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The real question is, do you understand the words that are coming out of our mouths?

Shane Jenkins: Rush Hour 3 has been banned in China. I'm glad they're finally taking those accusations of human rights violations seriously. But really, how do you guys think this is going to do? I've heard it's tracking big, but I don't know anyone who actually wants to see it. Does anyone but Ratner's BFF Robert Evans still care?

Michael Bentley: I think it'll do well, but not as well as the second one. It's been too long. I still can't believe Chris Tucker hasn't worked in all that time. He must either be really confident in it, or is good at saving his money.

Les Winan: It looks terrible. The preview I saw didn't elicit a laugh in the theater.

Jim Van Nest: I don't know that there's been a more overrated "funny" man in movies that Chris Tucker. Rush Hour had its charm and was pretty funny. Rush Hour 2 was not as good and had worn out this duo, in my opinion. To go to the well a third time, this movie ought to be called: Rush Hour 3: Chris Really Needs the Cash. I have no desire to see it, nor do I know anyone who has a desire to see it.

Dan Krovich: I saw the trailer in the theater and the audience seemed to enjoy it. I haven't seen either of the first two, and I doubt I'll see this one.

David Mumpower: Y'all are nuts. That trailer kills, brings the dead back to life, then kills them again. Both previous Rush Hour films have been hysterical, and the outtake from Rush Hour 2's closing credits where Chris Tucker's friend calls during a take is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Rush Hour 3 promises more of the same, and that's exactly what I would ask of it as a consumer. I'm very excited about this one. Jackie Chan and Tucker blend together better than any pair since Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte.

Tim Briody: Chris Tucker's IMDb profile is hilarious. It's simply astounding that the only three movies he's done in the last nine years are the three Rush Hour movies. Someone get me the number of his financial advisor.

David Mumpower: I just realized there are only four ways I would know him otherwise. He's in Friday, of course. He does that "P.H.A.T., Pretty Hot and Tempting" bit in Money Talks, he's Ruby Rhod in The Fifth Element and he gets shot by Samuel L. Jackson in Jackie Brown. Upon reflection, I'm not sure which of those is his best known work after the Rush Hour franchise. Is it The Fifth Element or Friday?





Reagen Sulewski: I think The Fifth Element would be where most people know him from. It's certainly where I became aware of him.

Kim Hollis: I'm pretty sure Chris Tucker's financial advisor is perfectly awesome. He resisted doing Rush Hour 3 and pretty much seems to just act when he feels like it. Ratner has all but said he had to strongarm him into doing the film.

Dan Krovich: I'm just curious as to how much overlap there is between Bourne and Rush Hour. They are both action movies, but completely different in tone and style. Does the action element trump the differences?

David Mumpower: I've always felt the genius of the Rush Hour series is that it simultaneously taps two woefully underrated movie audiences, African-Americans and the Hong Kong cinema crew. It's a serendipitous union of movie quality and demographics targeting done right.

Kevin Chen: Rush Hour 3 isn't really being marketed as an action movie. Then again, the trailer doesn't really market it as a comedy.

Jim Van Nest: I will give Chris Tucker this...perhaps he realizes how annoying his on-screen persona can be. The voice and all that. Maybe that's why he takes such long breaks between films, so that people will forget. Chris Rock could learn from this example...but no, he keeps releasing annoying pieces of crap like clockwork. Also, I have say Fifth Element would be his next claim to fame. I don't know anyone who hasn't at least seen it on HBO. And it always seems to be at the top of everyone's "how the hell didn't this movie do better" list.

David Mumpower: For what it's worth - and I am only mentioning this since we seem to be oddly hard on the guy in this thread - Tucker is one of the few guys in the industry who seems to have it figured out. He doesn't do garbage projects for the money, and he has done a lot of philanthropist work in Africa. He just doesn't get the same headlines as Angelina Jolie for some reason. I'm sure he's an eccentric dude, but I prefer his way of approaching the industry night and day more than a whore like, say, Eddie Murphy.

Kevin Chen: Smaller, darker tits.

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