Continuing the string of 90s movies that I missed when I was busy raising children, we have Rush Hour, a fine continuation in the string of buddy cop movies with Odd Couple features (48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, Midnight Run). Chris Tucker (Friday) and Jackie Chan in his first Hollywood big show are Carter and Lee.
When Soo-Jung the diplomat's daughter is kidnapped for ransom, her father brings over his man Lee (Chan) from Hong Kong. But the local FBI was to put Lee on ice, so they enlist Carter from LAPD to babysit Lee. They still manage to get involved in the investigation and find themselves at the grand finale.
Reminiscent of other good 90s action movies (Die Hard 1, 2, 3, 4, Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3, 4) there's a lot of wisecracks, car chases, shooting and foreign bad guys.
Interestingly this movie was the impetus for the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Per my Wiki research:
Rush Hour was the primary catalyst for the creation of the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. The site's founder Senh Duong, a Jackie Chan fan, was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's Hong Kong action movies as they were being released in the United States. In anticipation for Rush Hour, Chan's first major Hollywood crossover, he coded the website in two weeks and the site went live shortly before the release of Rush Hour.[9][10] The film holds a 60% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 6/10. The site's consensus reads: "A kick-ass addition to the cop-buddy film genre."
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