Question: Isn't a flight from Hong Kong to LA 13hrs? How then is Lee able to arrive during the daytime if the Consul's daughter was kidnapped that same morning?
raywest
5th Sep 2019
Rush Hour (1998)
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Answer: It's a movie. Due to filming logistics, factual details sometimes are purposely skewed to serve the plot or accommodate technical issues in shooting scenes. Time is compressed, geographical details are altered, and so on. Audiences are expected to employ a "suspension of disbelief" in order to allow the story to unfold in a smooth, consistent, if sometimes unrealistic, way.
raywest ★
Then what about the end of the movie when Lee told Carter that the flight was fifteen hours?
It takes longer to fly west than east due to westbound headwind and eastbound tailwind.
Wasn't Lee on a private plane? Wouldn't the flight be a little faster that way?
He was on a private plane at the beginning of the movie when he heard about Soo Yung. At the end of the movie, after rescuing her, Lee and Carter take a regular plane on the way to China.