Rush Hour (franchise)

Rush Hour
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Directed by	Brett Ratner (1–3)
Screenplay by	Jim Kouf (1) Ross LaManna (1) Jeff Nathanson (2–3)
Story by	Ross LaManna (1) Jeff Nathanson (2–3)
Based on	Characters created by Ross LaManna
Produced by	Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Arthur M. Sarkissian Jay Stern Robert Birnbaum Michael Poryes
Starring	Jackie Chan Chris Tucker
Edited by	Mark Helfrich Robert K. Lambert Mark Possy Billy Weber Don Zimmerman
Music by	Lalo Schifrin Mark Mothersbaugh Ira Hearshen Nile Rodgers
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (New Line Cinema)
Release date	1998–present
Running time	279 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$265 million[1]
Box office	$849 million[1]

The Rush Hour franchise is a series of American action comedy films created by Ross LaManna and directed by Brett Ratner with both Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in leading roles. All three films center around a pair of police detectives, Hong Kong Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and Los Angeles Police Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go on their series of misadventures involving corrupt crime figures in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. The films incorporate elements of martial arts, humor, and the buddy cop subgenre. The films were released theatrically from 1998 to 2007, attaining commercial success, but critical reception was mixed.