History Film / RushHour

In 2015, Chan said to media that production for ''Rush Hour 4'' is in progress.

* SequelNonEntity: Tania Johnson is absent from the second and third films. Han and Soo Yung are absent from the second film, but return in the third.

* [[WouldntHitAGirl Wouldn't Hit a Woman]]: Subverted in the second film; Carter keeps getting KO-ed by Hu Li, and finally loses his patience at the casino and declares he's going to fight her seriously. Then DoubleSubverted when she proves to be a much better fighter than him and he spends most of the fight running away or defending himself and more or less knocks her out by accident.

Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action in Paris. After Ambassador Han is almost assasinated, they need to protect Genevieve (Noémie Lenoir), a French woman who has a list of the Triads' leaders. Lee also has personal struggles with a Chinese-Japanese criminal mastermind named Kenji (Creator/HiroyukiSanada), who is also Lee's long-lost blood brother.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Lee and Carter are introduced in the first film conducting police operations using varying actions with different outcomes.

** Carter does a sting operation to catch an explosives/arms dealer named Clive Cod. However, not only is he late and drives recklessly to the meeting, Carter didn't have backup or bomb squad with him, due to a personal disdain for partners and his gung-ho attitude, the cops at the diner weren't warned about the sting, meaning that Carter was probably doing this without authorization, leading to the two cops getting maimed by Clive shooting them (one of them [[{{Fingore}} losing a pinky]]), and then Carter start taking potshots at Clive's Jaguar, which forces Clive to jump out and injure himself and detonates the C4 in the trunk of the car. In the end, Carter catches the bad guy, but leaves two cops injured and destruction and public endangerment from blowing up the car in the middle of busy street.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Happens to all three of the main villains in the series, though usually with a bit more proof they didn't survive the impact than at Disney. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] several times by Carter:

** Lee stealthy boards a ship ran by Juntao, quietly detaining mooks and only resorting to violence at the last resort, never once firing his sidearm. He fails to get [[TheDragon Sang]], but recovers a priceless collection of Chinese artifacts.

* AMFMCharacterization: Lee and Carter's music tastes showcase how different and opposing they are early on, but eventually both bond over Edwin Starr's "War".

* HiddenWeapons: [[spoiler: After Sang challenges Carter to a fistfight, they both drop the guns they are holding. Sang then pulls a pistol, but Carter kills him with a Smith & Wesson model 36 revolver that he had concealed in an ankle holster.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: For tricking Carter into looking after Lee just to get rid of him as he wanted to solve the case of finding Soo Yung himself and dismissing them of the assignment, Russ gets wounded by Juanto and in the end, he gets rejected of the FBI badge he wanted to give Carter for completing the assignment.

* LaserGuidedKarma: For tricking Carter into looking after Lee just to get rid of him as he wanted to solve the case of finding Soo Young himself and dismissing them of the assignment, Russ gets wounded by Juanto and in the end, he gets rejected of the FBI badge he wanted to give Carter for completing the assignment.

* LaserGuidedKarma: For tricking Carter into looking after Lee just to get rid of him as he wanted to solve the case of finding Soo Young himself and dismissing him of the assignment, Russ gets wounded by Juanto and in the end, he gets rejected of the FBI badge he wanted to give Carter for completing the assignment.

* LaserGuidedKarma: For tricking Carter into looking after Lee just to get rid of him as he wanted to solve the case of finding Soo Young themselves and dismissing them of the assignment, Russ gets wounded by Juanto and in the end, he gets rejected of the FBI badge he wanted to give Carter for completing the assignment.

* SadlyMythtaken: Steven Reign made an opening speech by telling a story about a dragon who guarded his treasure hoard until it grew too big and got stuck. Ricky Tan claims to have been told this same story as a child and the casino appears to be Chinese themed. The problem is, this story is actually about [[Literature/TheSagaOfTheVolsungs Fafnir]].

* FreudianSlip: Carter, when discussing the funny money with Isabella, who's in only her underwear and bathrobe:

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Lee, the well mannered honest cop and Carter, the wisecracking rogue cop.

