A daughter's promise

Last Friday night had a date. We had dinner at Heaven and Eggs (a place where we are “suki”) and then at Cinema 3 of Glorietta 4 Cinema. Chief and I had many good laughs from the 3rd sequel of "Rush Hour" starring Jackie Chan and Chrsi Tucker. I guess the biggest laugh could be on Chris Tucker as he really looked overweight in this movie. While he still has the moves, specially, during the first scene, when he was a traffic policeman in Los Angeles, seeing his “big self” on the big screen could be annoying.

This is third installment in the martial arts/action-adventure began with Rush Hour (1998) and continued with Rush Hour 2 (2001). The film is set in Paris, New York City, and Los Angeles. Rush Hour 3 was released on August 10, 2007, one day after my own birthday.

The movie begins 3 years after the end of Rush Hour 2. Carter is now a traffic guard on the streets of Los Angeles while Lee is now the bodyguard for his friend Ambassador Han, who also appeared as a consul on the first film.. An assassination attempt on Han's life takes place at the World Criminal Court. Lee traces and pursues the assassin and eventually catches him, discovering that the assassin is his godbrother, Kenji. When Lee hesitates to shoot Kenji, Carter shows up driving towards the two but Kenji manages to escape.



In the hospital, Han wound is not critical and will make a full recovery. His daughter, Soo Yung (Zhang Jinchu), now grown up, arrives. She asks a promise from Lee and Carter to capture the one behind the assassination in order to ensure her father's safety.

In Paris, the final scene brings the two heroes at the Eiffel Tower to rescue Soo Yung. Kenji challenges Lee to a sword duel until both fall off the tower and get caught in a safety net. Unfortunately, Kenji's sword cuts the safety net open and it collapses, leaving both men hanging on for dear life. Kenji then willingly lets go of Lee and falls to his death, saving Lee's life.

Even with Kenji dead, more Triads arrive. In order to escape, Lee and Carter use a French flag as a parachute and float to safety. Unfortunately, they are confronted by Reynard, who is holding Genevieve hostage. Fortunately, George arrives and shoots Reynard before he can harm anybody else. The police then arrive and with the case closed, Lee and Carter leave the scene dancing to War.

Maybe, on Rush Hour 4, Soo Yung will play a bigger role and kick more butt!