Spotting Sang nearby, Lee and Carter give chase but he escapes, dropping the detonator. The FBI traces the call to a warehouse, where a team of agents are killed by plastic explosive. While arguing with Special Agent-in-charge Warren Russ, Carter unwittingly negotiates with Sang, arranging a $50 million ransom drop. Lee makes his own way to the Chinese Consulate, where Han and the FBI await news about his daughter. Carter takes Lee on a sightseeing tour, keeping him away from the embassy while contacting informants about the kidnapping. Detective James Carter is tricked into 'babysitting' Lee as punishment for botching a sting operation when he finds out, he decides to solve the case.

Han calls Lee to assist in the case, but the FBI, afraid Lee's involvement could cause an international incident, pawns him off on the LAPD. Two months later after Han takes up his new diplomatic post in Los Angeles, Han's daughter Soo Yung is kidnapped by Sang while on her way to school. Lee recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory gift to his departing superiors, Chinese consul Solon Han and British police commander Thomas Griffin. He finds only Sang, Juntao's right-hand man, who escapes in a boat.

On the last day of British rule of Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, Detective Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at the wharf, hoping to arrest the unidentified, anonymous crime lord Juntao. Its box office commercial success led to two sequels: Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007). Released on September 18, 1998, the film grossed over $244 million worldwide. Tzi Ma, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Leung, Mark Rolston, Elizabeth Peña, and Rex Linn play supporting roles. It stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as mismatched police officers who are assigned to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter. Rush Hour is a 1998 American buddy action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jim Kouf and Ross LaManna from a story by LaManna.

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