After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?
The final, and anti-climactic, 'threequel' of the summer has nothing new to say. A staleness pervades the film, despite all efforts to inject freshness and excitement into a tired story.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
10 Aug 2007
fresh:
There's no doubt that Rush Hour 3 is anything but a mess. And yet there were moments when I found myself laughing giddily at the inanity of it all, and other moments when the picture was so beautiful to look at that I almost forgot its faults.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
10 Aug 2007
rotten:
Rush Hour 3 is an awfully spare title for such a big-money enterprise, but an appropriate subtitle like Auto Pilot or Once More For The Cash would have given the game away.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
10 Aug 2007
fresh:
This movie makes a fine replacement for the previous two installments.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
11 Aug 2007
rotten:
The third installment is so cartoonishly stupid it makes the original look like a classic.