Rush Hour 2 is 2001 martial arts action comedy film. It is the sequel to the 1998 film Rush Hour, which stars Jackie Chan as Inspector Lee and Chris Tucker as Detective Carter. The franchise has found much success and also includes a Rush Hour 3 that was released in 2007.

Rush Hour 2 follows LAPD Detective Carter and Chief Inspector Lee as they go on vacation in Hong Kong. Their vacation is interrupted when a bomb explodes at the United States Consulate General, killing two U.S. Customs agents inside. Inspector Lee is assigned to the case and gets caught up with Detective Carter in a counterfeit money laundering scam that leads them to the Red Dragon Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Watch the official trailer for Rush Hour 2 below:

“Rush Hour 2 (2001) Official Trailer 1 – Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan Movie HD” by Movieclips Trailer Vault

Fun Film Fact: During the filming of Rush Hour 2, prop maker Independent Studio Services (ISS) supplied the counterfeit bills used for the movie, which said “In Dog We Trust.” Some extras attempted to use the counterfeit money and the production was temporarily shut down as the FBI investigated the situation and ultimately ordered a cease-and-desist on all of the fake cash produced by ISS (source).

Nevada Filming Location

The Red Dragon is a fictional hotel and casino that was played by the now defunct Desert Inn in Las Vegas, NV (watch the demolition here). The Desert Inn had recently been closed down prior to filming, and over the course of six weeks, Rush Hour 2’s production design team worked tirelessly to revamp the hotel into the Chinese palace-themed Red Dragon Hotel and Casino. This included painting the exterior of the building red and creating a 20-foot smoke-and-fire-spewing statue of a dragon featured as the casino’s centerpiece (source).

Using Las Vegas as a filming location “was a treat” for the film’s director Brett Ratner, who had always wanted to make a movie in Las Vegas (source). Then Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman even had a cameo, but his scene did not make it into the final film (source).

The Desert Inn was demolished on October 23, 2001, and in its place currently stands the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.

Watch a scene from Rush Hour 2 featuring the Red Dragon Hotel and Casino:

“Rush Hour 2 Lion Dance Segments of Lohan School of Shaolin Las Vegas Kung Fu” by Lohan School of Shaolin

For fans of the franchise, there is also rumored to be a Rush Hour 4 in the works with Jackie Chan, but it has not been officially confirmed yet (source).

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