Chinese Watch Rush Hour 2 for the First Time | Movie Reaction

[@dustinswan]

Li i is like an encyclopedia.. how does he know so much about pop culture!

[@ChinesewithJessie]

I have no idea. He tells me stories and fun facts like these all the time lol.

[@vipmonicake]

I was shocked when he pulled out the Ice Cube CD!! 😎

[@Wildboyz6913]

@@ChinesewithJessie What about when the old lady calls Chris Tucker Kobe?

[@shalbec3232]

Normal he watched pop culture thing and listen to american movies how else?

[@YoureMrLebowski]

@@shalbec3232 well, i've only watched american films and culture and i didn't know most of the stories/facts he knows. i guess he watched better than i.

[@BriBryBriBry]

This guy is literally a “fact machine” lol. He knows everything it seems.

[@ClaudineHerrera]

@ERRATAS 002 don't be fooled, get lost.

[@A-Dubs398]

He pulled out the Friday soundtrack, lol! I would never expect that.

[@alexlaurence]

@ERRATAS 002 He is giving facts about American popular culture. Did you even watch the video, you nationalist clown?

[@honeyhernandez91]

@@A-Dubs398 if you look in the back of 11:13 he also has a Boyz in the Hood CD lol 😆

[@miketaylor1824]

Lol, I thought the same thing.

[@digitaljanus]

2:44 - Chinese restaurants in the US and Canada often have a pork dish called "moo shu". Wikipedia has it as 木须肉 and says it comes from Shandong, but the American version is made differently. So I guess Chris Tucker's character is just using a crude metaphor, e.g. women = meat.

[@ChinesewithJessie]

Ohhh that's what it meant! Thank you!

[@russellward4624]

Probably not even that deep. Just the 1 Chinese food dish he knows.

[@percussionko169]

Fun fact! Kendrick Lamar's kung fu kenny persona is based off of don cheadles character in Rush Hour 2！He even invited Don Cheadle to one of his concerts to have his approval in using this persona!

[@SydNyd]

He was also in the DNA music video which was quite cool

[@choipichiim]

@@SydNyd Holy shit I thought I recognised the voice and face I just couldn't remember from where.

[@KMO325]

Just noticed the Bobby Caldwell album in the background (R.I.P.)

[@nshon7]

2:14 "我哋一起剝杉，同埋杀羊咩". Means exactly what Jackie translated "Let's get naked together and kill (sacrifice) a goat".

[@ttsese]

我哋一齊剝衫, 同埋殺羊咩

[@biglance]

Your boyfriend knows a lot about the rap world, I'm impressed!

[@noxteryn]

08:40 - Ha, I understood that! He said 黑鬼 (the pronunciation differs between Cantonese and Mandarin, but they sound very similar, Li says them both), which literally translates to Black Ghost, and it's a racial slur for black people. I just know this because I was recently researching the accuracy of Chinese profanity in a video game I was playing. From what I could tell, the words on their own are not offensive and can be used separately, but together they are offensive. Socially, it's not as bad as the American version of the word, but still bad.

[@CL-ui8jx]

Li only said it in Mandarin to explain to Jessie what the line(originally in Cantonese) was since Li is a native Cantonese speaker while Jessie isn't. It's a racist word in both Mandarin and Cantonese, but this movie contains lots of racist jokes so I guess it kinda makes sense they said this? Not sure if the filming crew knew this though.

[@noxteryn]

@@CL-ui8jx Right, sorry. The movie said it in Cantonese and Li said it in Mandarin. That's what I meant to write, but I got confused in my excitement, haha. As for the line itself, I think it's fitting. That's what you would expect a bunch of gangsters to say.

[@pimpdaddyf7]

I worked in a Cantonese speaking restaurant for 17yrs. My WoRk colleagues would call me this word aLL the time. But only when I would encourage them to do so by calling myself the same word jokingly in front of them. They NeVeR said to me in a racial tone. I miss those days. LoL

[@choiwaynekiet]

it is sort of a racist term, but it is now considered more of a politically incorrect term to use. It is now more in line with like using the word oriental. The word is still widely spoken, by many of the older generations. You would never hear a politician say this word anymore. The more politically correct term most used today is 黑人 (black person).

[@julesoxana]

Thanks so much for the explanation

[@OffeJ83]

Rush hour 1 is a good watch, and maybe useful for your content because most of that movie, they use mandarin. Confused me quite a bit when I was younger when I realized they were speaking different languages in the two movies.

[@ChinesewithJessie]

I'll definitely check it out!

[@TheQuestionmarkstudi]

His name is Don Cheadle, unsure why he was uncredited in this movie..

