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Rush Hour 2Date
of release:
August 16, 2001 Story
/ Synopsis: Rush
Hour 2 begins with Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) of the Hong
Kong Police and LAPD detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) arriving
in Hong Kong for a vacation. Armed with his Chinese-English dictionary,
Cater is looking forward to a much-needed vacation and to sampling
some of the city’s many exotic delights. But Lee, the ever-dedicated
policeman, continues with his duties, frustrating Carter. No
sooner do they arrive, then they are confronted with the biggest
case of their careers – a bomb has exploded in the American
Embassy, killing two U.S. Customs agents who had been investigating
a money smuggling ring that is producing and shipping millions in
"superbills", high-grade counterfeit U.S. $100 bills. The
Hong Kong police suspect the chief architect behind the blast is
Ricky Tan (John Lone), the elegant and cunning head of the Fu-Cang-Long
Triad, the deadliest gang in Hong Kong. Inspector Lee is assigned
to crack the case, much to the chagrin of Carter. Carter is caught
up in the events against his will and feels his vacation plans slipping
away. For Lee the case is personal – Ricky Tan was once his
father’s partner on the Hong Kong Police force and played a
direct role in his father’s death. With
the Hong Kong and U.S. authorities fighting over jurisdiction of
the case, Lee and a reluctant Carter set off on their own to track
down Tan. But this time it’s Detective Carter who is the fish-out-of-water,
and Lee now has the opportunity to teach him some lessons on his
home turf (as Lee tells Carter in his not-so-perfect English, "In
Hong Kong, I am Michael Jackson, you are Toto"). But in his
own inimitable way, the fast-talking Carter has a few things to
teach the locals as well! As
Lee and Carter lead a fast-paced pursuit of Ricky Tan and his gang,
trying to locate the priceless plates used to print the counterfeit
bills, they wreak havoc through a variety of Hong Kong locales,
including a karaoke bar – where Carter teaches the gangster
clientele how to sing the definitive version of the classic "Don’t
stop ‘till you get enough" – the Heaven on Earth
massage parior and a party on Tan’s yacht cruising the waters
of scenic Victoria harbor. Along
the way they must contend with Tan’s beautiful and deadly henchwoman
Hu Li (Zhang Ziyi, who captivated audiences with her role as Jen
Yu on the Academy Award-winning epic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon),
billionaire hotel owner and key Ricky Tan associate Steven Reign
(legendary actor/comedian Alan King) and the alluring, mysterious
and seemingly Isabella Molina (Roselyn Sanchez), who may be something
more than she seems.
UA-Pacific Place UA-Times Square UA-Shatin UA-Whampoa UA-Telford UA-Bonds UA-City
Gate BW-Mongkok BW-Kowloon Bay BW-Tsuen Wan BW-Kwai Fong BW-Yuen Long BW-Kingswood Ginza BW-Kornhill BW-Cinematheque GV-Mongkok GV-Hollywood GV-Tsing
Yi Windsor Silvercord Golden Gateway AMC
Festival Walk CityPlaza CityPlaza-Director’s Club Chinachem Dynasty
Hyland Silver Kowloon City Ma On Shan |
