"The tough part is just the complexity of how it worked – coming up with a story that everyone agreed upon, a location and all of that," says Ratner. "We just make these movies for where we want to hang out. I wanted to be in Vegas and so we went to Vegas and I wanted to be in Hong Kong and we went to Hong Kong, and now with this one it's Paris and New York, which will be exciting."

As for the plot, Ratner jokingly notes: "We're going to make it up as we go."

"In the first movie the idea was that Jackie [Chan] was the fish out of water," adds Ratner. "He came to L.A. and didn't speak the language and so on. In the second one Chris went to Hong Kong of course. In this one they both don't speak the language. They're going to Paris and what better place because everyone hates the French."

And if there was a theme for the next RUSH HOUR film, Ratner beams and says, "Oh, it's going to be BROKEBACK RUSH HOUR."