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`Rush Hour 2'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
No offense to antic martial artist Jackie Chan and frantic chatterbox Chris Tucker if I say that their capers are not the high point of "Rush Hour 2."
For me, the movie really takes off when Hu Li ("Crouching Tiger's" Zhang Ziyi), fearless henchwoman of a Hong Kong gangster, kickboxes Isabella Molina (Roselyn Sanchez), an American Secret Service agent.
First Ziyi, clad in a sleek retro black-and-red pantsuit, thrusts high her booted heel at Sanchez. Then Sanchez, poured into a white spandex dress, slamdances back, her stiletto tangling up in Ziyi's bootheel like crossed sabers.
This sequence alone is worth a dozen "Charlie's Angels." It is a ...
- New Line Cinema and United Airlines Team With Hong Kong Tourism Board For In...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 12, 2001 700+ words
...will incorporate scenes from "Rush Hour 2" into their "Destination Hong Kong" travel video for the month...Airlines 747-400 is featured in "Rush Hour 2." "The setting of Hong Kong is pivotal to the 'Rush Hour 2' storyline," said Russell...
- Summer's heady 'Rush': sequel parks $50 mil while 'Stardust' lacks magic.(Rush...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety McClintock, Pamela August 13, 2007 700+ words
...will be very strong," said "Rush Hour" producer Arthur Sarkissian...be considered." The first "Rush Hour" opened at $33 million on its...million plus foreign rights in Hong Kong. "Rush Hour 3" is Ratner's first pic since...
- Hong Kong kung fu `Master' Jackie Chan conquers America.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rickey, Carrie October 18, 2000 700+ words
...is to alternate a Hong Kong-produced film...s about to make "Rush Hour 2"), all the better...of Manhattan and Hong Kong audiences to a laugh line in "Rush Hour." When L.A. cop Tucker explains to Hong Kong cop Chan who's...
- Christ Tucker returns with 'Rush Hour 3'; Chris Tucker as Det. James Carter and...
- Magazine article from: Jet Christian, Margena A. August 6, 2007 700+ words
...adventures and comedy in Rush Hour 3. Scheduled to hit theaters...takes on Paris. In 1998's Rush Hour, Carter and Lee first met...Three years later, in Rush Hour 2, Carter was in Lee's native Hong Kong, but he didn't speak the...
- Chris Tucker, "Rush Hour 2" Star, Talks About Movie And How Fame Is Changing...
- Magazine article from: Jet August 6, 2001 700+ words
...comedy and kung fu in Rush Hour 2. In the sequel...cultural clashes. In Rush Hour 2, Chief Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police (Chan...money smuggling. Hong Kong and American authorities...success of the initial Rush Hour, Tucker was confident...
- STARZ! Celebrates Hong Kong Action Movies.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 19, 2001 700+ words
...Presents 'Rush To Hong Kong' Sweepstakes & Stunt For 'Rush Hour 2,' starring Jackie...Grand Prize Trip to Hong Kong During Four-Film...conjunction with the Hong Kong Tourist Association...Line Cinema. In "Rush Hour 2," the sequel...
- New Line Cinema and AOL to Auction Corvette From 'Rush Hour 2'.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 14, 2001 700+ words
...win a trip for two to Hong Kong in the "Rush to Hong Kong" Sweepstakes running...well as the original "Rush Hour," which was released...include Jackie Chan's Hong Kong Police Detective Badge from "Rush Hour 2"; Zhang Ziyi's...
- ADVISORY/The Launch of the United Airlines ``Rush Hour Express'' at LAX...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 17, 2001 700+ words
...highly anticipated film, "Rush Hour 2," on Thursday, July 26...traveling from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, will be christened "The Rush Hour Express" and decorated with...New Line Cinema and the Hong Kong Tourist Association. For...
Source: HighBeam Research, `Rush Hour 2'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)