Rush Hour (1998) | Canadians First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Commentary 

"How volatile is C4?" Barely at all actually. You can drop it, run it over with a vehicle, shoot it, throw it in a fire, and it won't go off. It's extremely hard to trigger without a detonator. Which is what makes it attractive for military applications; it can be carried around with minimal risk of an unlucky shot detonating it in somebody's pack and taking out a whole squad.

The stunts in Jackie Chan's early movies are flat out insane.

3:34 In the director's commentary it says that there's only a simple direction in the script that the girl in the back seat starts singing with the radio, it was a total surprise that she could actually sing, it wasn't something they looked for during casting. You guys like Jackie Chan, watch Shanghai Noon next.

Jackie Chan said the scene when his character first meets Chris Tucker's character was very similar to the first time the actors met in real life at the offices of the William Morris Agency. Chan said Tucker was talking so fast that after the meeting ended, Chan told his manager, "I don't understand any of the words coming out of his mouth!" - a line that was used in the film. If you two decide to do more Jackie Chan movies i'd like to recommend "Rumble in The Bronx". (1995)

Police cuffs keys are infact universal. Especially in the era of this movie. Used to be able to unlock cop cuffs with a key from store bought cuffs.

Simones reaction to the "What's up my N..." joke makes me *so* *desperately* want to see the two of them react to Blazing Saddles now~

Holy shit! The taxi driver, the one who pulled his gun at 8:05 is "Mean" Gene LeBell, "the Godfather of Grappling", Judo grandmaster, and a looongtime stunt performer and coordinator. He was the first person to really teach grappling to Bruce Lee, and he once choked out Steven Seagal so hard poor old Steven shat himself. True story. He also fought in what just might have been the first official MMA fight againts boxer Milo Savage in December 2, 1963.

When Jackie Chan describes how he would determine the "safety" of stunts was for example measure the gap between two rooftops and than draw it on the floor and see if he could jump that far than go shoot it... He represents an era that will not likely come back around. The environment in HK now is so tightly restricted by Beijing it is now just a memory. That and the steep decline of Peking Opera schools, probably for the better in most cases, but that's where the best action performers of the 80s and 90s came out of, including Jackie Chan.

31:30 To that point, Jackie had already demonstrated to the filmmakers how he was gonna climb a tree in this movie. But then on the day of the shoot, he still had to wait 5 hours just so the safety people could get set up for the stunt. By contrast in his old Hong Kong films, sometimes they'd sleep on the set for several nights so that the time spent on shooting action scenes each day can be maximized.

Also, all 3 Rush Hour movies are funny as heck, can recommend watching all of them ^-^

Imagine the biography: "Jackie Chan, OSHA nightmares". I hope they are reacting to the other Rush Hours and, my favourites, Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights because I love seeing Simone enjoying Jackie Chan movies.

The other two are great too. The little girl was razor sharp and really made the talent complete. Jackie is awesome, but he has had as many injuries as Evil Kinieval. His wit is just as excellent as his stunts. The match up is perfect. Those two work off each other like a machine. Great movie. Great reactions.

All 3 of these movies are super enjoyable but the first too are absolute classics, some of the best action/comedies ever, Jackie and Chris just had fantastic chemistry too. Best way to describe these movies Imo is that they’re just a blast. The outtakes are also legendary and some of the funniest ever.

When Jackie climbed up the moving container at the top of the movie, I immediately started to wonder by Simone's reaction if this was her VERY FIRST introduction to Chan. If that's true, Cinebinge needs to do far more Jackie Chan movies. The law demands it.

In real life a lot of bombs do have color wires. Especially professionally done bombs and not back ally junk bombs. They do it to not confuse themselves when arming it, one wrong connection and BOOM you lost your limbs. Also, any remote or detonation system has to be wired as well and often times they are modular. So in order to properly put together bomb components the wiring system has to be legible. Also tags would help, but they aren't often used. We also have to remember most bombs never get diffused so the makers of them don't ever consider going through the extra effort to make all the wires black and using tags only to remove them. It's just adds more work and more danger for something that won't likely happen. That said, not EVERY bomb is color coded but most of them are. They also aren't standardized, but specialist learn the standards of different groups or organizations. Plus their are broader standards that seem to be a bit more universal such as black usually being ground.

13:36 - That was exactly what he was trained to do , from a very young age. And the Peking Opera School training was VERY intensive. Not to downplay his talent and dedication. But it is something he is trained for and experienced at. The average person is not.

