The Battle of the Effiel Tower is the final showdown between Kenji and his Triads against Chief Inspector Lee and Detective James Carter in the ending of Rush Hour 3.
History[]
Background[]
When Lee, Carter and Genevieve finally meet with Reynard and show him the list they soon learn of his allegiance to the triads and confront him. Lee asks him why he came to his room and he explained that Genevieve was going to be killed and that having them die in the crossfire would put an end to the investigation. Now it will end another way. Carter threatens him with prison time but Reynard explains he will not be going to prison and Kenji calls and informs Lee that he has captured Soo-Yung and that he will exchange her for Shy Shen. He warns Lee that if he sees Carter or any other cops, Soo-Yung will die. Lee asks him where and Kenji tells him the Jules Verne Restaurant which is situated atop the Eiffel Tower.
The Effiel Tower Battle[]
Lee would follow Kenji's demand by going with presumably Genevieve to meet with the triads at the Eiffel Tower. After they arrived at the restaurant. Kenji welcomes Lee to his party and demands Shy Shen. But Lee demands for him to tell him where Soo-Yung was. Kenji instead produces two Japanese swords which he tells as a past revealing that a hundred cuts to a victims body would make them stay alive until they die of blood loss. He slits Lee's arm with the sword and says he had just experience his first cut. Lee threatens him if anything happens to Soo-Yung. Kenji tells him he has nothing. Carter suddenly appears having been disguised as Genevieve and holds back Kenji's men at gunpoint. Lee again demand to know where Soo-Yung was and Kenji boldly repiled that she was "Enjoying the view". Soo-Yung is then shown outside with her hands tied to a rope connected to a pulley system from a rotating crank leaving Lee horrified. Carter demands that Kenji let Soo-Yung go but when Kenji has his henchman pull the rope, Lee orders Carter to drop the gun. Carter angrily does so. Kenji then tells Lee that tonight he loses a brother and a sword fight between the two ensues while the triads hold Carter. When the fights spills to the outside. Carter breaks free from the triads and attempts to save Lee but Kenji pursues Lee outside and Carter is left to fight the triad henchman inside the restaurant which he is victorious with.
Kenji's death[]
Meanwhile Kenji and Lee continue their fight outside until they both fall off the tower and get caught in a safety net. Kenji accidentally cuts the safety net open and it collapses leaving both men hanging on for dear life. Lee attempts to save Kenji but Kenji chooses to commit suicide instead of accepting Lee's help and willingly lets go of Lee's hand and falls to his death.
Dragon Lady Jasmine's death[]
Carter then goes to rescue Soo-Yung and Jasmine appears out from behind them and attempts to drop Soo-Yung to her death. She asks Carter if he would like to know a secret from her but Carter refuses to listen to her so she pulls the rope and Soo-Yung starts to fall from the Eiffel Tower. Fortunately Carter leaps from the tower and catches the rope pulling Soo-Yung back up and swings back towards Jasmine where Soo-Yung kicks her into the rotating crank wheel. Jasmine screams in terror as she is crushed in half (off screen) while Carter and Soo-Yung look on shocked.
Final Showdown[]
Lee, Soo-Yung and Carter reunite and as more triads arrive. Lee sends Soo-Yung down the elevator and tells her to call the police while he and Carter deal with the triads. They manage to defeat two of them but the french flag they are holding is picked up by air and Carter finds himself dangling from the tower before Lee rescues him by pulling him up. Just after doing so more triads arrive and Lee and Carter are forced to use the flag as a makeshift parachute to escape. After landing in the fountain they are confronted by Reynard having taken Genevieve hostage and threatening to kill her and frame Lee and Carter for her death. Before Reynard could shoot her. He is shot from behind by George and Reynard walks to the fountain before falling dead into it. Thus with the case solved Lee and Carter leave the scene dancing to War like they did in the first film.