Another 48 Hrs.
| Another 48 Hrs. | |
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 The movie poster for Another 48 Hrs.. | |
| Directed by | Walter Hill |
| Written by | Walter Hill Roger Spottiswoode Larry Gross Steven E. de Souza Eddie Murphy John Fasano Jeb Stuart |
| Produced by | Lawrence Gordon Robert D. Wachs |
| Starring | Eddie Murphy Nick Nolte Brion James Kevin Tighe Ed O'Ross Frank McRae David Anthony Marshall Andrew Divoff Brent Jennings |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by | Donn Aron Carmel Davies Freeman A. Davies Tim Ryder |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | June 8 1990 |
Running time | 93 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 38,000,000 |
Another 48 Hrs. is a 1990 action-comedy film and a sequel to the 1982 film 48 Hrs.. It was directed by Walter Hill and stars Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O'Ross. Nolte returns as San Francisco police officer Jack Cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a potential manslaughter charge. To so do, he needs the help of Reggie Hammond, who is now a newly released convict. But at the same time a notorious mastermind known only as The Iceman has hired a bunch of bikers to kill Reggie. This film contains strong language, nudity, violence, and carries an R rating by the MPAA in the United States.
Tagline: The Boys Are Back In Town
Summary
Veteran police officer Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) has to reunite with his imprisoned buddy (Eddie Murphy) who is about to be released from prison. Together they have to find an unscrupulous drug dealer who calls himself "The Iceman". Once again they only have 48 hours to fulfill their task. For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". At the Hunter's Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Jack kills Brock in self defense, but Tyrone Burroughs (Brent Jennings) escapes, and Jack is in danger of going to prison because Brock's gun can't be found. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day. Jack tries to convince Reggie to help him clear his name and find the Ice Man, but Reggie says he won't help unless Jack gives Reggie the $500,000 that Jack has been holding on to for Reggie. Jack refuses to give Reggie the money unless Reggie helps him. After the bus that is transporting Reggie away from the prison is forced to crash by two bikers and Jack gets shot by the same two bikers, Jack forces Reggie to help him by having the hospital release Reggie into his custody. Reggie recognized one of the bikers as Richard "Cherry" Ganz (Andrew Divoff), the brother of Albert Ganz, the escaped convict Jack killed 6 months ago. Jack got shot because Cherry wants revenge for Albert's death, and Cherry and his partner Willie Hickok (David Anthony Marshall) are the hitmen who have been hired to kill Reggie. Burroughs, who works for the Ice Man, was trying to hire Brock as insurance, just in case Cherry and Hickok fail. Blake Wilson (Kevin Tighe), the head of the Internal Affairs division, obviously doesn't like Jack, because Wilson will stop at nothing to prosecute Jack for manslaughter in Brock's death, and it turns out that the Ice Man put a price on Reggie's head because Reggie knows who the Ice Man is, Jack's friend Kehoe. Jack confronts the trio of villains at a local nightclub where Reggie is being held (after being captured by Cherry and his partner). Jack and Reggie dispose of Cherry and his partner, but Reggie is grabbed by Kehoe and used as a human shield. Jack shoots Reggie in the shoulder, wounding him (which causes blood coming out of his wound) and throwing him off of Kehoe. Jack then empties his gun into Kehoe, who falls backward and his head is crushed by one of the stripper cages. Reggie is transported to the hospital (but after he steals Jack's lighter like in the first film, except he gave it back like Jack asked).
Trivia
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- The "sky blue" 1964 Cadillac DeVille convertible from the original movie makes a return appearance. In the film Cates claims he bought another Caddy (same year, color and model) with his share of Reggie's money; its predecessor was accidentally destroyed from being driven through a plate-glass window chasing Albert Ganz and Billy Bear.
- Nick Nolte (Cates), Eddie Murphy (Hammond) and Brion James (Kehoe) all reprise their original roles from the first film.
- The ending of this film is similar to its prequel, when Jack takes Hammond's words seriously. In this film's prequel, Hammond told Cates to "blow his fucking brains out", which Jack did. In this film, Hammond told Jack to "Shoot me, Jack!", which Jack did.
Cast
- Eddie Murphy .... Reggie Hammond
- Nick Nolte .... Det Sgt. Jack Cates
- Brion James .... Det. Sgt. Ben Kehoe
- Kevin Tighe .... Det. Lt. Blake Wilson
- Ed O'Ross .... Frank Cruise
- David Anthony Marshall .... Willie Hickok
- Andrew Divoff .... Richard "Cherry" Ganz
- Bernie Casey .... Kirkland Smith
- Brent Jennings .... Tyrone Burroughs
- Ted Markland .... Malcolm Price
- Tisha Campbell .... Amy Kirkland
- Felice Orlandi .... Warden
- Edward Walsh .... Det. Joe Stevens
- Page Leong .... Angel Lee
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