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Films like Rush Hour 2.

Rush Hour 2 (2001) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Cop Out (2010) poster
1. Cop Out2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

22 Jump Street (2014) poster
2. 22 Jump Street2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Miss Congeniality (2000) poster
3. Miss Congeniality2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blue Streak (1999) poster
4. Blue Streak1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rush Hour (1998) poster
5. Rush Hour1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Boys II (2003) poster
6. Bad Boys II2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Spy (2002) poster
7. I Spy2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Another 48 Hrs. (1990) poster
8. Another 48 Hrs.1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) poster
9. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

2 Guns (2013) poster
10. 2 Guns2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taxi 2 (2000) poster
11. Taxi 22000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

National Security (2003) poster
12. National Security2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Rush Hour 2’s neighbours — where are yours?

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