The third installment of the already famous movie “Rush Hour” has been waited for with much interest by many people, but China seems to be once again in total discordance with the whole world. “Rush Hour 3”, the latest comedy featuring the famous Chinese actor Jackie Chan, has been banned in China.

The news has followed previous speculations that the comedy features politically contentious. So, despite the fact that Hong Kong-born actor Jackie Chan is a national hero in China, his country decided to ban his latest movie.

Although the Chinese authorities have been reportedly angered by the movie’s story association with the Triad gang members, China Film Group’s import and export arm Xiao Ping has officially stated that the comedy is banned because they “think it will not be popular in China.” This idea seems to be quite strange, if one takes into account that the previous two installments of the famous franchise were box office hits. However, the state-run Film Bureau has also insisted that the decision of banning “Rush Hour 3” has been taken for commercial, not political, reasons.

China’s strict rules permit only 20 foreign movies releases per year, but this does not spare the accepted movies from being severely censored first. This was the case of Chow Yun-fat’s pirate character from “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End”, which was censored earlier this year.

“Rush Hour 3” features the same two main actors, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, who will now find themselves in Paris, fighting against a Chinese mafia gang. The movie is expected to be hit at the box office.