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movie review - Rush Hour

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 1999.03.12

This movie stinks. Chan is underutilized, and it's pretty clear that the two leads were fighting during filming. Their is zero chemistry, and chemistry is the only thing that could have saved this cheesy knock-off of Beverly Hills Cop. The action is boring, the plot uninteresting. I wish Chan better next time, and hope I don't see Tucker again (hoping against hope, yeah?).

Not recommended.

rand()m quote

One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

—John Boyd, US Air Force