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Rush Hour 2 DVD Review by Yanman |
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“Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?! Man, nobody
understands the words that come out of your mouth.”
When a movie breaks the 100 million dollar barrier at the box-office as Rush Hour did, you can count on there being a sequel. While Hollywood sequels in general have a bad name, buddy cop movies have a better track record, Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2 follows in the footsteps of such winners as, Beverly Cops, 48 hours, and the Lethal Weapon series. Rush Hour 2 builds on the success of the original, taking us this time to the streets of Hong Kong to fight crime with our miss matched team. Want to know if Rush Hour 2 was a success? Rush Hour 3 is in production, with a release scheduled for 2004, nuff’ said. At the end of Rush Hour we see detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan), on a plane on their way to Hong Kong. We open right where we left off, with our heroes exploring Honk Kong. Unfortunately for detective Carter though, this will not be the vacation that he was hopping for, what with a bomb going off in the American Embassy and all. Suddenly they’re caught in the middle of a counterfeiting ring, including a beautiful assassin (Crouching Tiger’s Zhang Ziyi), that wants nothing more then to see them both dead. With as much humor as the first time, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker prove that humor and action do more then just mix, they’re made for each other. Presented in 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, while minor the video does suffer a bit from artifacting and grain that many action films suffer from. Sound is what makes action films however, and New Line has gone more then an extra mile here, they’ve gone all then way to the edge of technology. The 6.1 Discrete DTS ES is nothing short of outstanding, filling the room with sound from all directions. Deep base, great music, every explosion, every kick, and even Jackie Chan’s broken English comes through load and clear. If you can’t understand the words coming out of his mouth, it is not a limitation of the soundtrack in any way shape or form. Also in Dolby Digital 5.1. This is the third film that we have reviewed from New Line Home Entertainment that is presented in their infinifilm format. (The other two being Blow and 15 Minutes) This format offers more then just the extras, it offers the ability to view the extras at the most appropriate time, while watching the film, through a special pop-up ribbon that can be enable on the bottom of the screen. These extras can also be viewed “the old fashion way” in the bonus features menu, but for complete enjoyment try watching the infinifilm way. Extras include deleted scenes, director’s commentary, a making of featurette, visual effect deconstruction, and much more. How long can a series like this continue? As long as the story is good, and Jackie Chan can keep up the action, then the Rush Hour series can continue. They are coming back for a part three, which will ultimately decide the fate of part four. If you like your karate action, with a health dose of comedy (or is it the other way around?), then understand these words coming out of my mouth – this one is funnier then the first! I’ll take the chicken…
This DVD was reviewed on Yanman.com's Reference Theater #1, using a Toshiba SD-5109 DVD player, Toshiba TW56X81, and M&K 750 THX Speakers. Panamax protects all systems at Yanman.com. |
Rush Hour 2 "...funnier then the first!" Staring: Chris Tucker Directed By: Brett Ratner Running time: 91 Mins Bonus Materials
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