Few movie franchises maintain their audiences in a chokehold the best way the Rush Hour trilogy does. Almost 25 years after the cult traditional hit screens, followers are nonetheless ready (and hoping) for a fourth instalment — and now, Jackie Chan himself has supplied a couple of candid ideas which are getting followers buzzing once more.
In a latest interview, the 71-year-old motion legend opened up about his expertise engaged on the Rush Hour trilogy, sharing some behind-the-scenes reflections and the place issues presently stand on Rush Hour 4. Whereas selling the upcoming Karate Child: Legends, Chan didn’t shrink back from some sincere feedback.
When requested to select his favorite Rush Hour movie, Chan hesitated, earlier than giving a surprisingly revealing response: “I don’t know,” Chan stated. “You understand what, the primary one: little cash, little time. We shot it like, ‘Go, go, go, go!’ The second: some huge cash, loads of time. The third one: an excessive amount of cash, an excessive amount of time. An excessive amount of cash isn’t any good.”
It’s a easy but insightful remark that claims loads about Chan’s perspective on filmmaking. The appeal of the unique film, it appears, might have stemmed from the urgency and scrappiness of a smaller manufacturing. That unpolished vitality arguably helped make Rush Hour the traditional it grew to become.
As for the much-anticipated Rush Hour 4, Chan didn’t reveal an excessive amount of, however what he did say hit dwelling. “Ask the director, ask the studio, ask the author. Hurry up! In any other case, Chris Tucker and me [will be] 100 years previous. We’ll be previous males doing Rush Hour.”
It’s a sentiment that’s each humorous and a bit pressing. Whereas followers have lengthy clamoured for a sequel, time is, fairly actually, working out. Again in 2022, Chan had confirmed that Rush Hour 4 was within the works, and Tucker himself echoed the joy, saying: “You’re going to see loads of good things coming, however it’s going to be on an entire different degree,” Tucker teased on the time. “That’s what I like… I’m enthusiastic about that. It’s not going to be what you’ve usually seen…Rush Hour 4, that’s one thing I positively will in all probability drop in there as a result of I really like working with Jackie.”
Directed by Brett Ratner, the unique Rush Hour movies paired Chan’s stoic however expert Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee with Tucker’s fast-talking LAPD Detective James Carter. The buddy-cop formulation struck gold, each critically and commercially. However Ratner’s exit from Hollywood amid controversy has been one of many greatest obstacles to getting Rush Hour 4 off the bottom.
Nonetheless, Jackie’s latest remarks present he’s open — and perhaps even keen — to make it occur. Talking on the Karate Child: Legends purple carpet, he reiterated his curiosity in reuniting with Tucker, a promising signal for followers nonetheless holding out hope. Whereas there’s nonetheless no official affirmation or timeline for Rush Hour 4, Jackie Chan’s feedback make one factor clear: the spirit of the franchise lives on in its stars.