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Fugitives Odd Couple Partners Against Crime Reluctant Partners Tough Law Enforcer Police Investigation Race Against Time Track Down more...
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Action Hollywood Tone Comedy Thriller
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20th Century 80s
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San Francisco
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Boys' Night Teens
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Critically Acclaimed Essential
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48 Hrs., 1982

Starring: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy

Directed by: Walter Hill

Written by: Roger Spottiswoode

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 96 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.9

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48 Hrs. can be described as exciting, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around reluctant partners, fugitives, and an odd couple. Its comic aspect comes from verbal byplay. 48 Hrs.'s main genres are action, comedy, and thriller. In terms of style, it has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is realistic. 48 Hrs. is fast paced. It is located in San Francisco. It takes place in the 1980s. 48 Hrs. has received attention for being essential viewing and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for teens and a boys' night. Note that it involves nudity, profanity, and violent content.

Summary of 48 Hrs.

Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) is a tough, super-jaded cop who springs a hard luck robber, Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), from jail for two days to help nab his former partners. The two men form a kind of friendship (based on mutual hatred) as they chase a trio of remorseless villains through the streets of San Francisco and Cates finds that Hammond's streetwise method of finding the criminals is possibly even more effective than his own by-the-book police procedures. Rounded characters and crackling comedy balance out this this box-office hit. A sequel, ANOTHER 48 HOURS, was produced in 1990.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	8 December 1982
Runtime:	96 min

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Nick Nolte

as Jack Cates

Eddie Murphy

as Reggie Hammond

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Variety

48Hrs. is a very efficient action entertainment which serves as a showy motion picture debut for Eddie Murphy. Full Review

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by: Staff (Not Credited)

The New York Times

Walter Hill, the director of such beautiful but stilted tough guy movies as ''The Warriors'' and ''The Long Riders,'' has attempted something very different in 48 Hours a male-buddy action film that's positively witty and warm-hearted compared with... Full Review

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by: Janet Maslin

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While not one of the better films I've seen, any time you have a buddy cop movie with lots of driving and shooting something fun is bound to happen and some point (though, certainly, this film is not as good or as fun as "Tango and Cash"). And... Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: sethdellinger
sethdellinger rated this movie0/10

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