RUSH HOUR (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

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MOVIE COMPANY: New Line Cinema
CAST: Starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn and Elizabeth Pena
DIRECTED BY: Directed by Brett Ratner
PRODUCED BY: Roger Birnbaum
RATING: Rated PG-13
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120812
TYPE OF MOVIE: Action, Comedy

One’s all talk…the other’s all action!…Jackie Chan (Rumble in the Bronx, First Strike) and Chris Tucker (Money Talks, Friday) mix punches with punchlines in this hilarious action-comedy!

Culture’s clash and tempers flare as these two cops from different worlds quickly discover one thing in common: they can’t stand each other.  With time running out, they must join forces to catch the criminals — if they don’t kill each other first.

DVD EXTRAS:

• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Commentary by director Brett Ratner
• Isolated musical score with commentary by composer Lalo Schifrin
• Theatrical trailer
• Deleted scenes
• Original featurette “A Piece of the Action: Behind the scenes of Rush Hour”
• Short movie Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (1990) by director Brett Ratner
• Music video: “Nuttin’ But Love” by Heavy D
• Music video: “How Deep Is Your Love” by Dru Hill
• Widescreen anamorphic format

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I could find.

DVD REVIEW:

I really enjoyed this movie when it first came out and when I found out that this DVD was going to be jam packed, I couldn’t wait!

All I can say is this movie is definitely worth the wait because not only do you get a cool movie with pretty good colors and good sound, you get a DVD that’s fully packed and this is what I mean.

First, let’s talk about the music videos.  You get the two music videos but you get director’s commentary on the music videos.  You don’t see that too much.  Also, you get Brett Ratner’s short movie that he did back in college.  The featurette is pretty long and full of information. Especially how Tucker improvises a lot and you get to see how Jackie suggests and feels about certain action scenes.  Very cool!

There is so much more to this DVD and if you love Jackie Chan and Christ Tucker, you can’t go wrong with this DVD.  Also, you start to gain respect for Brett Ratner because you get to see how how this director really cares for his two actors.  Very cool!

This DVD is highly recommended!

THE MOVIE:  A
THE DVD EXTRAS:  A+
THE DVD OVERALL:  A