A blunt patchwork of Chinese elements

Nicolas 2022-03-16 09:01:04

After reading the third part, I understand why there is no fourth part. Like many sequels, this one is not satisfactory. Although the fight scenes are still good, there are more and more bugs in the story, especially when Lee released Kenji again and again, knowing that he would be sacrificed if he was released. More people still let it go. There is no bottom line or principle, and it doesn't make sense either in terms of emotion or reason.

The other is that Su Yang's role is not very well chosen. I personally think that, except for the hairstyle that is the same as the little girl in the first part, the acting and characters are much worse. The acting is really bad. I don't know what she is acting, is it purely for an Asian face? Embarrassing, even more embarrassing than the role of Zhang Ziyi in the second film. There is also a problem with the portrayal of this character. It is obvious that Lee and her father still have a good relationship. It was said in the first episode that she is his best apprentice. She still keeps things in the martial arts hall, but she knows nothing. Even the kid in the martial arts hall is not as good as that, so it doesn't make sense.

So, in fact, this one, to put it bluntly, is a sequel to cater to the tastes of the Chinese people, or it is a sequel for the Chinese market and box office. There are a lot of Chinese elements in it, but they are just Chinese elements, Chinese style for the sake of Chinese style. The scene in the martial arts hall made me puzzled. The sentence of the island country love action movie is similar, the island country can have sex anywhere, and this is the same, it can be "slapped" anywhere.

Lee's character is also not full enough in this film. In my opinion, it would be better if the story between him and Kenji could be deepened a little bit. The entanglement between them has been brushed off, making people unable to feel a sense of substitution and understanding. characters and plot. Even a little bit of blood is better than being so vague.

This one about race and political correctness is one of the few that continues the previous elements. At first, Carter was fined to be a traffic policeman because of his racial discrimination. He detained several scientists from Iran who came to the United States. He called them terrorists. Down to earth, both his actions and his punishment are very realistic. But I still hope to stop like this, stop filming, and don't look for Chinese actresses like this next time I shoot, I think it might be better to look for Zhang Ziyi and this one than to look for Angela or Zheng Shuang, both of them. Almost, there is no difference, after all, they have no acting skills, they are all acting themselves, not acting.

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Rush Hour 3 quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Detective James Carter: We need to get her to relax.

    Chief Inspector Lee: Maybe we should put on a dirty movie.

    Detective James Carter: Lee!

    Chief Inspector Lee: Only $9.95.

  • Master Yu: May I help you?

    Detective James Carter: We'll be asking the questions old man. Who are you?

    Master Yu: Yu.

    Detective James Carter: No, not me. You.

    Master Yu: Yes, I'm Yu.

    Detective James Carter: Just answer the damn question! Who are you?

    Master Yu: I have told you!

    Detective James Carter: Are you deaf?

    Master Yu: No. Yu is blind.

    Detective James Carter: I'm not blind. You blind.

    Master Yu: That is what I just said.

    Detective James Carter: You just said what?

    Master Yu: I did not say what, I said Yu.

    Detective James Carter: That's what I'm asking you.

    Master Yu: And Yu was answering.

    Detective James Carter: Shut up!

    Detective James Carter: You!

    Master Yu: Yes?

    Detective James Carter: Not you. Him! What's your name?

    Mi: Mi.

    Detective James Carter: Yes, you.

    Mi: I'm Mi.

    Master Yu: He's Mi and I'm Yu.

    Detective James Carter: And I'm about to whoop your old ass man because I am sick of playing games! You, me? Everybody's ass around here!