All sorts of martial arts fighting and action occurs throughout the film, with various characters punching, kicking and hitting others with their hands and feet or other various objects. OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this PG-13 rated action/adventure film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below).
When it appears that Hu Li has shot and killed Tan, however, Sterling orders Carter back to the States.Ĭarter convinces Lee to join him since he believes that Steven Reign (ALAN KING), a wealthy Los Angeles businessman, is somehow involved, and this leads to encounters with various people who may or may not be involved in the counterfeit ring.
Soon he and Carter are on the case, applying their distinctive methods of investigation into solving it. Lee ignores that, however, since Tan was his father's ex-partner who turned bad and murdered the cop. While the Hong Kong police believe that Chinese triad ruler Ricky Tan (JOHN LONE) is responsible, Secret Service special agent Sterling (HARRIS YULIN) thinks it's even bigger than him, and wants neither Lee nor Carter working on the case. They were working on a major counterfeiting ring that's been producing and distributing nearly undetectable "super bills" in one-hundred-dollar denominations.
That doesn't let up when a mysterious woman, Hu Li (ZHANG ZIYI), drops off a package - that turns out to be a bomb - at the American embassy and it ends up killing two U.S. PLOT: James Carter (CHRIS TUCKER) is an LAPD detective who's on vacation in Hong Kong visiting his friend, Detective Inspector Lee (JACKIE CHAN), with whom he previously solved a kidnapping case and who's now too busy working to relax. QUICK TAKE: Comedy/Action: A fleet-footed Chinese inspector and his fast-talking American detective friend join forces once again to track down those responsible for producing nearly undetectable counterfeit money.