[@awesomedez]

I’m surprised the Rush Hour film crew allowed that slur in their script. Also it’s interesting to learn that Zhang Ziyi is reading lines translated from English.

[@eastvandb]

When the movie was made, that slur was all over American movies. I'll bet the old subtitles translated it accurately and they've adjusted them more recently.

[@DeutschlandGuy]

I downloaded a lot of movies when I was living in China for 7 years. The movies would always have both Chinese and English subtitles. The English was, however, translated by a Chinese person. Sometimes (and I'm sure it was due to censorship) some of the translations were really funny. I remember in one "action movie" one of the tough-guys said to another (and this is an exact quote because I could read his lips), "I'm going to kick your fucking ass!. The line was translated as "I will defeat you!". ... Not exactly the same thing. Hee hee. 😅🤣😂

[@orale2663]

people weren't a bunch of pussies back then. people knew how to take a joke.... unlike now.

[@danialyousaf6456]

@instagram user people don't take jokes nowadays. We should make movies where making jokes is ok so it goes back to how it should be.

[@luked9854]

@instagram user take a nap moron

[@HelloBoy145]

Rush hour 1&2 hold a special place in my heart. Great movies!

[@InglesConJJota]

Unfortunately we can't say the same for 3......

[@TheKillaShow]

@@InglesConJJota I loved 3.

[@b3dubbs72]

I’m living for lee’s knowledge of hip hop/rap

[@cactustactics]

Aww it's always cool to see you watch these and get your perspectives! I think the Mushu thing is just supposed to be a euphemism - sometimes people will use a word or phrase suggestively, and expect you to know what they're actually talking about. It doesn't have to be a common saying that people would normally use! In films especially, they'll say something unusual to seem cool or clever. Like it's common to hear people use words for food or sweet things to talk about women (less common now because it's seen as a bit weird and gross) and they'll often tie it into some characteristic of the woman - like referring to black women as "chocolate", or talking about "sweet tea" when eyeing up a woman in the American south. So referring to Chinese women in a sexual way as "Mushu" or "sweet and sour" or whatever, it's that kind of behaviour. I don't know if there's supposed to be some clever wordplay there, but it comes across as that kind of weird objectifying cliche, like he's being gross and a bit weird - but it was probably meant to be kinda charming at the time! A regional variation on the theme because he's in HK, y'know Sorry for the long comment, you just seem really interested in all the cultural language weirdness, so I thought I'd try to give you a sense of how it sounds to a westerner! It's not always this kind of euphemism (like Tarantino likes to use "cool phrases" instead of just having characters refer to things explicitly) but the whole "referring to women sexually" thing is a common trope, especially in 80s/90s stuff

[@ChinesewithJessie]

Thank you, it helps a lot! I really appreciate it.

[@eastvandb]

That moment in 'Shang-Chi' is definitely a reference. I believe they hired a lot of Jackie Chan's people on that movie.

[@vintagecottonon]

This dude knows everything hahah! Nice reaction and well presented. As Hk chinese born in Australia, its so nice to watch a reaction like this, where u guys understand the cantonese nuances 👏 Def one of my fav movies growing up, and hope to see u react to first Rush Hour movie too!

[@chrisofstars]

It was interesting to find out that all of Lee's translations of Carter's horrible Chinese were all made up and not accurate. Funny.

[@garycollins7750]

That’s one of the oldest tropes in American TV or film, and American goes to a foreign country and doesn’t speak the language and when they try to speak it they either insult the other person or say something absurd.

[@unknowndeoxys00]

On the other hand I thought the writers were pulling dick moves and making him say nonexistent Cantonese-sounding gibberish, kind of enlightening to hear they were real sentences (sort of lol)

[@6Uncles]

See the comment above from @nshon7 There were accurate translations

[@iartol]

Rush Hour 2 is awesome. We can see the morals of Diddy in Li's commentary - how Diddy didn't clear the sample, and he was penalized for it. Now Diddy faces a new fate

[@1polyron1]

Believe it or not videos like this and the other videos on your channel just make me so motivated to learn Chinese. Keep up the good work!

[@InglesConJJota]

I always wanted to know what Carter was ACTUALLY saying when he tried to speak Chinese in this movie I knew Jackie was exaggerating Lol

[@6Uncles]

See the comment above from @nshon7 There were some accurate translations, like the "goat sacrifice"

[@slanetroyard92]

7:12 that's Don cheedle. He's mainly known for dramatic roles like hotel Rwanda. Later generations know him as war machine from the marvel movies.

