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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Rush Hour 2
More fun than the first movie but also ramps up the sexual references, which can sometimes seem a bit too much and out of place. There are a whole lot more action sequences, making the film overall more of a visual spectacular. Some of the stunts are pretty cool, especially like the one where Jackie Chan just slips through a gap in the cashier/teller bars in a casino. I was surprised that the first part of the film takes place in Hong Kong, since it's a significant portion, but just when you think it's going to stay there, the characters have an awkward reason to go back to America. The humor is good but sometimes it's straying towards just paying out everyone. The music used was quite distinctive and sticks to your mind, yet it sounds familiar too. Building upon the first film, there are even more scenes in which another language is spoken instead, this makes sense in the first part of the film where it's set in Hong Kong, but later on, when the characters still talk to Mandarin when there's really no point, it feels a bit forced.