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Article: 'RUSH HOUR 2' BEATS ORIGINAL.(LIVING)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 3, 2001
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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 ...