Article: 'RUSH HOUR 2' BEATS ORIGINAL.(LIVING)

Byline: David Germain Associated Press

In the closing-credits blooper reel for ''Rush Hour 2,'' Chris Tucker wisecracks that a freshly dead bad guy won't be back for the next sequel.

Count on Jackie Chan and Tucker to be back for ''Rush Hour 3,'' though. The co-stars and director Brett Ratner, who also made the first ''Rush Hour,'' have plenty of mileage left in this winning buddy-flick franchise.

It's not a great comedy or a great action movie, but ''Rush Hour 2'' has enough of both - plus the best squabbling-cop duo since the early ''Lethal Weapon'' films - to make it a fun, frolicsome ride from start to finish.

The action picks up ...

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