Oh, brother. Is there a lamer "franchise" than this? When I was a younger man, you only had three legit franchises: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Bond.

And to a far lesser extent, Superman.

(Rocky and Rambo were sort of franchises, but they were also the butt of many-a-joke.)

Then Batman came along and we were all like, "Okay, yeah. You're in."

And then all hell broke.

Anyway, the Rush Hour movies are easily tied with the Mission: Impossible movies on my list of crappiest, least-interesting-est, money-making franchises.