Brett Ratner built Rush Hour around Jackie Chan's Police Story franchise. Rather than adapt Chan, Ratner mapped Chan's specific physical grammar—his use of environmental props, his reluctance to rely on guns, his willingness to take real falls and hits—directly onto the American buddy cop formula. This isn't imitation. It's translation. Ratner hired Chan to import the visual and comedic language of Hong Kong action cinema into a Hollywood structure. Police Story is available on Criterion Channel.
Films That Influenced Rush Hour
