The entire trilogy of action movies made it to the Top 10 of Netflix

According to Jonathan Klotz
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The Rush Hour trilogy has not only stood the test of time, it has aged like fine wine, with all three films simultaneously appearing in the top 10 on Netflix. It’s an impressive feat for a film series that began in 1998 and ended in 2007, although there was a short-lived series without Chris Tucker or Jackie Chan. Once again, it’s the incredible chemistry between these two men that turned the standard buddy comedy into a worldwide blockbuster.

Rush hour

Rush hour ranked highest at Netflixoccasionally breaking into the top three, and almost 30 years later, it’s still the best buddy comedy. Chan’s based on the book Chief Inspector Lee and Tucker’s smart LAPD detective Carter first team up to keep Lee busy and distracted from investigating his friend’s missing daughter. Of course, they eventually bond through shared trauma and off-key singing to reluctantly save the day.

Peak 2

With the film grossing over $275 million, a sequel was inevitable, but Peak 2 defied expectations and became more than just Netflix streaming hit over two decades later, but it remains one of the best sequels of all time. Moving from LA to Hong Kong, Carter is now a fish out of water on Lee’s home turf, resulting in a sequel that hits all the right beats. This time they stop a counterfeiting ring, and behind it all is a rich white man Carter knew, with even more charm from the first film.

Peak 3

Peak 3ranked lowest on Netflix, it’s the weakest of the series, but it still makes for an exceptional buddy comedy. Lee and Carter have adopted a strange friendship between them as they take on the Chinese mafia, and even Lee’s old childhood friend can’t come between them at this point. It says a lot about the strength of the franchise when the worst-performing film still grosses $275 million worldwide.

Comedy The Last Of The Buddy

Fourth Rush hour it’s been in the works for years, with Chris Tucker talking about it in 2019 and Jackie Chan confirming it’s not in production until 2022, but at this point they could Beverly Hills Cop and make it a Netflix original. Movies have changed since the pair first appeared on screen, and now buddy cop action comedies, once a staple of Hollywood, have fallen out of favor. Uncharted tried to bring them back Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, but we’re a long way from the days when Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah could start together in a big-budget buddy comedy.

Thanks to a change in movie tastes, the Rush Hour trilogy on Netflix is ​​a fun throwback to the type of movies Hollywood has stopped making. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, as made clear in the DVD special features and their countless interviews together, also started out as co-workers who didn’t really like each other but became friends who traveled the world together. If Peak 4 happens, it can’t be here soon enough.