

In the hospital, Lee and Carter learn from Carter's boss Captain Diel that the bullet has missed Han's heart and that he will make a full recovery. When Lee hesitates to shoot Kenji, Carter, having heard of Han's incident on the police radio, shows up in a car driving towards the two but Kenji attempts to shoot Carter and manages to escape after Carter nearly runs Lee over. Lee traces and pursues the assassin through the streets of Los Angeles and eventually corners him, only to discover that the assassin is his Japanese foster brother Kenji. Suddenly, an assassination attempt on Han's life takes place and he gets shot, disrupting the conference. Lee and Carter are no longer on speaking terms after an incident in New York City when Carter accidentally - but not fatally - shot Lee's ex-girlfriend U.S Secret Service agent Isabella Molina, an event which led to their breakup.ĭuring discussions in the World Criminal Court, as the Ambassador addresses the importance of fighting the Triad organization, he announces that he may know the whereabouts of the Triad leadership known as Shy Shen.

Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee is now the bodyguard for his friend Ambassador Solon Han, the former consul from the first film. Three years after the events of Rush Hour 2, James Carter is no longer a detective, but a traffic cop on the streets of Los Angeles. Philip Baker Hall as William Diel (uncredited).The film will not be screened in People's Republic of China theaters this year due to an "overabundance" of imported films released in 2007, as stated by an import official (China only allows a certain amount of imported films to be released nationwide in theaters each year). Academy Award-winning film director Roman Polanski co-stars as a French police official involved in (Chan and Tucker's characters) Lee and Carter's case. Rush Hour 3 was released on August 10 2007, in Canada, the US, and UK. The film is set in Paris and Los Angeles. The film was officially announced on May 7, 2006, and filming began on July 4, 2006. Rush Hour 3 is the third installment in the martial arts/action-adventure Rush Hour franchise starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, that began with Rush Hour (1998 film) and continued with Rush Hour 2 (2001 film).
