Los Angeles, simultaneously keeping Lee away from the embassy and contacting several of his underworld informants about the kidnapping." My daughter came by today and was so happy to get that DVD. She loves Chris Turkey and hates that I mess with his name.
It sounds a complicated plot, but it really isn't. I'm not a huge Chris Tucker fan, tbh...but he does give a fairly subtle performance here...if still slightly obnoxious...in a fun way. I could not stand him in The Fifth element...he isn't anything like that here. You can tell he enjoys working with Jackie. I think we sometimes forget Bruce Lee could not do half the things he is supposed to have done...smoke and mirrors. He didn't spend 20 years in a forest learning the ways of the dragon etc etc... He'd probably be pretty impressed with Jackie... ...and hey, if you ever get through Rush hour 1 there are 2 other "sequels" in your local video store and another in production ; ) ...
you seem to be interested in this,a jackie chan movie are basic comedies with fight scenes thrown into the melee oliceman:
