The first “Rush Hour” was really fun as it blended some nice action scenes with Jackie Chan (“Project A”) along with some interesting and quite amusing racial humour that didn’t feel offensive. “Rush Hour 2” just seems to be too many jokes (and not good ones) and not enough action.

Police officers Lee (Chan) and Carter (Chris Tucker “Money Talks”) are on holiday in Lee’s home of Hong Kong. Unfortunately for the duo, their holiday is cut short when they get involved with the Triads. They’re on a new mission to stop counterfeit money being produced. Now, Lee and Carter must cross the continents to find a way to stop the bad guys from making lots of money.

Jackie Chan gives his usual likeable performance is Lee. Chris Tucker becomes really annoying this time around as Carter as he’s overused unlike in the first one. The chemistry between the two just seems to be a rehash of the same dialog, only it is coming out of the other one’s mouth. The villain Hu Li (Zhang Ziyi “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) isn’t too memorable and it is sad when she gets beaten in a hand-to-hand battle against the moronic Detective Carter.

“Rush Hour 2” has many racial jokes that aren’t as funny as the ones featured in the first one and are a little offensive in my opinion. The action is too silly and lacks the great choreography Chan usually provides but here, I feel he was influenced too heavily by the Westerners around him. It’s sad to see the buddy cop series has already fallen off the hill because the first “Rush Hour” really showed potential for a sequel but instead of getting the funny and action-packed film we wanted, we get what we deserve by seeing a sequel… a rehash.