Another 48 HRS.

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Ola G Veteran San Francisco Police Inspector Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) has been after drug dealer the "Iceman" for the past five years. At the Hunter's Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Jack kills Brock, while Burroughs escapes. Despite killing Brock in self-defense, Jack is now under investigation, as Brock's gun cannot be found at the scene. Blake Wilson, the head of the Internal Affairs division, becomes determined to prosecute Jack on a third-degree manslaughter charge. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Iceman has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), who is scheduled to be released from prison the next day. Reggie has completed his five year prison term for robbing a payroll (a crime for which he claims complete innocence), which he had been serving six months before. He is scheduled to be released. Jack tries to convince Reggie to help him clear his name and find the Iceman. Reggie requests that Jack gives him the $500,000 that Jack has been holding on to for him. Jack refuses to give Reggie the money unless Reggie helps him. After the bus transporting Reggie is attacked by two bikers and Jack gets shot, Jack forces Reggie to help him by having the hospital release Reggie into his custody. Reggie recognizes one of the two bikers as Richard "Cherry" Ganz, the brother of Albert Ganz, the escaped convict Jack killed years earlier. Cherry (who Reggie says, "makes (Albert) Ganz look like Gandhi") and his partner Willie Hickok are the hitmen hired to kill Reggie, while Cherry also wants to kill Jack as revenge for Jack killing Albert... Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus reads: "Even the return of Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, and director Walter Hill can't hide the lazy, patchwork quality of Another 48 Hrs." Vincent Canby of The New York Times stated that it was "as much a star vehicle for Mr. Murphy as The Gorgeous Hussy once was for Joan Crawford. The Crawford name isn't idly invoked. You have to go back to the old MGM days to find movies that, with every gesture, let the audience know it was watching a star." Canby continued, "Though the body count is high, all of the people killed are faceless or only minor characters, until the end. It's as if the movie were saying that lethal violence is acceptable (and fun) as long as the victims–like the victims of guided missiles and high-altitude bombing–remain anonymous. Any comedy that allows the mind to ponder high-altitude bombing is in deep trouble." Los Angeles Times critic Peter Rainer called it "a crude rehashing of the high points of the first film." Ranier singled out director Hill, who he said "surely recognizes the hollowness of what he's doing here. He tries to ram through the muddled exposition as quickly as possible; essentially, the film is wall-to-wall mayhem, with more shots of hurled bodies shattering windows than I've ever seen in a movie." (Via Wikipedia) Walter Hill's "48 Hrs." is one of the great buddy cop action comedy films from the 80s. Great cast in Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly and Sonny Landham. Great storyline, great characters, great cast, great violent action sequences and many great scenes with Nolte and Murphy. So of course they tried to repeat this success with "Another 48 Hrs." which came out in 1990. However, the issue is that the storyline is just not exciting nor intriguing and just a poor rehash of "48 Hrs.". Nothing works in this film. Nolte and Murphy are on autopilot (the chemistry is gone) and the bad guys in the bikers Willie Hickok and Richard "Cherry" Ganz is nowhere near the magic of the bad guys in the first film. Even the action sequences are pretty poor. We know that that original cut of the film was 145 minutes long. Then cut to 120 minutes, and then additional 25 minutes were cut, making a final theatrical version 95 minutes long. Hard to say if that would've made the film better being 120 minutes long, but it's clear that film has been cut and that's not of my liking. But, I don't think it would´ve saved this mess of a film. Trivia: The original workprint of the film was 145 minutes long. It was cut by either director Walter Hill or the Paramount studio down to 120 minutes, and a week before its summer theatrical release an additional 25 minutes were cut out by Paramount, making a final theatrical version 95 minutes long, but also creating a lot of plot holes and continuity mistakes in the film. Frank McRae's reprisal of his role from the original 48 Hrs. was entirely cut except for a brief, uncredited shot of him in the background of one scene in the police station. Also removed was a scene which was partially shown in the theatrical trailer in which Jack explains to Reggie that he has a deadline to track down the Iceman; as such, there is no mention of '48 hours' anywhere in the final film. (Via Wikipedia) Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review Trenaway E This movie was good, I have no clue why it has low ratings! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/01/24 Full Review Dave C More of the same as in the first movie, just worse… and that seemed a tall order! Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/07/24 Full Review Steve D Fans of the first will have fun. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/24 Full Review Alec B Everything about it reeks of a studio mandated sequel, complete with retreading the first film while gutting everything that made it edgy and exciting. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Andre G This one is better then the first in my opinion. He's funnier and there's a lot more action too. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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