Rush hour stars shocked.

Chinese government bans third action film.

Its an extraordinary move, but Jackie Chans latest outing Rush Hour 3 has been banned in his native China. Chan, who is undoubtedly the biggest movie star in the counrty, is said to have been shocked at the decision, which was made by the Chinese government last week. The official reason is that China only accepts a certain amount of foreign films every year and has reached its quota. But insiders are saying its because they don't like US actor Chris Tuckers racial humor nor the films plot about a Chinese gangster family called the Triads, which were judged to be anti Chinese. It will certainly be a blow to Chan who, as part of his deal, got the Chinese and Hong Kong rights to the film and was hoping to make megabucks when it was released.

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