Note: The Rush Hour TV show debuts Thursday, March 31 at 10/9c on CBS. Minimal spoilers follow...
It's been nearly a decade since the last Rush Hour movie came out, and even then it was a tired concept. The farcical buddy cop trilogy starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker had its charms in the early going, but it quickly ran out of steam about halfway through the second film. It's a little puzzling then why CBS would want to reboot the franchise as a TV series, other than sheer name recognition I guess. Having now seen the pilot, I can say it's actually not as bad as I thought it would be, but the same old premise doesn't feel as fresh and funny as it did in 1998.
Developed by Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Blake McCormick, the new series follows straight-laced Detective Lee (Bangkok Revenge's Jon Foo), who travels from Hong Kong to Los Angeles to track down a Chinese crime syndicate that he believes murdered his sister (Jessika Van). Once in LA, he's partnered with Detective Carter (21 Jump Street's Justin Hires), a motormouthed cop who, you guessed it, doesn't play by the rules -- much to the disdain of his boss, played by Wendie Malick.
from IGN Reviews http://ift.tt/25xo6E0
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