When President Donald Trump visited Beijing last week for a high-stakes summit to discuss the war in Iran, Taiwan, and other complex geopolitical issues involving the world’s two biggest superpowers, an unlikely project occupied the president’s mind: Rush Hour 4.

Yes, a pending fourth installment of the buddy-cop franchise, which peaked in popularity more than a quarter century ago with Rush Hour, was a top priority for Trump, who brought the disgraced filmmaker Brett Ratner as a part of the official US delegation to China to scout locations for the film. (Ratner, of course, is the same director behind Melania.) For months, reviving Rush Hour has been something of an obsession for........

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