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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9786305252573
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792154517
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 26, 1999
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 12680
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 1982
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A wise-cracking convict is granted a 2-day furlough to help a street-smart detective track down a group of cop killers. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Starring: Nick Nolte James Remar Run time: 96 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com essential video:
Before the action-oriented 'buddy movie' formula settled into place in the 1980s and 1990s with the Lethal Weapon films, Walter Hill's 48 HRS. presented a much more irreverent and politically incorrect version of the genre. Eddie Murphy made an auspicious film debut alongside veteran Nick Nolte's consummate performance as a worn cop. Murphy plays a convict on a two-day furlough from prison to help capture his former partner (James Remar). The intense animosity between his character and Nolte's impatient detective is rude and violent--albeit in a comic way--and the film's racist and sexist banter is so ubiquitous that some viewers might be turned off. (This early, raw Murphy is not the Murphy of The Nutty Professor.) Then again, sometimes deliberate overkill is funny in itself, which is certainly closer to Hill's intention. There are a couple of scenes for the ages in this film, especially Murphy's single-handed shutdown of the action in a redneck bar. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - never to be forgotton
This movie may look slightly dated now, but Eddie Murphy's film debut in this flick still remains one of his best. I still find parts of this movie simply brilliant, and Nick Nolte's performance is equally as good, as cop Jack Cates and convict Reggie Hammond constantly spar verbally and physically, but with the same goals in mind. The performances and strength of the characters really bring out both the drama and comedy in this film, which balance superbly.
I won't bother going into ... Read More
Rating:  - disjointed
Nick Nolte is Jack Cates, a worn-out cop who gets Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) out of prison for 48 hours to try to catch Reggie's old partner.
It's the classic misfit partners action/adventure story with a good dose of humor thrown in (it is Eddie Murphy, after all).
And actually, both actors do really well, and are very convincing in the roles. I completely buy Nolte's character as a cop who's seen it all and isn't very happy about it. And Murphy is classic Eddie ... Read More
Rating: - Bare Bones DVD but still a classic movie
48 HRS. is a good combo of action and comedy. Edddie handles all the funny stuff very and Nick plays a good cop. The action sequences by the stylish Walter Hill were some of the best in 1982. The film is full of action and comedy and is a real crowd pleaser. I remember reading somewhere that the role of Reggie Hammond was oringally written for Gregory Hines or Richard Pryor and one wonders the tone the film would have taken if either played the role but thankfully the chose who Murphy who carried the ... Read More
Rating: - It is different on TV
I had seen this on TV so many times that I had forgotten how much they use the "F" word. It's too bad...they have a great story line and Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy are very funny together...if you can get past the language.
Rating:  - 48 HRS.
Putting a thrilling new spin on the buddy film with this gritty and gripping crime drama, director Walter Hill hit paydirt, combining Nolte's bearish, no-BS mien with fiery comedic talent Murphy (still a "Saturday Night Live" cast member at the time). The result is a witty, well-acted, suspenseful thriller featuring a warring, hilariously mismatched duo. Great chemistry, intelligent writing, and wonderful set-ups (especially one tense howler in a racist redneck bar) boost "48 Hrs." to the top rank of ... Read More
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