Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

slightlymad22 48 Hours (1982)Plot In A Paragraph: A hard San Francisco cop (Nick Nolte) teams up with a wise-cracking criminal (Eddie Murphy) paroled to him for 48 hours, in order to track down a killer.A movie like this would never be made today. Violent lots of nudity and an amazing amount of racisim!! Murphy makes himself a movie star with his first movie!! From his great introduction he brings the laughs and owns the movie's best scene in the redneck bar. Nolte is solid as the gruff Jack Cates, his girlfriend is played by the great Annette O Toole, who is completely wasted!! Director Walter Hill never has decent roles for women in his movies, and O Toole spends the entire movie (usually on the phone) nagging Nolte. Sonny Landham and James Remar are suitably intimidating as the bad guys, whilst I felt a certain amount of sympathy for David Patrick Kelly's Luther. Also in the supporting cast was Jonathan Banks (Murphy's fire Beverley Hills Cop Co-Star) who stands out, if only for the emotion on his face, when he knows the seriousness of the situation, and what is inevitably going to happen. The movie moved at a really fast pace, and flies by!! It's over before you know it!! The action scenes hold up well, as does a lot of (not all of) the humour. James Horners score from this movie was reused/recycled in both Commando and Red Heat. 48 Hours was a massive hit grossing $78 million at the domestic box office (more than First Blood, Poltergiest, Annie, Firefox and Conan The Barbarian) on a budget of $12 million to become the 7th highest grossing movie of 1982.

jimbo-53-186511 Hard-nosed cop Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) finds himself being forced to ask convict Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) for his help in tracking down two violent cop killers. Cates has Hammond on loan to him for 48 hours so it's very much a race against time to track down these murderous punks....48 Hours was the film that kick started Eddie Murphy's acting career and made him one of the most bankable stars of the 1980's. Watching his performance in this film it's very easy to see why; Murphy just had so much energy and was just so much fun to watch that often I could find myself forgiving some of the weaker areas in many of his films. I still liked Murphy in this film and thought he was fun to watch but...I didn't think that much of the story to be honest; it's a rather weak and unfocused affair; the baddies are in the film at the start and then disappear for an hour and then they only show up towards the end to wrap the film up. In the early stages this is OK because it allows for Murphy and Nolte to trade insults and kick off with each other. Like I say this is fun at first, but in mismatched buddy films the characters hatred for one another should form part of the story rather than engulfing the film and sadly the latter aspect is what occurs here. The story has no real depth, the baddies have no development and sadly that means that we're left with nearly 90 minutes of Murphy and Nolte trading insults - like I say it's fun at first, but wears thin.The directing here is also a bit hit-and-miss as well; the film wasn't as action packed as I was expecting and coupled with the rather weak and undeveloped story this was never as good as it could have been. The true selling point here lies with Nolte and Murphy who were both very good and played off one another very well.48 Hours isn't a terrible film by any means and the chemistry between Murphy and Nolte was pretty good. Unfortunately, the director put too much focus on them and not enough focus on anything else. This results in a film that is fun for a while, but does get a little repetitive and tiresome from time to time.

Jethro Troll If one was looking for a good example of how great acting can carry a so-so script, 48 hrs would be a good choice.Nick Nolte is perfectly cast as 'Jack Cates', a rumpled, gruff cop on the hunt for an escaped killer. He elicits the help of a smooth talking, jailed convict who is connected to the killer, 'Reggie Hammond', who again is perfectly played by Eddie Murphy. Over the next 48 hours, the two polar opposites not only fight their way to the killer, but fight each other as well, making for some very memorable scenes. Yet, by the end of the movie, the two learn to respect each other and become friends.While the script isn't all that special, the movie is dominated by the performances of Nolte and Murhpy. The chemistry between the two is off the charts, and it's a pleasure watching these two banter back and forth between each other scene after scene.48 Hrs is edgy, quickly paced and refreshingly politically incorrect. But most of all, it's fun. The plot of the movie may have Nolte and Murphy chasing Ganz, the escaped killer (played well by James Remar) and his accomplice, the real show is Nolte and Murphy. They alone are worth the price of admission and make this a must see comedy/thriller.

FlashCallahan Police officer Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and to help hunt down the killers collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help as the killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have several differences of opinions to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.....Sadly,this is another one of those movies that has Took me a very long time to see, and I think because of the advent of several movies relying on the buddy/cop sub-genre, this movie has lost a lot in translation to me.Its a simple premise given a little twist, grizzly cop paired up with a big mouthed, cocky prisoner, who has personal issues with the killers.And in found when watching this,just how uncomfortable Murphy looks in his debut, and the biggest problem? He's just not funny, and the humour consists of either derogatory jokes about women, or just downright racist abhorrence.It may have been just acceptable back in 1982, but now its tiresome stuff, and it just feels like a cheap shot for even cheaper laughs.Nolte is perfectly fine as the by the numbers cop, and as I've said before, Murphy looks uncomfortable, and doesn't have the swagger he has in his more successful films. And thanks to the score, if you close your eyes, you'd be forgiven if you think you were watching Commando, or vice versa.Hill is a competent director, and Silver an amazing producer, but it's just too bland, and honestly.........I prefer the sequel....