[@Godlybuilding]

That dude is so knowledgeable and she is so cute

[@BigLoveForRock]

wow, not only did I learn some new chinese words, but also general facts. these videos are actually very interesting :D

[@TheOthersparktank]

I watched this movie in the cinemas with my friends who spoke Cantonese at home. They weren't fluent, they only spoke Cantonese with their family. I asked them what was being said in the movie but they had a hard time trying to explain it. I do remember at the end of the movie for a lot of the outtakes, Jackie Chan was improvising his lies when he told Chris Tucker what he just said in Chinese. There were a lot of different takes for his improvised lines. This is definitely my favorite movie of the trilogy. I like the first one because the DVD has a track for the music only and a commentary from the composer of the music. It's pretty exciting. The composer also did the music for Bruce Li's Enter The Dragon in 1973. Lalo Schifrin composes really fun music for all sorts of movies.

[@LarryKapp1]

I was watching a Jackie Chan movie once that was original Chinese but was dubbed in English . But when I turned on the subtitles it was funny since they had real Chinese interpretation . For example the English subtitle showed Jackie Chan at food both asking for rice ball or something like that , but the dubbed in English voice he says " Give me a hamburger " - ha ha . These video reactions you make are fun !

[@rring44]

That is awesome how Carter was actually speaking correctly and Lee lied to him.

[@davidsanders5652]

My favourite Rush Hour film... only because of Zhang Ziyi. Every film she is in is the better for it. This makes Hero the best film ever as it not only has Ms Zhang but also "Maggie" Cheung Man Yuk. The two most beautiful women on earth in the same film. Outstanding.

[@rring44]

I love the scene when Tucker says I have never hit a woman before, but you ass is pushing it. Then she hits him in the head. Just perfect.

[@xwhitelight]

I love the scene she tied her hair with the chopstick. Really fascinating.

[@kennysorel]

Li is the coolest person ever to watch movies with. Dude whipped out the Friday soundtrack! LOL

[@DeutschlandGuy]

7:10 "This guy. Who is he"? Jessie, Li is correct. This guy has been in a ton of movies. He's very talented. His name is Don Cheadle. For a good (and funny) example of his work, watch "The Guard". It's a really funny cop movie filmed in Ireland.

[@ChinesewithJessie]

Thanks! I'll check it out!

[@DeutschlandGuy]

@@ChinesewithJessie You are welcome, Jessie. It it a "dark comedy". The other co-star in the film is Irish actor Brendan Gleeson. He too is so good in it. It will be interesting to see if you "get" the Irish humor in the film. Like Rush Hour 2, "The Guard" is a "cop-buddy" movie. Please let me know how you like it. 😉

[@eastvandb]

@@ChinesewithJessie He's also War Machine in the Iron Man and other Marvel movies. (Except the first Iron Man, where the role was played by a different actor.)

[@leojones22]

Jessie is so talented, her English accent can almost pass for an American one, she learns pretty quick.

[@ChinesewithJessie]

Thank you Leo! I pick up accents from movies/TV series/videos, sometimes my accent would be leaning towards British if I'm watching British shows lol.

[@Syryu]

It's great watching this movie from a Chinese perspective. There's a great deal of cultural cues that we Americans miss or don't take into consideration. The biggest surprise to me was that the Chinese Carter was speaking were actual sentences and phrases. "Let's go get something to eat", "Everybody go home!" I always thought that he was speaking random gibberish the script writers put in and had Jackie Chan come up with the funniest and most random translation for the sake of humor.

[@gawainethefirst]

I’m so gratified to know that that the Jacky Chan’s inspector was messing Chris Tucker’s detective through this entire movie.

[@morphman86]

I love the in depth knowledge both of you give us, both about the film and the background.

[@myronl2910]

2:31 lol what you said in cantonese cracked me up hard xDD

[@pierregagnon2666]

Rush Hour series is my favorite....

[@lyhthegreat]

impressive how she picked up cantonese so quickly

[@BHR2x8]

3:43 - 4:05: I’m sure the writers thought, “nah, that doesn’t sound funny enough.” LOL.

[@mykahthomas5602]

Rush Hour 2 is funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I think perfect movie ❤ Super perfect movie show ❤

[@CrimMayaGames]

this is what Wiki says about New line cinema : New Line Productions, Inc., doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film production studio and a film production label of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio. It was acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in 1994; Turner later merged with Time Warner (now WarnerMedia) in 1996, and New Line was merged with Warner Bros. Pictures in 200

[@surelyslim]

:) Thank you for preserving our innocence. The first scene where Tucker tells the two ladies that "we should come together and take off our clothes" (naked). Seems like Lee probably knew what was, but he casually skips over it. 🤣😂 I also never noticed the veranda (or even have the vocabulary for it), but that definitely carries over in SF Chinatown. Makes sense as there were much larger population of Cantonese speakers there growing up.

