It was my birthday yesterday, I fancied watching a light hearted movie so ended up watching this film.
I've since read some really bad reviews about Rush Hour 3 but ask yourself this; What do you really expect from a Rush Hour movie? If you have a problem with Chris Tucker why are you watching this (you do realise he's still in it!)? The film series is based around two different police officers working together from different countries, did you think that would have changed for the third installment?
I thoroughly enjoyed this film having liked the previous two. It follows the same formula and has some very predictable moments but the journey through the film was very fun and entertaining.
Some of the laugh out loud moments include an interrogation scene at the hospital with a French speaking member of the Triads. Neither Jackie Chan or Chris Tucker can understand a word of French and the suspect they're interrogating cannot understand English/Chinese so they ask if someone can translate for them. The only person that can speak French happens to be a nun. The Triad member starts off by calling Tucker the 'N' word (which the nun refers to). The scene ends up with the nun translating everyone swearing at each other, it was really funny!
The action sequences were as sharp as ever with the awesome Jackie Chan proving he can still do it. Even Tucker tries his hand at some Wu-Shu. There's some decent car chases and the final battle on the Eiffel Tower was really cool. Watch the end credits, you'll be treated to a Smokey & the Bandit style of outtakes (minus Burt Reynolds of course!).
The eye candy award would definitely go to the gorgeous Noémie Lenoir, I've not seen her in anything before but will certainly look out for her in the future.
Oh yeah, the Lalo Schifrin score is still there and sounding brilliant. For anyone who's not familiar with Schifrin's work he's created a tonne of movie soundtracks including the theme to the Steve McQueen movie 'Bullitt', the score for 'Enter The Dragon' (one of my most favorite Kung-Fu movies ever) and most famously the 'Mission Impossible' theme (among many many others).
