Released three-years after the first film, Rush Hour 2 gives us Lee (Jackie Chan) and the vacationing Carter (Chris Tucker) in Hong Kong to open the film before the pair return to Los Angeles and ultimately end up in Las Vegas tackling a case connected to the Chinese Triad and the former partner (John Lone) of Lee’s father who framed him for his own crimes and murdered him.
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Certainly less wacky than the 1993 adaptation of the manga of the same name, but still very much over-the-top, the new City Hunter still plays up the womanizing of private investigator Ryo Saeba (Ryohei Suzuki) and his unlikely partnership with the younger sister (Misato Morita) of his dead partner (Masanobu Andô) who is determined to help him discover the reason behind her brother’s murder and the number of odd occurrences around the city which is traced back to a drug manufactured and tested in secret on the homeless including the cat girl and cosplayer (Asuka Hanamura) Ryo was hired to find.
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Director Yance Ford‘s documentary examines the history and historical impact the rise of police power has had in the United States. While not all of the various threads work equally well, the film does a solid job in explaining the genesis of police in terms of methods of stability and control of the status quo which have almost always been at odds with the needs of the disenfranchised. The film pulls in interviews from several authors and experts on the subject, including spending time on the job with an African-American police officer, as well as making us of various archival footage.
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The late 90s and early 2000s were the time for Hollywood to pair up Jackie Chan with a more comedic American co-star. Rush Hour gave us Chan as Chief Inspector Lee who is brought to the United States by Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma) after his daughter (Julia Hsu) is kidnapped. The FBI, not wanting Lee to get in the way, enlist mouthy LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) to babysit Lee and keep him out of the investigation. That doesn’t go well with neither happy about their limited role in the investigation.
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Adapted from the manga of the same name, 1993’s City Hunter is an odd flick. Over-the-top, wacky, and more live-action cartoon than anything else, the closest comparison is probably 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. In a film more notable for its comedy, fight sequences, and stunts than plot, Jackie Chan stars as private eye Ryo Saeba. The womanizing star hits on every woman he meets except for his former partner’s younger sister (Joey Wang), now his partner, who he swore never to pursue.
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