[@imdiyu]

Finally I realised (Thanks to you guys) that Lee was lying his ass off while translating Carter's Chinese. This makes it doubly funny 😅😅

[@6Uncles]

See the comment above from @nshon7 There were some accurate translations, like the "goat sacrifice"

[@eddiemuff0371]

I did not expect that slur untill I watched this wow

[@kevlowry]

I learned more in this video that high school🤣

[@kensredemption]

7:15 That’s Don Cheadle, he was in the Ocean’s Eleven movies (11, 12, 13) and he’s War Machine in the MCU.

[@MasterSkywalker91]

New Line Cinema is still active.

[@LIG87]

Your boy knows his stuff! much love to him!

[@PlayShorts3]

Usually movie reactions are like 30+ minutes. Yours is too short 😭 Edit: Wow this guy is like encyclopedia, he knows everything 😮👏👏👏

[@PenneySounds]

Yes, the scaffold fight from Shang Chi is a reference to this movie, as is Kendrick Lamar's Kung Fu Kenny

[@vc6596]

I love Lii. Man he knows a lot

[@Eric-le3uu]

Rush Hour 1&2 are classic.

[@tumsfestival8027]

Serious face the whole movie Review: “It’s funny” 😂

[@bruceleeds7988]

4:39 Jackie would hire his own stunt team to work on his movies with him any chance he gets, he feels safer working with who he knows and the action scenes always end up better. I say this to say that all the henchmen that ended up in the scaffold scene probably did their own stunts. 4:47 The action in Shang Chi And The Ten Rings was Choreographed by Brad Allan, the first white Martial Artist to be enrolled into Jackie Chan's Stunt team. Shang Chi was the last film he worked on before he died. All similarities to Jackie Chan's work in that movie are most likely intentional.

[@iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw]

I saw one of your shorts videos and I was impressed so I hit subscribe and now I see this video of a movie I enjoyed although I never tried to learn Chinese, I find this commentary great.

[@ShiroKage009]

My man could crush just about any trivia challenge with his fact bombs.

[@jnagarya519]

"Every Breath You Take" was by "The Police".

[@jag86648]

I really enjoyed watching them enjoy American culture. Especially the ice cube Friday CD and him filling her in with correct info. I grew up in LA so I could relate with the movie so I'm wondering how they will perceive the movie. I'm excited for them. Perfect example of worlds coming together.

[@bruceleeds7988]

8:42 REALLY!? YO!! 😳thank you for being honest here, it turns out the English "Translations" lie to us a lot 🤣

[@goodusername7037]

2:44 You asked why did he say "Mushu" he's saying he wants to get with the women, sometimes you hear people refer to women as food items, or certain body parts, and hes saying Mushu because this is like an exoticized version of what I previously mentioned.

[@PenneySounds]

I'm surprised that you started with the second. The first movie opens with the handover of Hong Kong to China, and Jackie's character is a HK police officer who is teaching the daughter of a governor who is leaving HK after the handover. But they speak to each other in Mandarin. And that baffled me when I saw it. I'm guessing they casted an American to play the daughter and she spoke Mandarin rather than Cantonese and they just rolled with it because American viewers wouldn't know the difference. The character moves to the US after that, but in the third film she's played by a Chinese actress with a strong accent.

[@PenneySounds]

@@6Uncles There isn't a fourth one

[@6Uncles]

@@PenneySounds It's not out yet....

[@PenneySounds]

@@6Uncles It's not even filming yet. There's no trailer.

[@6Uncles]

@@PenneySounds doesn't mean there won't be a 4th one. Seems like it's not only confirmed, but already in early development, from a number of sources, when I just google search. So not sure what you mean exactly by "There isn't a fourth one"

[@PenneySounds]

@@6Uncles You said you had seen a trailer for a film that hasn't started shooting yet.

[@Maneyaku]

Li is a whole internet archive of pop culture

[@Mjuxtapose03]

That girl is literally my dream girl. Where can I find one like her 😍

[@xTidus24xx]

wowwww hearing that ricky tan said "get that nigga" about chris on the roulette table just blew my mind LMAO i was really hoping to see yall translate what Hu li says when she commits suicide with bomb i always wondered what she was saying.

[@SemiLobster]

I love your boyfriend's hiphop knowledge!

[@Tannhauser108]

Really appreciate the both of you. Black winner from the UK.

