Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker to Reunite for a Movie That Doesn't Suck?
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While the three Rush Hour films were very popular at the box office, they ultimately lacked a little something we'll call "good." The first wasn't bad, but the next two felt like someone made a list of stereotypical black and Asian jokes, threw in a few fancy martial arts moves, borrowed a line or two from a previous installment , then topped it with a Polanski and sent it out to the masses. Well, the good news here is that it doesn't look like we'll be getting a Rush Hour 4 anytime soon. However, according to MTV Movies Blog, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker do want to reunite once again on the big screen ... though they're not saying what that potential film will be about. Let's take a guess: One black guy and one Asian guy meet up .... stuff happens .... hilarity ensues??? (Why am I so angry and bitter on Mondays?)Chan told MTV, "We sat down and decided we want to do another movie. Not a Rush Hour -- something new ... I said yes, and after I shook [Tucker's] hand, I said: 'Look, we need a middleman. I don't want to shake hands, then I go back to Hong Kong and you stay here, I get busy and you get busy.' You have to have somebody in the middle to follow up, otherwise it will never happen." Chan went on to add, "We've just agreed to do it ... Now we're looking for the writer."
So what do you think about all this? Could Chan and Tucker team up on a movie that doesn't have the words 'Rush Hour' in the title ... and still succeed? What would this film be about? What would you want it to be about?
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4-14-2008 @ 4:17PM
Matt said...
i would like to see a insightful drama about the connection (and misunderstandings) that occur when the african-american and asian communities intermingle...during the course of several martial arts fights, chases, explosions and discussions regarding who can't touch whose radio.
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4-14-2008 @ 4:20PM
Crispy Chicken said...
Yes please enough with schticky stereotypes on ethnic backgrounds teaming up to save the world/solve a crisis. Its wearing thin and getting pretty annoying in movies today. You are not wrong to be angry and bitter, just well, fed up like a lotta movie-goers.
I hope they find a screenwriter that is up to the task.
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4-14-2008 @ 4:44PM
cinematical said...
I for one look forward to watching the summer blockbuster: "Happy Shanghai Hours" in all it's 3D glory!
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4-17-2008 @ 1:36AM
joe said...
I'd like to see a gripping drama about two young men from different backgrounds, who, through a chance meeting fall into a whirlwind romance, which brings them to the great expanse of the yukon, where they build igloos, hunt yaks, and fight stereotypes and prejudice from their communities. Can't wait for the tastefully done igloo love scene.
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