Will Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker understand the words coming out of Jean Claude Van Damme's mouff?

Ain't It Cool News ^ | 7/5/06 | Quint

[Reaganesque]

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Now, count this as a rumor so far, but it seems that Jean Claude Van Damme thinks he's signed on to play the villain in RUSH HOUR 3... Here's the scoop:

Here is a big scoop for you, Harry! Jean Claude Van Damme has signed on to play the main villain in "Rush Hour 3"(set to film in August). It involves Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker getting mixed up with Triads in Paris. Van Damme spoke on a recent British TV Show about it and was looking forward to working with Jackie Chan. Also rumored to be in the film is Michael "Kramer" Richards in either a big or bit role. I think, IMHO, that a Chan versus Van Damme one-on-one would be kick ass!(no pun intended)

Call me Muscles With Brusslesprouts

I know many people think AICN is Ratner-hate Central. I didn't flip for X3, but I don't blame Ratner for anything other than signing on to a movie he knew didn't have a script that was ready. I happen to get a lot of laughs out of the RUSH HOUR films and while this casting rumor is incredibly bizarre I can actually see this working. Van Damme's got the aged fighter thing going for him... unfortunately it's only been going direct to video recently, but the idea of Van Damme playing a brooding baddie in a RUSH HOUR film seems to fit... and like Brusslesprouts above, I'd love to see that end fight between Van Damme and Chan. And what's up with Michael Richards? I say team him up with Jeremy Piven's character from the second film. What do you folks think?

[Reaganesque]

It's only a rumor thus far but I'm a big Jackie Chan fan and would love to see him kick Van Damme's butt. One can only hope...

[william clark]

I thought the first one was a lot of fun, but the second just felt like a lame imitation of the first. Haven't been staying awake nights hoping for a third.

[Cinnamon]

I strongly agree with you.. I want Jackie Chan to kick Van Dame's arse.. big time

[coconutt2000]

Nobody actually understands what Van Damme says... They just nod and pretend to.

[Reaganesque]

Bloodsport my butt! Prepare to be Drunken Mastered!!

[KC_Conspirator]

Roslyn Sanchez is also going to be in it. Meow!

[Cinnamon]

"Rush Hour III: The Hunt for Gay Karate Man" OMGROFLMFAO!

[misterrob]

I thought that Chuckie Zito did that in real life....

[Reaganesque]

Jackie rules!!

[Starter]

You know, I thought it'd be really cool for Mel Gibson and Jet Li to fight. And then Lethal Weapon IV came out. Whoops.

[mjolnir]

I thought the fight scenes involving Jet Li in Lethal Weapon were good enough, but everything else in the movie was terrible.

If Jean Claude Van Damme is in in Rush Hour, Jackie Chan will put him over before finally defeating him--- it won't be the sort of movie those who like Jackie but dislike Jean Claude will like because Jackie has too much respect for him for that-- he's said so several times. Hopefully, Jackie will be in charge of the choreography because he might be the best at that and he'd make both Van Damme and himself look like a million bucks... although it would be great to see Jackie fight the guy he did in "Gorgeous" again.

Anyway, if Roseyln Sanchez is in it, I 'm definitely seeing it-- she was GREAT in the last one!

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[Starter]

But that's the problem - I don't even remember the fight scenes. I just remember the "everything else." Especically that idiotic dentist's office scene. (shudder)

[Cyclopean Squid]

I like JCVD's films. They are hokey and entertaining. In Bloodsport the best scene is when he's riding the bus, and sees Chong Lee in the reflection. Classic. I'm also partial to Lionheart. "It's all on Attila!" "Wrong bet."

[dennisw]

Another Jean Claude Van Dam fan here! His first two movies were great. Tong Po was played by a Muslim (serious martial arts) friend of his