Rush Hour 3 A Movie Review	MPAA Rated - PG-13 It's 1:30 Long A Review by The Dude on the Right

Okay, that was a pretty lame opening for this review, but come on, it’s a "Rush Hour" movie, and is there anything that can really be changed for the franchise? No. So other than, and I’m sorry Whammy if you are reading this, my movie going experience being a little eschewed because the person I was going to see the movie was 1) Late, B) Couldn’t hear her cell phone ring because she likes it warm so had her car windows open, III) Didn’t call to say she was running late until after the trailers started, and Four) Failed to pay attention to her text messages stating when we were supposed to meet at the theater, all resulting in my missing all of the trailers (part of my movie-going experience I love) and having to enter the theater in the dark (part of a movie-going experience I hate, but luckily we found seats rather quickly), "Rush Hour 3" will give you exactly what to expect if you saw either Version 1 or Version 2.

The story is simple. Jackie Chan is back as Inspector Lee and Chris Tucker is back as James Carter. Lee is upset with Tucker for shooting his girlfriend, but the pair get teamed together again when an assassination attempt doesn’t assassinate, and they are hot on the trail of some bad Chinese dudes, or one dude, or a list of dudes, or does it really matter? This time their travels take them to Paris where they don’t know the language but find maybe the best part of the movie, a cab driver named George (Yvan Attal), who has his own version of stereotypes about Americans, or just wants to kill someone. Our dynamic duo find a chick, Genevieve (Noémie Lenoir), who needs saving, can’t see who the bad dude is even though most of us already figured it out, martial art their way into kicking a lot of ass, and get pissed on by a dog, well, at least Carter does.

There are high-flying stunts atop the Eifel Tower, Jackie Chan shows he can still do the stunts, Chris Tucker wasn’t nearly annoying as he was in Version 2, but Genevieve wasn’t nearly as attractive as I thought she should be. The jokes are obvious, the bad guys who are posing as good guys are obvious, and lots of chairs fly around because that is what you use when you don’t have a weapon in a good martial arts’ fight.

I did like "Rush Hour 3" a little more than "Rush Hour 2," so I’ll be giving the movie 3 stars out of 5. I think George the cab driver added just enough of a comic element to get me out of the fact I missed the trailers, hated being late, and was able to just sit back and enjoy the "Rush Hour" franchise for being what it is. If you want it to be what it is you will enjoy the movie, but if you couldn’t stand Version 1 or Version 2, you will not like what Version 3 is.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!