Complete Action Movie Trilogy Reaches Top 10 on Netflix

By Jonathan Klotz
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The Rush Hour trilogy has not only stood the test of time, it has been able to age like fine wine, and all three movies appeared in the Netflix top 10 at the same time. It’s an impressive feat for a film series that started in 1998 and ended in 2007, although there were short-lived series without either Chris Tucker or Jackie Chan. Then again, it was the incredible chemistry between the two men that turned the formulaic buddy comedy into a worldwide hit.

Rush hour

Rush hour placed the highest on Netflixbreaking into the top three at times, and almost 30 years later, it’s still the apex buddy comedy. Chan’s by the book Chief Inspector Lee and street-smart Detective Tucker Carter are initially brought together, to keep Lee busy and away from the investigation of his friend’s missing daughter. Of course, they eventually bond through shared trauma and endless singing to outrageously save the day.

Rush Hour 2

Given that the film made over $275 million, a sequel was inevitable, but Rush Hour 2 defying expectations, becoming not only Netflix streaming hit over two decades later but remains one of the greatest sequels of all time. Moving the action from LA to Hong Kong, Carter is now the fish out of water on Lee’s home turf, and the result is a sequel that hits all the right beats. This time, they stop a counterfeiting ring, and the rich white man that Carter knew was behind it all, with even more of the same charm of the first film.

Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3the lowest ranked on Netflix, is the weakest of the franchise, but that still makes it an exceptional buddy comedy. Lee and Carter have accepted the strange friendship between them as they take on the Chinese mafia and even Lee’s old childhood friend can’t get between them at this point. It says a lot about the strength of a franchise when the worst performing movie still grosses $275 million worldwide.

The Last Of The Friend Comedies

Fourth Rush hour has been in the works for years, with Chris Tucker talking about it in 2019 and Jackie Chan confirming it’s in production as late as 2022, but at this point, they might as well pull a Beverly Hills Cop and make it a Netflix original. Movies have changed since the pair first hit the screen together, and now, dating comedies, once part of Hollywood, have fallen out of favor. Uncharted try to bring them back with Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, but we are a long way from the days when Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah managed to star in a big budget buddy comedy together.

Thanks to the change in movie tastes, the Rush Hour trilogy on Netflix is ​​a fun revival of the kind of movie that Hollywood has given up on. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, as explained in the DVD special features and their countless interviews together, also started out as colleagues who didn’t really like each other but became friends who traveled the world together. each other If Rush Hour 4 is going to happen, it can’t be here soon enough.