[@aocchi4614]

Dannng I actually just finished rewatching the first two rush hour movies a few days ago. Awesome video c:

[@yugioht42]

New line cinema is pretty much always around as it’s a subsidiary of either paramount or MGM I forget which exactly. It’s Brett Rainer’s play thing really. It’s kinda different in the film industry here as the big studios like MGM, Tristar, or Disney always come up with the ideas for movies but the smaller companies do the actual filming or animation. Sending the film to another editing company to make changes and stuff. While sound is being done by two more companies like a pure dubbing company which records audio just for voices just in case a piece of audio goes bad, and a pure sound effects company that does sound effects like punches or blood splatter as they don’t translate well on film so they make something to fill the void. Finally a distribution company that sends the movie out to theaters or to the store. It’s a complex chain that takes at least a year to sort out. Disney is trying to cut the distribution aspect by releasing Disney + and a lot of other companies are doing the same with paramount and all this stuff not only for the pandemic but to save money to go into other projects. Disney released a good number of movies in under a year because of Disney+ usually it’s about 2 to 3 per year but they released like 5 last year and more on the way.

[@khust2993]

I first saw this in early 2000s as a kid, it was fun and still holds up to this day. I have watched it countless times since then, the first Rush Hour is equally good too.

[@kitharoidos1089]

Mandarin must be a very efficient language! I can’t keep up with these subtitles! 😅

[@michan6705]

Both of them wears similar glasses.

[@malcolmbenjamin6687]

I love the little history lessons.

[@dollyyang4200]

You can't expect Kung Fu Kenny to be perfect but for the fact that he learnt that for the movie and the way he speaks Cantonese is much better then alot of people I know that speak Cantonese that is actually excellent performance

[@mechajay3358]

I like Rush Hour 3 despite its flaws. The trilogy as a whole is really good. I cant wait for the 4th movie.

[@jorgezarco9269]

Zhang Ziyi is playing the stereotypical Chinese Dragon Lady. In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(2000), her character had more depth. What is she yelling in Mandarin Chinese when she blows herself up with a bomb?

[@YoureMrLebowski]

6:58 good genetics nice popup

[@Xandariksu]

Surprised he didn't understand "Mok Sam" straight away when he speaks Cantonese.

[@asadhus]

Bro knows everything😂

[@russellward4624]

Dying watching you try and snap your fingers. Lol

[@BashSmashGaming]

Damn so this whole time Lee was lying to Carter about what he said lol

[@ShockedBones]

Rush Hour 1 is incredible please watch it. Much better than the 2nd and 3rd.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

great popups. fun.

[@MGTOWUNIVERSE]

I didn't know that was Maggie Q

[@Lucretia9000]

How do you not know Jackie does all his own stunts? He choreographs most as well. I didn't realise Maggie Quigley was in this, I always thought she shortened it because it was unpronounceable to us, but no. You should watch The Foreigner for a Jackie Chan film, not much Mandarin in it though.

[@chadbailey7038]

Loved this video! Great idea to do this. I hope to see more from you 👍🏾

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

It’s not fight scene but the chemistry of Carter that stole the movies

[@sususegar]

8:41 I love the old times when there was less PC nonsense. Scripts didn't hide what people actually say in real life, something you'd actually expect "bad characters" to say.

[@rezalustig6773]

Yeah, The Last Emperor is great :)

[@hytzmusik]

bIG FAN, OF you guys

[@DeathByDragons]

I'd love to see a video about how you guys met.

[@ellie_jeann]

7:03 That guy played a bad ancient guy in the movie called THE SHADOW with Alec Baldwin.

[@thetake_rct]

Probably only Thailand and China call Jackie Chen "Shilong (Shernlong)". And of course, I'm Thai.

[@johnclark1146]

The Rush Hour movies were great

[@clownzzz4837]

Thank you for the reaction.

[@sofiasalmoiraghi2985]

I am in LOVE with your top, where is it from??

[@ChinesewithJessie]

Hi Sofia, I got it from a Chinese brand on Taobao called "badtaste", not sure if they ship overseas though.

[@Kickinthescience]

What made you skip the first one and watch this first?

[@jnagarya519]

Carter is a poor man's Eddie Murphy.

[@soranraina4391]

Don Cheadle must of studies how to speak it very well for this role.

[@shughl1]

Great movie review!

[@Darwizzyjr]

Bro y’all gotta do a Friday Reaction since u brought it up

[@juanrobles4814]

Next time, you should do the remake of "The Karate Kid" with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

[@gaming4K]

We grew up on Jackie Chan movies. 😅 I saw most of them. 😅