Rush Hour

(New Line)

Forget its racist stereotypes and uninspired plot lines and half of Brett Ratner's film is a helluva lot of fun. That half stars Jackie Chan -- as a Hong Kong inspector police inspector brought to LA to help out on a case -- doing what he does best, kicking butt. Too bad the lesser half of this buddy movie, Chris Tucker as the wisecracking LAPD detective who has to work with Chan, makes you feel you're stuck in gridlock. All Rush Hour proves is that, no matter how great a martial artist he is, Chan can't negotiate an off-ramp from an American traffic jam.