"Compared to the rest of his filmography, it's nothing" - truer words were never spoken. Rumble In the Bronx, Who Am I, Police Story.. The man is an absolute stunt legend

"WOOOOOOOO, YOU KNOW HE DEAD!" Rumble in the Bronx is a good Jackie Chan movie if you want to see some crazy stunts.

Chris and Jackie are so brilliant together dude. Being able to do what they do isn't easy, Jackie being such an amazing martial artist, doing all the stunts himself, all real, all blood and sweat. He is such a master at his craft, it's not easy to be on point with your choreography, every kick and punch has to be perfect for the big screen. Chris does the same but with comedy, it's not easy being funny with tons of hot camera's surrounding you in a room full of strangers. Chris does martial art's with his presence, his voice, his facial expressions, he's just addictive to watch on the screen. These two were such a perfect match! lol This entire trilogy will always be classic!

Jackie Chan hung from a helicopter in a rope ladder for 45 minutes for "Police Story 3". And him sliding down a genuine skyscraper is from "Who am I?" That man is a our time's version of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Buster Keaton combined.

Somehow, a Black American Comedian and a Hong Kong Movie Legend work together for the first time, but look like they are life-long childhood friends...their chemistry is so underrated.

around 6:00 with the yelling and language barriers, it adds some layers that Jackie actually wasn't fluent in English when they started filming. He knew a little but wasn't comfortable talking. The director managed to convince him out of getting his lines dubbed and Jackie learned his dialogue phonetically, which you could never tell from the movie. He's said in interviews he learned more English on the set filming this, than in all of his years in school

Any Jackie Chan movie runs outtakes during the credits. Hal Needham introduced Jackie to the US market in Canonball Run. I love Jackie running up walls. Chris Tucker is a funny funny man. Bless you guys.

YES! You should definitely do a reaction to the movie where he slides down the skyscraper! The movie is called "Who Am I?" and it's among my all-time favorite Jackie Chan movies.

I love this trilogy. The second one is my favorite

Yes handcuffs has a universal key, so every cop can open each others cuffs when need. Imagine if you cuff someone and you go off duty, that would be extremely inconvenient for all :p

C4 is VERY stable, you can quite literally set it on fire and it will not blow up

I'm surprised no one mentioned the 'judo' Gene LeBell cameo as the taxi driver. He was a prolific martial artist nicknamed the godfather of grappling and friend to Bruce Lee and best of all he made Steven Seagal shit himself 🤣🤣🤣 Sadly he passed away in August 😢

I LOVE SImone's amazement at Jackie Chan's stunts...guuuuuuuuuuurl...there are a TON of great Jackie Chan movies and stunts just waiting for you... Also, the wire colours are mainly a Hollywood convention to make things easier on our heroes. Also, the skyscraper slide scene is in "Who Am I?" and set in Rotterdam - fantastic stuff.

The sky scraper stunt was in “Who am I?”, my favorite Jackie Chan movie. It also has a bunch of outtakes at the end including the building slide.

For more great action/comedy duos, I recommend watching Tango and Cash with Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, the Lethal Weapon series with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, the Bad Boys trilogy with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and Red Heat with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi

I discovered Jackie Chan back in the eighties when I worked in downtown New Orleans and there was a kung fu theater near the office. I'd be there for every Chan movie they showed. I heard that when he started working in Hollywood he was frustrated by how long they spent setting up safety equipment for the stunts.

The reason why explosive devices have multi colored wires is so that in case the maker has to disarm it for whatever reason. Always have safety protocols for your own demolition devices.

Ok so fun fact. Jackie Chan during this time he didn't speak English fluently nor understood it that well either. They told him what to say and how to say things. So the bar fight scene is one example" they told him after you say it twice the fight sequence will start" they have a trilogy of these films and in the bloopers you see that in the 3rd film he still doesn't know some of the things they tell him to say. 🤣🤣

If there was 5 more Jackie Chan movies yall reacted to I would definitely watch it.

in Germany we had a Show called TvTotal Jackie was a guest & he said that in Hollywood every stunt is planned to the smallest details, like the sizes of wires & stuff But in China it was more like "Is the rope long enough?" "........maybe"

You can't detonate C4 by shooting it. Even John McClane has to detonate it with a detonator, and he has next-level shooting powers. If there was a detonator in the C4 and you somehow managed to shoot that..... maybe.

You also need to watch Shangai noon & Shangai knight, they are as fun as rush hours if not funnier!

I really like this flick and his Shanghai Noon/ Knights series with Owen Wilson.

