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Another 48 Hrs. (Widescreen)

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Why didnt Reggie recognize the Iceman (Detective Keyhoe) in the first movie...In the first movie, Reggie was in the precinct quite often, why didnt he recognize the Iceman then??????

I like this movie, but Reggie was the only one who knew what the Iceman looked like and the Iceman worked right next to Nolte?? his friend??...it is just a huge hole in the plot, but I did find the movie fun

Should never have been made. A deflated carbon copy of the original. Inaugerated Murphy's early 90's slide. Murphy and Nolte can barely be bothered to show up for this nonsense.

They get in fistfights again, they still treat eachother like dirt, Eddie does "Roxanne" again, Nolte shoots at the guy holding a gun against Eddie's head again, another redneck bar, the same "sky blue Cadillac", the list goes on and on. Never have I seen a sequel so desperate to cling to its predecessor as this one. And sequels are NOTORIOUS for clinging to their predecessors ("American Pie 2" and "American Wedding" anyone?). It has its moments, but trouble is you've seen most of them before when they were still fresh and original. Worth renting if you're a fan of the original, but certainly not a "must-own".

IN THIS ONE, JACK CATES NEEDS REGGIE'S [WHO'S JUST GOTTEN RELEASED FROM JAIL] HELP TO HELP HIM SAVE HIS JOB AND CLEAR HIS NAME OF A WRONGFUL DEATH. THE VILLAINS HERE AREN'T AS HALF AS ENTERTAINING AS THE ORIGINALS WERE. AGAIN, EDDIE MURPHY DOES A MEDIOCRE SEQUEL. THE TWO LEADS ARE STILL FUN TO WATCH, BUT, THE PLOT REALLY BRINGS IT DOWN. IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AS FUNNY AS THE ORIGINAL, BUT, I GUESS IT MAKES AN OK COMEDY/ACTIONER.

Hey, i like nick nolte, but Eddie Murphy shines here in spit of a script that is trying to give equality to both actors here. Not that the script is bad. On the contrary, I liked it better than a lot of other reviewers. I was tempted to give it 5 stars, but with thefviolence and lauguage, 4 is my max.

MAA-AAN! It really grinds my gears when a movie develops a bad rep upon release an' e'ybody an' they mother jus' assumes it's bad even before they see it. I hadn't heard hardly ANY positive reaction to this movie, but decided to be me an' check it out for myself. Now I like jus' 'bout e'ything Eddie Murphy did between the early 1980s an' the early to mid-1990s. I think he's a very talented actor an' comedian (though his script choices as of late show a sign of poor judgment) an' to see him reprise the role of Reggie Hammond, the role that turned him into a Hollywood superstar (sure as hell uppin' his bankability, 'ya notice how in this one Eddie's top-billed, whereas in the original Nolte was?), I was pretty psyched. Is' several years later an' a lot has changed; Cates stopped drinkin' an' seems a lil' more laid-back an' easy going because of it, he's trackin' a mysterious druglord called 'The Ice Man' that the rest'a the department doesn't believe exists, an' Reggie is FINALLY about to get outta the pen after servin' an extended five-year sentence for robbin' the payroll (which he CLAIMS he didn't do). While trackin' the Ice Man, Cates discovers that somehow Reggie is involved an' the people he's after have a hit planned. Soooooo with Reggie bein' the only link to a seemingly-unsolveable crime, Cates is standin' there smilin' on the mornin' of Reggie's release from custody. Jus' not to a real receptive friend.

I really don't see how people can say that is 'more sequel than remake', 'cause it seems 'ta me like an OBVIOUS extension of the first. The crazy lunatic bikers have vendettas toward Reggie an' Cates that run deeper than the usual business hit, also no matter how much Reggie DOESN'T wanna be involved, Cates has the upper hand bein' that he's still in possession'a his half a million dollars an' gleaming Porsche. Oh yeah, an' Reggie's none-too-happy 'bout rottin' in jail for five years longer than his original sentence an' then comin' out to find out Cates won't give him his hard-stolen cash. Speakin'a which, I like the way Eddie played Reggie in this one; bein' that he had been holed up in prison even LONGER, an' that Cates offered him NO assistance an' put in no good words for him, it would make sense that he would be a lot angrier an' frustrated than in the original where he was mostly jus' smarmy an' fast-talkin'. The scenes where he blows up at Cates with rage are the best in the whole flick. The tension between the two is there once again, but rather than bein' the result of background an' race as in the first one, here is' the result of good old-fashioned spite. Two guys who went from enemies to friends an' back to enemies gotta find a way to get back to friends if they gon' get outta this alive.

Now, don't get me wrong, this don't in ANY way eclipse the original. But is' a solid, entertaining effort an' the chemistry between Murphy an' Nolte is as sparkin' an' snappin' as ever. Is' not excellent or anything, there are a few uneven spots an' the guys who play the crazy hillbilly bikers bring new meaning to the term "over-acting", but is' not nearly as bad as critics an' stuffed shirts made it out to be. C'mon now, anytime you got a sequel to a bar-raising, near-CLASSIC, how can you expect it to jus' blow you away all over again? Is' not even possible. The original '48 HRS.' set a standard for which buddy cop flicks were to be played by throughout the 1980s. At the start of the 1990s, after a steady barrage from the genre an' a headache-inducing amount'a copycats, is' almost impossible for this material to be TOTALLY fresh. But with what they was workin' with, I think they did a good job. An', for me at least, they delivered.

Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy return for another 48 hours.
Before these 48 hours are up, they will turn San Francisco inside out to nail an elusive druglord.
The boys are back in town...and the action`s on the streets.
Don`t miss it!!!

Both movies are almost identical to each other, Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy are fine performers, just don;t put them in the same movie together.

Eight years later, a couple of days before Reggie (Eddie Murphy) gets out of Prison. When a Gang of Dangerous Motorcycle Killers are teamed with a Mysterious Iceman, who wants Reggie`s Money. Jack (Nick Notle) has to team with Reggie, one last time to Stop the Dangerous Killers including the Iceman.

Directed by Walter Hill (48 Hrs, Supernova) brings an exciting action-thriller. Murphy and Notle are great in this one, just like in the Original 48 Hrs. A well respected Sequel. Grade:A-.

they are back. nick nolte and eddie murphy return in this smash hit sequal another 48 hrs. this time around a killer known as the iceman ganza's brother from the first 48 hrs is doing the dirty work and nick nolte is the only cop on the force who thinks he exists. just like before nick and eddie get 2 days to track this guy down. not to many people like this movie,but i thought it was a very good sequal. of course the first is better but this one is very good to. how can you not like it we have a bus that flips over 17 times with eddie murphy in it,eddie murphy holding up another redneck bar,and the ending is very good as well. rated r for strong violence,strong language,and some nudity