Rush Hour

Rush Hour is a 1998 martial arts/buddy cop film about a Hong Kong police officer forced to work with an LAPD detective in stopping a mysterious crime lord.
 * Directed by Brett Ratner. Written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna.

The Fastest Hands In The East Meet The Biggest Mouth In The West. taglines

Dialogue

 * Sang: The drop will be made tonight, 11:00pm. The amount will be $50,000,000.
 * Carter: $50,000,000?! Who do you think you kidnapped, Chelsea Clinton?!
 * Sang: In U.S. currency. Nothing bigger than a 50.
 * Carter: All right. All right. Cool. Cool. Cool. $50,000,000. No prob. No prob.
 * Sang: I want 20,000,000 in 50s...
 * Carter: [writes it down] 20,000,000 in 50s.
 * Sang: 20,000,000 in 20s...
 * Carter: 20,000,000 in 20s.
 * Sang: And 10,000,000 in 10s.
 * Carter: And 10,000,000 in 10s. You want any 5s with that?


 * Cab Driver: [points a gun at Lee and Carter] Don't move! [ Lee and Carter put their hands up] Drop your guns.
 * Carter: Hey man look, FBI? [shows his badge]
 * Lee: Oh, um...I'm policeman! I'm just showing him how to take a gun from a suspect. [Carter is stunned at discovering Lee speaks English]


 * [Carter has picked up Inspector Lee, who suddenly turns the radio]
 * Chief Insp. Lee: [hears Surfing USA] Beach Boys.
 * Det. James Carter: Oh, hell, no. You didn't just touch my goddamn radio.
 * Lee: The Beach Boys are great American music.
 * Carter: The Beach Boys'll get you a great ass-whoopin'. Don't you ever touch a black man's radio, boy. You can do that in China but you'll get your ass killed out here.


 * [Carter arrives at Consul Han's residence]
 * Carter: Hey man, you seen a little Asian dude about this height with a steering wheel on his arm?
 * Secret Service guy: Go screw yourself.
 * Carter: What did you say?
 * Secret Service guy: Go screw yourself.
 * Carter: You get your sensitive ass up there and let me in! Get out of the way!


 * Lee: I am not responsible for your assumption.
 * Carter: You full of shit, you understand me, you full of shit.
 * Lee: Not being able to speak is not the same as not speaking. You seem as if you like to talk. I like to let people talk who like to talk. It makes it easier to find out how full of shit they are.
 * Carter: [beat] What the hell did you just say? "I let people talk, blah blah blah" so I'm the one full of shit?
 * Lee: We both full of shit.
 * Carter: You full of shit.


 * Lee:[Singing "War"] What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Good God you all.
 * Carter: It's not "you all" its "y'all".
 * Lee: Yahl?
 * Carter: Y'all!
 * Lee: Yaal!
 * Carter: Man you sound like a karate movie. Y'all!


 * [Chinese food seller handing Carter some Chinese food.]
 * Carter: Damn Chen, some greasy shit? You aint got no better food like some chicken wings, some baby back-ribs, some fries or something?
 * Chen: Chinese food! No soul food here!
 * Carter: I ain't say nothing about no soul food. I said ain't you got some better food? I don't want that greasy shit. How you gonna sell a big box of grease?
 * Chen: Fung geneo bunkwain.
 * Carter: I'm a chilly what?
 * Chen: I'm no punk bitch!
 * Carter: I aint no punk bitch either!
 * Chen: I'm no punk bitch!


 * [Carter and Lee board a flight to China]
 * Carter: Man, how long is this flight?
 * Lee: Fifteen hours.
 * Carter: Fifteen hours? What are we gonna do for fifteen hours?
 * [Lee shrugs, then puts on headphones]
 * Lee: (singing) Huh!
 * Carter: (Carter turns in horror)
 * Lee: (singing) War! Uh! Good God "yaw."
 * Carter: Aw, hell no! Stewardess, get me another seat! Stewardess!

Taglines

 * The Fastest Hands In The East Meet The Biggest Mouth In The West.
 * Pals Forever. If they can get past today.
 * They come from different cultures. But on a case this big, they speak the same language.

Cast

 * Jackie Chan – Chief Inspector Lee
 * Chris Tucker – Detective James Carter