The roster of Heaven On Earth masseuses
Heaven On Earth was a massage parlor located somewhere in Hong Kong. It is visited by Lee and Carter in Rush Hour 2.
Rush Hour 2[]
After failing to catch Hu Li and the Triads back at the nightclub, an exhausted Lee and Carter decide to visit this massage parlor to relax. When they enter, the cashier sees that Carter is an American and realizes that he has "American money". For this reason, she opens up the sliding door and tells Carter to pick as many masseuses as he likes. Carter is excited and picks several of them, one for every area of his body. The scene then cuts away to show that they are in the parlor and Carter starts telling his masseuses about America. Lee, on the other hand, is more focused, and watches as Ricky Tan also enters the parlor. He stops his massage and Carter sees what's wrong. They go and confront Tan, with Carter demanding that he stands up and smashes his laptop in the process. Lee enters to convene and the two have a conversation, with Lee asking him to come back to the police station for questioning. Tan refuses, saying that any questions he has can be asked now.
Behind the scenes[]
- The scene where Carter and Lee are running down the street naked in Hong Kong was an actual take. Production could not block the street off for the shoot.
- The attractive Heaven on Earth hostess (the second lady on the very top row of the roster) whom a periled Carter (Chris Tucker) tried to protect but also advised her to "better get the hell out of here", she is the same lady whom Lee (Jackie Chan) solely picked for his own massage right after Carter spoils himself with the other hostesses. The camera focused more on her voluptuous figure than her face when she was servicing Lee.
Trivia[]
- The workers at the massage parlor were the female masseuses.
- It is unknown how Ricky Tan's men had gained entry to the massage parlor alongside their leader.
- The scene where Carter is given USD credit-card access to pick a Heaven on Earth massage hostess for him to greedily spoil himself with several ladies is very similar to a scene in Enter The Dragon (1973) where Williams chooses a harem of free prostitutes before a big fight against a bunch of men and their crime boss. In both of these Warner Brothers blockbusters, Lalo Schifrin provided the instrumental score and Jackie Chan made both acting and stuntman appearances.