Rush Hour 2

Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 2
Directed by	Brett Ratner
Written by	Jeff Nathanson
Based on	Characters; by Ross LaManna
Produced by	Roger Birnbaum; Jonathan Glickman; Arthur M. Sarkissian; Jay Stern
Starring	Jackie Chan; Chris Tucker; John Lone; Alan King; Roselyn Sánchez; Harris Yulin; Zhang Ziyi;
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by	Mark Helfrich
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production; companies	Roger Birnbaum Productions; Salon Films;
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	August 3, 2001;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90 million
Box office	$347.5 million

Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American action comedy movie directed by Brett Ratner. It was written by Jeff Nathanson, It is the sequel to the 1998 film Rush Hour, and based on the characters created by Ross LaManna. The cast were Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Roselyn Sánchez, John Lone, Alan King, Harris Yulin, and Zhang Ziyi.

The story follows Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) and Detective James Carter (Tucker), who go to Hong Kong on vacation only to be thwarted by a murder case involving two U.S. customs agents after a bombing at the American embassy. Lee suspects that the crime is linked to the Triad crime lord Ricky Tan (Lone).

Rush Hour 2 opened on August 3, 2001, to generally mixed reviews. The movie was a commercial success. It grosses $347.3 million worldwide. It made the highest-grossing film in the franchise. A sequel, Rush Hour 3, was released on August 10, 2007.