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Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings
- Starring: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte
- Summary: Detective Jack Cates (Nolte) takes convict Reggie Hammond (Murphy) out of jail for forty-eight hours to solve a case.
- Director: Walter Hill
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
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88What makes the movie special is how it's made. Nolte and Murphy are good, and their dialogue is good, too - quirky and funny.
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80Walter 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 his other work.
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80That the fact they come to appreciate one other, the grudging respect of a million clichés, feels so satisfyingly, shows just how successful the film is.
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40Neither jokes nor fast, flashy action can completely distract audiences from the failure to establish an authentic, rather than a purely conventional connection between Nolte and Murphy.
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