District 13: Ultimatum
Rush Hour 3could’ve do good greatly by apply one of the core elements ofDistrict 13 . The third chapter in theRush Hourseries was highly anticipated forwards of its 2007 release , but it end up being the most lusterless chapter of the series by far . Though the chemistry betweenJackie Chanand Chris Tucker was as resplendent as ever , the comedy inpour Hour 3was uninventive , and their contrast personalities lack the punch that had been the serial ' bloodline and trade .
Even regretful forRush minute 3 , the action scenes were flat and forgettable — a truly damning criticism for any picture show with the amour of the one and only Jackie Chan . What makes that break down ofRush Hour 3particularly frustrating is the fact that the picture had a real angiotensin-converting enzyme up its sleeve with its scope in Paris , France . Far from plainly dropping both Lee and Carter into the series ' fish - out - of - water template by postulate them both to a foreign land , Rush Hour 3had the sodding opportunity to capitalize on the popularity of the Frenchaction movieDistrict 13 — by bring in some parkour into its action scenes .
District 13brought a totally unexampled constituent into activity moving picture with its liberal use of parkour ; the discipline ’s founder David Belle was even in the movie as one of its chief protagonists , Leito . Belle and his fellow " traceur " Cyril Raffaelli blew looker away in the movie ’s metrical foot Chase and warlike arts fights . While like parkour - esque foot chases had been seen before in movies likeOng Bak : Muay Thai Warrior , the lightsomeness and fluidity of parkour was given its grandest case ever inDistrict 13 . Belle and Raffaelli by and by returned for the sequelDistrict 13 : Ultimatum , while the first pic also catch a Hollywood remake titledBrick Mansions , with Belle also return alongside the late Paul Walker . clear , District 13has had much more longevity thanRush Hour 3 , while the latter could have been far adept with some parkour military action itself .
Rush Hour 3even had a ramp up - in style to exploit in tidy sum of parkour through its Parisian mount . With parkour originating from France , the moving-picture show could have upped the ante of the villains Lee and Carter opposed from the first two films by pitting them against Parisian mobster who also bump to be skilled traceurs , whileJackie Chanwould have been more than capable of handling parkour - drive action scene . Even better , Rush Hour 3could have also recruit Belle and Raffaelli themselves as enforcers for the independent villains , which could have quite literally given Lee and Carter a run for their money .
Rush Hour 3ended up being the least successful installment of the franchise ( perhaps write for theshort - livedRush HourTV reboot).District 13offered a template to upgrade the action at law scenes with parkour chases weave with its soldierly graphics conflict , but unluckily , the opportunity was n’t select . With the franchise now efficaciously freeze in place , it would have benefitedRush Hour 3to in full take advantage of being in Paris by reinventing its format withDistrict 13 - style parkour action .
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