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If my theater and this forum say anything, this isn't going to have a big opening weekend.

Nice review J.

So... the theatre was empty?

Thanks.

Not empty, just a handful of people (Not counting the four who snuck in). Maybe it's because it was a 2:45 showing, but the theater seemed to be busy.

This film was very Very VERY FUCKING DUMB!!

Its a sad thing to see age finally curtail a man like Jackie Chan to nothing more then quickly edited fights and mugging.

Tucker becomes a complete parody of himself if that was even possible, and like I said if this film was a person it would be in the special school for morons!

I mean, it's like they couldn't even be arse'd writing a script that went more then 5 lights years near the realms of logic.

Now I know its a buddy Comedy suspension of disbelief is needed but this takes the biscuit.

Yes of course a meeting of the world criminal court would hold itself in a building with easily snipable windows and zero security on the perimeter.

Yes of course a hospital would suddenly become deserted just so we could have a second assassination attempt.

Yes of course the French characters go totally beyond the bounds of reality into farce that wouldn't go amiss in a Laurel and Hardy movie.

Yes of course the story is completely no existent and devoid of humour. I actually enjoyed the first two Rush Hour films but this was a massive turd stain of celluloid.

Only thing remotely funny was the outtakes, at least it seems Chan and Tucker are nice guys, but nice guys don't turn this into a good film.

D-

Oddly enough despite our differing grades i agree with at least half that review.

Um..........



I have no idea what that means. I guess I was a little more forgiving.

Simply a bland movie, over the top, and not that funny. It will get some saving grace thanks to the French guy, George, which oddly I found hilarious, and a worthy performance from Jackie Chan. Not to mention a good climax. The film just feels flat in the end, and by the end I had the feeling like "this is it?" It felt that short, and too short is a bad thing.

C+/B- and the new worst film of 2007.

Can someone change my grade to a C please? Thank you.

DIB, if you think you've seen the worst movie of the year, I've got two words for you: Epic Movie.

That I have seen. I usually don't see movies I know I wouldn't like.

This was bad. Really bad. And I semi-enjoyed RH2, but this was just awful. Sure the action scenes are decent but everything outside of it...yuck. Tucker is beyond annoying, the laughs are cheap and few, and the plot is paper-thin. They obviously had no clue how to end it because what they did with George just sent the movie into a different stratosphere of throwing shit to see if it sticks. However, my theatre was full and in stitches the entire time. The urban crowd loved it.

- D

George was the best part of the film

I turned to my friend and said the same exact thing, except for the part at the end.

Even if it was random, I loved how he...

As a huge fan of the original and sequel, I gotta say, this disappointed. The joke-to-laugh ratio took a major step down from the last two films, with the second half of the film pretty much being unfunny. The first half has its moments, though. Chris Tucker tried too hard. Jackie Chan gives his standard performance. And it's kinda sad that the best character in the film is the taxi driver. The plot is pretty dumb and predictable, but that's expected. And in the end, it does deliver what it promises, but I found it underwhelming. C+

You could re-vote.

No need to even try to make the sense out of the paper-thin plot. My big complaint is the tame action scenes, as they have none of the elaborated fight sequences that were Chan's trademark in his old days. Even the climax felt subdued and was quickly over. However, the chemistry between the two leads is as good as ever, and the comedy part shined. I kind of have a similar feeling as toward Shrek 3, nothing really original, but you get what you expect, and this is a little more fun overall. B.

The good: Carter and Lee in the French night cLub (best part in the fiLm), beautifuL Soo Yung
The bad: the martiaL arts studio scene (so not funny), aLL of the EiffeL Tower scene (atrocious), and outtakes (same oLd shit and Looked faked)

B-

A dull, lifeless, and often ridiculous third installment which ruins everything that was good about the first two films. The plot is paper-thin and pointless, basically serving as an excuse to use Paris as the setting. Everything about it is predictable and obvious from the getgo, not to mention that most of it is simply a retread of the first two films. But, worst of all, Tucker and Chan are both terrible here. Chan fares a bit better, mainly because he has less to do, but Tucker is just plain annoying. The chemistry and comic timing between the two is gone, and both seem completely disinterested in their roles this time around. In a summer full of sequels, this is the first one that really feels like a cash-in, made without the audience in mind purely so the movie studio can secure another hit.

C-

About the worst film of the year. Here is the funny part. A super secret organizarion decide to kill an ambassador. They are so secret that they slide down the front of the building they just shot th eman from. Ever heard of a back exit?

Awful awful film.

1/10

wow it sounds more awful than jaws....

That was a horrible, unfunny, racist excuse for a movie. Rattner not only ruined Singer's X-Men franchise, but now his own somewhat decent franchise as well. Seriously, some of the worst directive decisions I've ever witnessed.
Worst of the year. But YAY for the Maggie Smith cameo.
D-/F

That was really disappointing. I loved the first, and really like the 2nd. Both were great examples of the buddy cop genre.

But really, I just didnt feel it here. The one thing I liked was that the police chief and the father and daughter were back. But I agree, it was just lifeless trying to fill its 80 minute run time. Tucker found it necessary to dance or sing on four different occasions in the film. And I agree Chan just didnt do anything, it was so tame compared even to the others. I really just felt like I was watching a longer trailer. The wierd thing is that Chan is still in very good shape, his foreign films show this. Probably the worst end to a trilogy I've seen since the Matrix sequels.

C I did laugh a couple times (Not a single french character) and at times there was ok action, just not to Jackie Chan standards.

And I thought I was losing my weird tastes

A/A-

It was a bit short, but for the most part, I loved it. Was I the only one who thought the action scenes in here were ridiculously more creative and fun than they should've been? The car thing, the asian knives woman and how she always popped out of nowhere, the Eiffel tower sequence... Sight gags, all of it. And I loved it. I'm so sick of "20 cars blowing up at once" being the money shot action sequences in these movies, it's repetitive and it's boring. I dislike Die Hard 4 more every day because of that. But this... It was kind of comical the way the whole thing was orchastrated. Kind of old school even, with the femme girl part, the George conclusion and the way the guy falls in the pond, the simple twists in who's the bad guy and who's not. It felt like an old buddy cop tv show episode, and I mean that as a compliment, not an insult.

I also thought it was a fresh breath of air that the movie didn't bother with the World Court or political implications of the event at all, it went straight to Chan and Tucker tracking things down in Paris. Some say that's a sign of under-development, but I've honestly had enough of shit political plotting during these movies, Ratner was wise not to include faux-seriousness, he knew his movie was light as hell. And that's really what the movie comes down to, it doesn't try to be serious, it's just light, frothy, fun.

I really really enjoyed myself tonight. Really good entertainment. As much goofy fun as I've had at the movies this year. ... Apparantley I'm insane.