Rush Hour 2 - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Rush Hour 2 or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Rush Hour 2

[janice]

In Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special (2001), Chris Tucker quipped that he received a call from Jackson, who told Tucker he had seen this movie, and regarding the karaoke club scene where Carter sings Jackson's hit "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", informed Tucker that he was "kicking with the wrong leg". Tucker also co-starred in Michael Jackson's short movie for the song "You Rock My World", which was released a month after this movie.

[lena]

The climax takes place in the Red Dragon Hotel. Red Dragon (2002) was Brett Ratner's next movie.

[charlie]

At the airport, there is a man waiting for a passenger named "Freitag", named after producer James M. Freitag.

[ruby]

The scene where Carter and Lee are running down the street naked in Hong Kong was an actual take. Production could not block the street off for the shoot.

[nina]

Don Cheadle (Kenny) agreed to do this movie only if he got to fight Jackie Chan (Lee) and speak Chinese.

[gabriel]

There are 2 DVD menu displays. The first one is funky music and the Chinese food box is spinning like Michael Jackson is dancing the music plays twice then it's silent and the second one is dramatic Chinese music playing and the Chinese food box is open, the food inside is shown and it's on fire and plays over and over again repeatedly.

[ella]

In an interview, director Brett Ratner admitted that the first part of the karaoke scene with Chris Tucker was not supposed to be filmed. Tucker refused to act like Michael Jackson with the cameras running. Between takes, he went up as entertainment for everyone. Secretly, Ratner told the cameramen to film it, but to not let Tucker notice them.

[bessie]

Initially, Chris Penn was going to reprise his role of Clive from Rush Hour (1998).

[fred]

This movie made $347 million at the worldwide box office, becoming the highest-grossing installment in the franchise. It also made $226 million at the U.S. box office, becoming the highest-grossing installment in the franchise.

[chris]

Seasickness helped Roselyn Sanchez feign a lack of enthusiasm for Chris Tucker's advances in the yacht sequence.

[edgar]

This is the only Rush Hour movie where Detective Carter (Chris Tucker) does not have a goatee.

[jeffrey]

Chris Tucker (Carter) ad-libbed many different versions of his short speech to Ziyi Zhang (Hu Li) at the end of their fight. Director Brett Ratner felt the speech was not working, and told Tucker to call her a "bitch". Tucker refused to say the word, and it took a few hours of convincing by Ratner before Tucker finally agreed.

[duane]

Jerry Lewis was offered the role of Steven Reign.

[clayton]

The counterfeit dollar bills used in the movie say, "In Dog We Trust". During shooting, some extras walked off the set with some of the fake cash, and it eventually ended up in a few casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. The situation went so out-of-control that production was briefly shut down when the FBI subjected the props department to an investigation to determine whether or not they violated the Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1992.

[ray]

The movie premiered on July 26, 2001 on a single Los Angeles to Hong Kong flight by United Airlines and the Hong Kong Tourism Board.