Simone: it’s obviously about either like 8am or 6pm Audience: (booing)

Yes George the handcuffs have a universal key. also based on the behind the scenes video Jackie and his own stunt team designed and did all the stunts. the blooper reel is hilarious as well. you guys gonna do Rush hour 2 and 3.

In an earlier Jackie Chan movie, he made a jump where he broke his ankle, had a cast put on, had them paint it like the other tennis shoe and went back to finish the stunt himself. They show that in the credits as one of his injuries. He is amazing

If you want to watch a Jackie Chan movie with great choreography, I recommend Police Story. It was made and set in Hong Kong.

The skyscraper slide is near the end of "Who Am I", and he has hung from a helicopter in at least two of his films "Police Story 3: Supercop", on the end of a rope ladder (for at least 45 minutes of filming), and "First Strike" having snowboarded off a cliff (over a freezing lake).

It's funny that he brought up the insurance on the movie considering that's a big reason why Jackie Chan does ALL of his own stunts

Now that you guys have watched a Jackie Chan movie you can put his other films on the watchlist too Also from the interviews i have seen, American directors have a hard time shooting with Jackie because of his stunt

The chemistry here is gold😂😂😂

"Shanghai Noon" is another great buddy comedy with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson

"omg he actually did that!" there's a shorter phrase for that: Jackie Chan

Police Story, Project A, Super Cop, Wheels On Meals, Rumble In the Bronx are just a few of Jackie's best movies.

The helicopter stunt is probably "Police Story 3 (Supercop)". And the stunt where he is sliding down the skyscraper roof is "Who Am I".

If Jackie Chan says "I don't want trouble" and you still try to assault him, you're lucky if you don't wind up getting beaten with a ladder or something.

Honestly one of the funniest comedies of the last 25-30 years. Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are just the best 😁

"Who Am I?" has him sliding down the side of a huge building.

26:39 in the movie "Who Am I", where he slid down a 45 degree slope of a skyrise in Amsterdam for the grand finale, with zero wires attached.

When Jackie Chan started in America, he never could get insurance and had to pay his own medical Bills. Often losing money if he got seriously injured as he wouldn't get paid if he could not work. He campaigned for years for change, and now thankfully things are very different. Jackie personally pays his stunt team himself, often getting them more than if they were paid by the studio. If any if his team gets injured they still get full pay, and he pays their medical expenses.

For Jackie sliding down a skyscraper see "Who am I?" The outtakes are wild. For dangling from a helicopter "Supercop"

The Jackie Chan movie with the building slide is "Who Am I?"

That’s “Supercop” aka “Police Story 3” where he’s dangling from the helicopter. The one with the skyscraper slide I believe is “Who Am I?”.

The movie you guys referred to where he slid down the side of a building is called "Who Am I", great friggin flick!!

The movie with the skyscraper was "WHO AM I" and i believe the helicopter was from "Police story"

Oh yes please watch 'Who am I' was my first Jackie Chan movie when I was a kid, still love it. It's the movie with him sliding down a sky scraper.

The movie where Jackie slid down a building was Who am I, and it was partially filmed in my hometown Rotterdam in The Netherlands! I was little when they shut down part of the city for filming

You gotta love the outtakes at the end of Jackie Chan movies!

That movie George talked about where Jackie slides down the side of a skyscraper with no wires is called Who Am I? and it has some of his best choreographed fight scenes

Thank you Simone and George that was a lot of fun :) Im a long time fan of Jackie Chan and its good to hear others marveling at his skill and commitment -- on the latter, I always think of Legend of the Drunken Master (aka Drunken Master 2) where he falls full length onto red hot coals and scrambles out on his hands and knees - resulting in terrible burns to his hands. Talk about suffering for your art. Anyway, thanks for this feel good reaction, you two keep being you -- and we, the interweb horde will keep enjoying your content! Cheers

2:06 I saw this film with a Chinese friend and her family when it came out. I recall her father was providing a corrected translation all the way through ^.^

@26:25 The movie where Jackie Chan slides down a building is Who Am i? (1998)

How awesome is Jackie? So happy he got his honorary oscar

during filming, Chris Tucker talked so fast during their scenes, Jackie Chan needed an interpreter just to know what he said!

WHO AM I is one of my fave Jackie Chan movies and the slide down the side of the angled skyscraper is great, the bloopers at the end when he almost rolled of the edge of the building was crazy. He's amazing, love all his work from Hong Kong to his American made movies...

