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Synopsis: When a Chinese diplomat's daughter is kidnapped in Los Angeles, he calls in Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) to assist the FBI with the case. But the FBI doesn't want anything to do with Lee, and they dump him off on the LAPD, who assign wisecracking Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) to watch over him. Although Lee and Carter can't stand each other, they choose to work together to solve the case on their own when they figure out they've been ditched by both the FBI and police.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Production: New Line Cinema
  6 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
PG-13
Year:
1998
98 min
5,527 Views


HAN (cont'd)

This is the kind of legacy I have

dreamed about:
to leave this city

safer than I found it. To Hong

Kong...forever.

Everyone drinks.

ON LEE:

He's walking back up to the house when he senses someone behind him.

He turns and receives a fist to the stomach.

SOON YOUNG, Han's daughter is pissed.

SOON YOUNG:

When were you going to tell me you

were not going with us?

LEE:

I still have work to do here.

SOON YOUNG:

I don't believe you. My father was

explaining to Mr. Griffin. That is

how I found out.

LEE:

I was trying to find the right time.

SOON YOUNG:

After I left?

And she throws another punch at him. But he catches her hand. And

holds it tightly, to keep from being hit again.

LEE:

I am going to miss you very much, Soon

Young. If I ever have a daughter, I

hope she is like you.

Soon Young yanks her hand away from him. She glares at

him for a moment, then --

SOON YOUNG:

I will not have friends in America.

LEE:

Soon Young, don't worry. You will

have many friends very soon. You will

see. America is a very friendly

place.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. A DINER-NIGHT

We're somewhere in DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA looking at a VINTAGE DINER with a

lot of glass windows all the way around it.

We see two women seated in a booth, looking out at us.

INT. THE DINER-NIGHT

One woman is SHIRLEY JOHNSON, beautiful, poised, generally not nervous

like she is now. The other woman, LOIS, is in her early 20's, nasty

looking, dangerous, and strung out.

Both women are looking out into the parking lot. After a beat, Johnson

gets up.

JOHNSON:

I gotta pee.

She walks away. Lois watches her closely.

EXT. THE DINER PARKING LOT-NIGHT

We're on JAMES CARTER mid twenties, dressed to impress. It doesn't

appear to be working, however, because he has a GUN to his head.

MAN'S VOICE

You don't move, you understand?! You

don't move!

CARTER:

Do I look like I'm movin'?! What

you're seeing here? This is not

movement. This is my "still".

The man who is holding the gun is HENRY LAFONTAINE, thirty, shaved

head, expensive clothes.

Lafontaine pushes Carter until he's leaning forward on a parked JAGUAR.

He starts patting Carter down. With his feet spread apart, hands

spread on the trunk, Carter looks like a suspect who is being arrested.

Lafontaine starts feeling around Carter's legs, moving higher up.

CARTER:

Hey, hey, you start touching me there,

I'm gonna start movin'! Word up,

mother...

LAFONTAINE:

(interrupting)

Shut up!

CARTER:

You a cop or something?

LAFONTAINE:

Or somethin'.

Lafontaine backs off, pulling the gun away from Carter's head.

LAFONTAINE:

Okay.

Carter straightens himself.

CARTER:

This is not a good way to start a

relationship, stickin' a gun to a

man's head, feelin' around his

personal equipment. Make him think

you don't trust him.

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Ross LaManna

Ross LaManna is an American screenwriter and author. He is best known for creating the Rush Hour series starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. more…

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