'''Lee''': My daddy arrest[ed] [[UpToEleven 25 by himself]].\\

* RedOniBlueOni: Carter and Lee. It is more prominent in the third movie due to Lee wearing dark blue suits and Carter wearing dark red suits. It's taken UpToEleven when they are using the French flag to escape from the Triad goons; guess which side Lee and Carter are on.

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** To Chan's earlier ''Film/PoliceStory'' franchise.
** To the 1997 film ''Drive'', starring Mark Dacascos, a woefully underrated (and relatively unknown) action film from TheNineties. Brett Ratner even admitted that the only reason ''Rush Hour'' got made without legal complications is that almost no one knows it exists. Fans of ''Rush Hour'' and action films in general should definitely check it out, but ''only'' the Director's Cut. [[ExecutiveMeddling Long story]].

** Also, every time Lee has a gun and is about to shoot someone with it, he either consistently gets disarmed or holds back himself from pulling the trigger due to either an obligatory fight scene, plot reasons, or having moral issues. Carter is the only one of the two depicted as being more than happy to pull the trigger.

---><''Ricky Tan's body hits the car''>'''Carter/Tucker:''' Damn! He ain't gonna be in Rush Hour 3!\\

** In ''3'', Carter orders a gefilte fish on their flight, which he also ordered in the previous movie (where Chris Tucker had lots of trouble pronouncing it right, as shown in the outtakes).

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The second movie features a scene where Carter for some reason orders a kosher meal on an airplane, which includes gefilte fish (the outtake centers on Chris Tucker repeatedly stumbling over the word, and the dish's name was not included in the final cut, leaving only the "kosher meal" part). It's highly unlikely gefilte fish would be served as part of an airplane meal. It's something Jews generally only eat on the Sabbath and holidays, and it's a bit pricey for airplane food. The scene seems rooted in a common misconception that equates kashrut with traditional Jewish food. A typical kosher meal on an airplane is going to be pretty much the same as any other airplane meal, other than its following Jewish dietary restrictions.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The outtakes to the second movie feature part of an apparently deleted scene in which Carter is on an airplane and for some reason orders a kosher meal, which includes gefilte fish (the outtake centers on Chris Tucker repeatedly stumbling over the word). It's highly unlikely gefilte fish would be served as part of an airplane meal. It's something Jews generally only eat on the Sabbath and holidays, and it's a bit pricey for airplane food. The scene seems rooted in a common misconception that equates kashrut with traditional Jewish food. A typical kosher meal on an airplane is going to be pretty much the same as any other airplane meal, other than its following Jewish dietary restrictions.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The outtakes to the second movie feature part of an apparently deleted scene in which Carter is on an airplane and for some reason orders a kosher meal, which includes gefilte fish (the outtake centers on Chris Tucker repeatedly stumbling over the word). It's highly unlikely gefilte fish would be served as an airplane meal. It's something Jews generally only eat on the Sabbath and holidays, and it's a bit pricey for airplane food. The scene seems rooted in a common misconception that equates kashrut with traditional Jewish food. A typical kosher meal on an airplane is going to be pretty much the same as any other airplane meal, other than its following Jewish dietary restrictions.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The outtakes to the second movie feature part of an apparently deleted scene in which Carter is on an airplane and for some reason orders a kosher meal, which includes gefilte fish (the outtake centers on Chris Tucker repeatedly stumbling over the word). It's highly unlikely gefilte fish would be served as an airplane meal. It's something Jews generally only eat on the Sabbath and holidays, and it's a bit pricey for airplane food. The scene seems rooted in a common misconception that equates kashrut with traditional Jewish food. A typical kosher meal on an airplane is going to be pretty much the same as any other meal, other than its following Jewish dietary restrictions.

** The BigBad of each movie fought with Lee from a high spot and fell to their death. Lee (and Carter in the sequels) nearly suffer the same fate.

* [[WouldntHitAGirl Wouldn't Hit a Woman]]: Subverted in the second film; Carter keeps getting KO-ed by Hu Li, and finally loses his patience at the casino: