Brett Ratner is credited with helping Jackie Chan cross over into American superstardom via the Rush Hour series, so it’s perhaps less curious than on the surface it seems, him lending his pop cinema instincts to another filmmaker. Director Anurag Basu’s Kites is a unique Bollywood movie in a number of ways, not the least of which is the fact that it unfolds mostly in English and Spanish, with a pinch of Hindi. Then there’s its unprecedented release strategy, which sees a reworked 90-minute version, “remixed” by Ratner and featuring a new score by Graeme Revell, land in theaters May 28, one week after the 130-minute original. A multicultural mash-up, Kites centers on a carefree Las Vegas grifter and dance instructor (Hrithik Roshan) who haphazardly reconnects with a Mexican beauty (Barbara Mori), one of many illegal immigrants he’s married for money. On-the-lam shenanigans ensue. I caught up with Ratner recently to talk about the globalization of film, spare Bollywood foley work, and what on his Wikipedia page haunts him. For the interview, from New York Magazine‘s Vulture, click here.