I cannot believe this dude didn’t speak English when he was 12 lol. He has no accent at all. Speaks better than the entire city of Chicago 😂😂

The movie where Jackie hangs onto a ladder from a helicopter is "Supercop".

My wife is from the Philippines and sometimes people will speak in Spanish to her thinking she's Spanish. Other times they assume she speaks no english and call her everything from Chinese to Vietnamese to Japanese. People don't realize in the Philippines, Engish is taught in school as their secondary language. Maybe some aren't perfect with it, but they know more then most people who come from other countries who know no english or very little.

I think the movie Jackie was around the chopper is called the The Police Story 3 the super cop, which is also great to watch!

For the Skyscraper slide.. "Who Am I" is the movie.

The best line in the movie is right after Chris Tucker shoots the main enforcer guy. "Wipe yourself off man, you dead."

Who am I is amazing! That's the one were he slides down the building.

i did not expect this, you guys gotta react to the 2nd movie its soo good

I remember seeing an interview with Jackie Chan, probably for one of the “Rush Hour” sequels, where he must have been having a bad day ‘cuz he kind of went off in a not-entirely-jokey way about how he hurts all the time now ‘cuz he got banged up so much over the years. I mean, dedication is great and all but I hope he doesn’t hurt all the time. ☹️

Rumble in the Bronx was my introduction to Jackie Chan and it blew me away. The outtakes were crazy.

If Jackie Chan has a catchphrase, it's "I don't want trouble!" He says it in almost every movie.

Jackie's stunt was pretty tame in this movie, actually 😄

The movie where Jackie hangs from a helicopter is Police Story 3 aka Supercop

This is the shirt where Simone graduated from random cute sweet girl on YT to Geek Goddess. It went like this. ‘Cool, she’s wearing a classic Run DMC shirt. Wait a second, that shirt says Run D&D!!! OMG she’s the hottest woman on the planet!!! 😂🤣

Yes you should definitely watch some more Jackie Chan movies. Most of my favorite movies he has done are the ones from the 70-90s. There is Dunken Master, Project A, Armor of God, First Strike, Police Story, City Hunter, Super Cop, Twin Dragon, Rumble in the Bronx, The Legend of the Drunken Master, Accidental Spy, Shanghai Noon, The Tuxedo, The Spy Nextdoor, The Medallion. There's a few more but it's hard to think of them at like 5 or 6 in the morning.

The building slide stunt is from the HK Movie "Who am I?" it is from 1998. But the best films from Jackie Chan are the Drunken Masters Series and Armour of God and Armour of God II: Operation Condor. Jackie Chan is definitely a own category of movies. Highly recommended

In my mind, Rush Hour is among THE BEST buddy cop/action-comedy movie franchises in history, right alongside Lethal Weapon. They did a FANTASTIC job pairing Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan together as Detective Lee and Detective Carter.

It’s funny you said the fight scenes are like a dance. Jackie Chan said classic American musicals influence the way he choreographs his fight scenes. Everything has a beat.

The movie you mentioned at the end where Jackie Chan dangles from a helicopter ladder was the movie Supercop from 1992. The Chinese title for that movie I think was Police Story 3.

Man I’ll never get bored of these movies they’re literally gold

I would recommend also watching not only Rush Hour 2 and 3, but also Shanghai Noon and it's sequel Shanghai Knights, with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson.

There are also outtakes and blooper reels for this movie.

Jackie Chan is the goat when it comes to action stunts. Rush Hour 3 he fought on the Eifel Tower without a wire or net. Dude is as goon as they come

Rumble in the Bronx is my favorite and he broke his foot but still kept doing his own stunts as well as it was the first of his I seen. This is the one that made me a big fan of his.

I’m no punk b**ch 🤣🤭🤣 best scene for me

Project A 1&2, Police Story 1&2, Rumble In the Bronx, Mr. Nice Guy, Gorgeous, First Strike. The list is endless. His movies are awesome and sometimes very strange. When I was young I watched every Jackie Chan film I could get my hands on. Typically a dubbed version so who knows how close to the original plot it was, but his action sequences are legend. I read his autobiography around 10 or 11 years old. He had one hell of a life. And has suffered about every physical injury in the book. As regards the Rush Hour series I’ve heard Jackie was always there early and ready to go and Chris Tucker rolled in late every day and worked on his own time. It’s amazing watching 90’s movies in today’s world and like every other line would never be used in a movie today.

Jackie Chan is like a human cartoon character.

I like how surprised she is by Jackie's stunts. Is this her first Jackie Chan movie?

Supercop was the movie where he dangled from a helicopter.