"Rush Hour 3," with its clueless cops and international star Jackie Chan, seems like an unlikely political football. But Asia is abuzz with talk of the slapstick comedy being slapped with a rumored ban in mainland China -- even though star Chan is one of China's favorite sons. The Film Bureau, the body that oversees the release approval procedure, told Variety the pic is still being considered by the censorship committee, and insisted it has not been banned. But sources close to the film and other distributors in the region say Chinese censors will likely not greenlight a theatrical outing in China. The problem is apparently a scene featuring a Chinese organized crime family that Chan and Chris Tucker's characters take on during a visit to Paris. With Triad dealings so central to the plot, authorities possibly much higher than the Film Bureau have apparently decided the pic is fundamentally anti-Chinese and are not offering filmmakers a chance to recut. source: asianpopcorn
i really want to watch this!!!!...i saw Rush Hour 1 n 2!!!...n it's prettty interesting and exciting!!!!...i like the on with the mando girl in it!!...i forgot which one was it!!!...
Thats a shame for jackie, doesnt he have distribution rights across asia or something? He's might miss out on the oodles of money he would made from china.
can't wait till it comes out next month... saw the preview and it's hella funny... don't get why china wanna banned this movie when they love jackie... kinda weird..
who cares if the fillm will be banned in china u get a dvd of the film the next day its on cinema yeh guess jackie chan will lose big chunk of money if they do ban the film doesnt he get like 5% of ticket sales or something???
its 15% gross profit, whatever the fuck that means. I think its once it reaches profit stage he gets a slice of the gross??
it's good for business though this way china can't pirate the crap out of it -lol but on the other hand the chinese can't watch their fav action star on screen.
im pretty much 1000% psyched about this film... iv been waiting for it ever since the end of Rush Hour 2 when chris tucker was like 'Damn, he wont be in Rush Hour 3" in the end credit bloopers when the dude falls out the window hahahhahaha
weird... why would they wanna banned this movie... definitely excited to see this... can't wait... =D
The reason of banning the movie because of "chinese gangster" shows how China still immature of freedom of expression. Matter of fact shows how immature most Asian countries is. Just because things dun turn out the way they like, they choose to cast it away. That itself is gangster politics!
