Rush Hour 2 Quotes (2001)
James Carter: Who died, Lee?
Lee: You!
James Carter: Detective Yu?
Lee: Not Yu, you!
James Carter: Who?
Lee: You!
James Carter: Who?
Lee: Do you understand the words that are a-coming out of my mouth?
James Carter: Don’t nobody understand the words that are comin’ out of your mouth.
James Carter: Lee, let me introduce you to Carter’s new theory of criminal investigation: follow the rich white man.
Lee: Follow the rich white man?
James Carter: Behind every big crime there’s a rich white man waiting for his cut.
[Carter throws Lee's CD out the window]
Lee: That’s my CD! Don’t you ever touch a Chinese man’s CD!
[after Isabella kisses Lee]
James Carter: I saw that. You played it smooth too, walkin’ away like that.
Lee: Yeah, I’m a player.
James Carter: All right, listen up! All the Triads and the ugly women on this side, and all the fine women on this side, right now!
James Carter: Just tell me how the Triads gonna kill us.
Lee: They will torture us for three days.
James Carter: Okay, I can handle that.
Lee: Then they will cut off our eggrolls.
James Carter: Cut off our eggrolls? Oh hell no! We gotta get out of here! Don’t give up!
James Carter: Why didn’t you tell me you had a bomb in your mouth?
Lee: I did.
James Carter: No you did not!
Lee: I said “mmm!”
James Carter: What the hell is “mmm!”
Lee: mmmboom!
Lee: I’ll meet you at the bar in ten minutes. They don’t like tourists in here, so try to blend in.
James Carter: Blend in? I’m two feet taller than everyone in here.
Lee: That’s Ricky Tan.
James Carter: That’s Ricky Tan? Man, that’s a midget in a bathrobe!
James Carter: [to Lee at a massage parlor] What’s wrong with you man? You never step in front of a black man at a buffet line.
James Carter: [In a casino] I have a dream! That one day, white people, and black people… and even Chinese people, can gamble together with the same number of chips!
Lee: I’m sorry.
James Carter: You sorry? I’ve got some old man’s chopsticks stuck up my ass and all you can say is sorry?
[about to fight Hu Li]
James Carter: I’m gonna pretend you a man. A very beautiful man with a great body that I’d like to take to the movies.
James Carter: I’m tall, dark and handsome, and you’re third world ugly.
James Carter: When the shootin’ started, he was way too cool. And normally when there’s shootin’ white people aren’t that cool, man. They either run around in circles, or screaming out ‘Aaaaagh!’
Massage Parlor Hostess: You ever have massage by Chinese girl before?
James Carter: No, but I heard it was the bomb.
[In Cantonese]
Lee: Where did you learn that?
Kenny: Master Ching.
Lee: Master Ching of Hong Kong?
Kenny: No, Freddy Ching on Crenshaw.
Lee: They’re brothers.
[In Cantonese]
Kenny: [pointing to Carter] Why are you hangin’ with 7-11?
Lee: 7-11?
Kenny: Yeah, his mouth never closes.
Lee: [outtake] I always dreamed to square martin.
Lee: If you reach for that gun, I’ll kill you.
Ricky Tan: Aren’t you forgetting? I’m already dead.
Ricky Tan: You Americans are so funny.
James Carter: And you Asians don’t hear too well.
James Carter: How come you ain’t got no black people performing in this casino? We ain’t good enough for you?
Pit Boss: We got Lionel Ritchie!
James Carter: Lionel Ritchie ain’t been black since the commodores!
Lee: Let me tell you something about Asians, we never panic.
James Carter: Oh yeah, when Godzilla be coming, y’all be trippin’: “Giaca! Giaca!”
James Carter: Good kick, Lee!
Lee: It was an accident.
James Carter: That’s okay. We’ll just say he tried to catch a cab.
Lee: You owe me a copy of the Beach Boy’s greatest hits.
James Carter: Don’t you go having gettin’ an attitude with me Lee. I been here three days and ain’t done nothin’ but work your cases. The only reason why I’m here in Hong Kong is ’cause you said you was gonna show me a good time. I’m on vacation, man! and I want some mu shu.
Lee: Mushu, you hungry?
James Carter: No, not mushu? MU shu. I want to see some women man. Now, stop playing dumb and take me to the SHU.
Old Lady on Stairs in Bamboo-Climbing Fight: [to James Carter] Move aside, Kobe!
James Carter: Whoa, man. I ain’t going in there!
Lee: Come on!
James Carter: There’s rats in there!
Lee: There’s no rats!
James Carter: Look at that rat!
[Lee leaves, and Carter reluctantly follows]
James Carter: What was that? Did you just pick up another case? Did we just take another damn case on my vacation?
James Carter: There’s two million people here in China, let one of them be your partner!
James Carter: Lee, what happened?
Lee: You left me!
James Carter: No, I didn’t! I was waitin’ up there for you!
James Carter: I heard that. I heard that. Don’t be talkin’ ’bout me, man!
James Carter: Oh I know I don’t think I see what I see what I’m thinkin!
James Carter: Throw it Lee!
Lee: Where?
James Carter: Lee Throw it!
Lee: Where?
James Carter: Throw the bomb over the edge! Throw it, throw it! Throw it over the edge!
Lee: No, there’s people down there.
James Carter: Lee throw it!
Lee: Carter!
James Carter: Lee!
Lee: Carter!
James Carter: …Lee!
Lee: Carter!
[running down a Hong Kong street]
James Carter: Out of the way! LAPD!
James Carter: Drop the blade and let the bird go.
James Carter: What are they gonna do to us Li?
Lee: First they will torture us for 3 days.
James Carter: Ok,I can take that.
Lee: Then they will cut off our egg roles.
James Carter: Cut off our egg roles… Aww hell no we gotta get outta here
Lee: [exasperated sigh] You will never understand me.
James Carter: You right, because I didn’t even understand what you said to me right then!
[Lee and Carter are trying to get a bomb out of Isabella's suite]
[to Lee]
James Carter: Kick the door.
Lee: [Lee kicks open the door] No, no, no, no, no.
[Takes the bomb from Isabella]
James Carter: [Looking at Isabella in her bra and panties] Damn you fine.
Lee: Carter!
James Carter: Who the hell was that?
James Carter: Lord Jesus, I don’t wanna die!
Lee: I wish they all could… Hey, hey, hey, hey. That was my CD! Don’t you ever touch a Chinese man’s CD.
Carter: (Speaks Chinese.) Okay, liston up! (More Chinese.) Right now! What did I just say?
Lee: You just asked everybody to pick up their samurai swords and shave your butt.
Carter: I said that?
Lee: Yes.
