Brett Ratner is a well-known Hollywood director and producer whom viewers know from the films Rush Hour, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Battle, After Sunset, and many others. Let's see what else was remarkable in the career of Brett Ratner.
Biography
Brett Ratner was born and raised in Miami. His father was the son of a famous American businessman, and his mother, a native of Cuba, moved to the United States in the early 60s.
In 1990, Brett Ratner graduated from New York University.
Already becoming a famous director, Brett Ratner recalled that the biographical action movie "Raging Bull" influenced his decision to join the world of cinema.
Hollywood Career
Brett Ratner's directorial career began in 1997. He directed the comedy Money Is Everything, starring Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen. With a budget of $ 25 million, the picture raised more than 48 million at the box office.
But this success pales in comparison to Brett Ratner's next film. The comedy action movie Rush Hour with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker raised more than $ 240 million at the box office, received several prestigious film awards, and received positive reviews from film critics and viewers. Of course, the next two sequels also put Brett Ratner. The films "Rush Hour" are still very popular.
In 2002, Ratner took on another very promising project - the film adaptation of the novel "Red Dragon" by the famous American writer Thomas Harris. The events of the Red Dragon take place long before the Silence of the Lambs. The main character is a dedicated FBI agent named Graham, who managed to detain the elusive Hannibal Lector. After this triumph, Graham is going to leave the service, but can not do it. A new ruthless serial killer appears in the city. Both the FBI and the police are powerless against him. The only way to stop him is to seek the help of a psychiatrist who, like no one else knows the killer’s inner world, Hannibal Lector.
Ratner’s project also earned box office success, not least thanks to the participation of stars such as Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton. Critics praised the film, though not in the same way as Silence of the Lambs.
Back in 1999, when the work on the fantastic action movie X-Men was just beginning, it was planned that the film would be directed by Brett Ratner. But in the end, he dropped out of the project, and Brian Singer took his place . He shot and sequel the film. In 2006, when Singer refused the offer to remove the third part of the franchise, Brett Retner still appeared in the director's chair. It was he who shot the "X-Men: The Last Battle". The commercial success of this film prompted the creation of several more sequels and prequels to the original franchise.
The next notable picture in Brett Ratner’s career is the comedy How to Steal a Skyscraper with Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy. The painting became one of the most successful commercially in 2011.
First failure
In 2013, Brett Ratner expected the first failure of his career. He took on the production of the comedy "Movie 43". Star Hollywood actors such as Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet and Emma Stone saved the picture from a box office failure, but did not save the critics from the total defeat. The film received three Golden Raspberries, including for the worst directing. The reason for this was the lack of a plot as such and frank humor, so to speak, for an amateur.
Personal life
Not much is known about Brett Ratner’s personal life.
In 2011, he met with Russian TV presenter Marina Kim in the Caribbean. Marina, at the invitation of Brett, was present on the set of his film Hercules. It is not known what Marina Kim and Brett Ratner are planning for the future.
For some time there were rumors about the director’s romance with singer Mariah Carrie. How long this novel lasted and why it ended is unknown.