Regie:
Brett RatnerCamera:
Adam GreenbergMuziek:
Lalo SchifrinActeurs:
Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Tzi Ma, Ken Leung, Chris Penn, Rex Linn, Mark Rolston, Elizabeth Peña, Philip Baker Hall, John Hawkes (meer)Streaming (2)
Samenvattingen(1)
Nadat Lee, een detective uit Hong Kong, een grote buit van de crimineel Juntao heeft teruggevonden kidnapt deze de dochter van een Chinese diplomaat in Amerika. Lee wordt naar Amerika gestuurd om als diplomaat op te treden bij de ontvoering, maar daar moet de Amerikaanse politie niets van hebben. Ze besluiten een agent in te zetten om Lee bezig te houden. (Paradiso Films)
(meer)Recensie (3)
A cliché seen a hundred times before, dressed up in slightly more elegant garb and played by a more likable pair of comedians. But it’s still basically just a run-of-the-mill action flick.
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The main characters are entertaining and funny, and that's all they needed for a solid success. The combination of the East's fastest feet and the West's biggest talker and buffoon worked quite solidly, and this action-packed romp surprisingly turned out to be a solid comedy. And the fact that the action is sometimes eye-poppingly silly and that Jackie Chan is visibly fooling around at times is easily forgivable, because the film has momentum and you don’t get bored. It's a pity about the other parts, because this could have been tolerated. I had fun.
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When I first watched this movie - yes, in 2014 - I realized how much Jonah Hill resembles Chris Penn, not just in appearance but also in speech. Interesting. But back to the film. If I had seen it about ten years ago, when movies weren't so filled with loud black characters, it probably would have grabbed me a bit more right from the start. I never get tired of Jackie. Chris Tucker is originally quite unbearable, but somehow this duo just clicks. I'm not saying it's excellent, but occasionally some scenes do work.
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