"48 Hrs." was a great comedy thrill ride and a funny movie about two mismatched people: a burnout cop and a smart aleck felon. Because of the actors, Eddie Murphy & Nick Nolte; it worked on all levels and Eddie Murphy proved he was a talented comic with his first movie. Walter Hill is back with "Another 48 Hrs." Let the roller-coaster ride begin...again.
It picks up many years after "48 Hrs." with, Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) still in jail. Due to an apparent framing involving the prison payroll, Reggie ended up spending another five years but is about to be released. While he was inside, Jack Cates (Nick Nolte), now sober, has been chasing a drug dealer called The Ice Man around San Francisco. After a shootout at racetrack goes wrong, Jack finds himself in trouble when the shooter's gun mysteriously disappears and he is placed with the blame of a wrongful shoot. Needing help, he turns to Reggie, finally a free man, who reluctantly agrees to help as the Ice Man wants him dead because he is the only person who has ever seen him before. Now, they have another 48 hrs. to catch him before Jack loses his badge forever.
So Reggie and Jack are back and need each other's help to get through another 48 Hrs. Reggie finally gets out of prison but not before a begging Jack asks him for help and Reggie taunts him with "You in trouble with the law this time, good." Reggie enjoys a bus ride home only to be attacked by a gang of bikers that cause his bus to flip over "twenty" times. Reggie is forced into Jacks custody, to his dismay, after he rescues him from a night in the hospital when Jack tells an officer that Reggie is "a child molester who's involved in kiddie porn and needs to get him back to LA" This may very well be one of the funniest scenes in the movie.
Most sequels that take this long to make and release, aren't worth their salt but you can tell Walter Hill had a blast the first time around and was going to do a sequel whatever the cost. He returns us to the city of San Francisco and gives us what we watch to see: action, comedy and two of the funniest characters depicted in a film for this genre. The major difference is the tone doesn't feel as dark. "48" hours was very dark for a comedy because it featured a sadistic villain, not so much anymore.
Jack and Reggie belt out profanity back and forth at each other but the gang of bikers they are running from don't fit this picture. They are a group of enforcer assassins on wheels and they are too mean-spirited for a comedy, even if it is an action movie and quite violent. Okay, so they are hired for a revenge scheme but in the opening of the picture, two people are mercilessly executed. One of the bikers is named, Cherry (Andrew Divoff) and his cruel attitude make him crazy and he is more animalistic than Albert Ganz was.
There are still lots of laughs are almost every turn but what's most entertaining is the continuation of the story. Last time we left off with Jack taking his revenge and that has to do with something that's going on in this picture. On the other hand, Reggie is targeted and it has to do with something he was involved in that led to him getting thrown in jail. There is some great writing here and when you find out who the Ice Man is, it's kind of a surprise because you would never have expected it.
It picks up many years after "48 Hrs." with, Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy) still in jail. Due to an apparent framing involving the prison payroll, Reggie ended up spending another five years but is about to be released. While he was inside, Jack Cates (Nick Nolte), now sober, has been chasing a drug dealer called The Ice Man around San Francisco. After a shootout at racetrack goes wrong, Jack finds himself in trouble when the shooter's gun mysteriously disappears and he is placed with the blame of a wrongful shoot. Needing help, he turns to Reggie, finally a free man, who reluctantly agrees to help as the Ice Man wants him dead because he is the only person who has ever seen him before. Now, they have another 48 hrs. to catch him before Jack loses his badge forever.
So Reggie and Jack are back and need each other's help to get through another 48 Hrs. Reggie finally gets out of prison but not before a begging Jack asks him for help and Reggie taunts him with "You in trouble with the law this time, good." Reggie enjoys a bus ride home only to be attacked by a gang of bikers that cause his bus to flip over "twenty" times. Reggie is forced into Jacks custody, to his dismay, after he rescues him from a night in the hospital when Jack tells an officer that Reggie is "a child molester who's involved in kiddie porn and needs to get him back to LA" This may very well be one of the funniest scenes in the movie.
Most sequels that take this long to make and release, aren't worth their salt but you can tell Walter Hill had a blast the first time around and was going to do a sequel whatever the cost. He returns us to the city of San Francisco and gives us what we watch to see: action, comedy and two of the funniest characters depicted in a film for this genre. The major difference is the tone doesn't feel as dark. "48" hours was very dark for a comedy because it featured a sadistic villain, not so much anymore.
Jack and Reggie belt out profanity back and forth at each other but the gang of bikers they are running from don't fit this picture. They are a group of enforcer assassins on wheels and they are too mean-spirited for a comedy, even if it is an action movie and quite violent. Okay, so they are hired for a revenge scheme but in the opening of the picture, two people are mercilessly executed. One of the bikers is named, Cherry (Andrew Divoff) and his cruel attitude make him crazy and he is more animalistic than Albert Ganz was.
There are still lots of laughs are almost every turn but what's most entertaining is the continuation of the story. Last time we left off with Jack taking his revenge and that has to do with something that's going on in this picture. On the other hand, Reggie is targeted and it has to do with something he was involved in that led to him getting thrown in jail. There is some great writing here and when you find out who the Ice Man is, it's kind of a surprise because you would never have expected it.