All about Rush Hour 3

Title: Rush Hour 3

Tag Line: This summer they're kicking it in Paris

Director: Brett Ratner

Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Roman Polanski, Tzi Mia

Synopsis:
After six years, once again, the E & W unites to stop crime and save humanity. This time the story is set in Europe, in the city of love; Paris. Han, the Chinese consul appears again in this installment. Inspector Lee is now working as the bodyguard of Han. Ambassador Han is determined to stop the notorious Chinese mafia group known as the Triads. He has some secret information and appeared before the World Criminal Court in LA. Before he could reveal the information he was shot by an assassin. While running after the assassin, inspector Lee discovers that the assassin is none other than his childhood brother Kenji Lo. Lee fails to kill him and Kenji escapes.

Meantime, Carter has lost his post of detective. He is now working as a traffic police. Eventually they meet and discover that Han’s daughter, Soo Young (Zhang Jingchu), has an envelope which contains secret information. After long struggle they fail to recover the envelope. Then they discover that the real secret is lying in Paris, where Soo Young is staying.

To save the life of Soo Young, Carter and Lee go to Paris. Because of different culture and language, Lee and Carter face many problems. The last action takes place in the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Trivia:

Several critics claimed that Jackie Chan in this movie did not do too many stunts; may be he is getting old.
In the previous movies it was always Tucker vs Lee. Tucker always tries to show himself better than Lee. In this episode, it is France vs USA. The French taxi driver in the movie, George (Yves Attal) says that America is a power hungry nation.
Director Roman Polanski, plays the character of French Police Chief, Detective Revi. Revi is gay.
Because of the success of Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2, Chris Tucker demanded $25 million. Jackie Chan will get the distribution rights of the movie in Asian region.
According to a report published in comingsoon.net, Chan said that Chris Tucker became too much demanding. Tucker wanted the editing rights. Jackie mentioned Chris as a good friend but did not like his attitude.
In the Rush Hour 2, it is Ricky Tan who kills Lee’s father. In Rush Hour 3, it is Lee’s brother who kills Han.
Rush Hour 3 will face hard competition from movies like Bourne Ultimatum Superbad.