Brett Ratner

Whenever the metropolitan madness reaches its peak with traffic congestion, the words “rush hour” activate a little impulse in the back of one’s mind that forces us to reminisce about the 1998 film, Rush Hour. The worldwide appeal around the film is immense, as it launched Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker’s careers as the funniest...

Director Brett Ratner’s latest is a mix of action, comedy and loose references to Greek mythology. So keen, it seems, were Ratner and his screenwriters to create this mix that instead made a mess. The script lacks any cohesion and feels as though it was written by a group...