The striking Noemie Lenoir plays Genevieve, a scantily clad beauty who headlines a Folies Bergeres-type revue and who carries a dangerous secret. And the adorable Zhang Jingchu is on hand as Soo Yung, the diplomat's daughter who has little to do.
Finally, this is a buddy movie, which means the only significant relationship is that between Carter and Lee, who trade insults, diet advice and gibes while watching each other's backs.
Vladimir Nabokov wasn't talking about Rush Hour when he observed that "nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity," but he might well have been.
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