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48 Hrs.

1982

Walter Hill

Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae ...

6.0

10,086

Action. Comedy Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'48 Hours' is more memorable for its characters than for its high style (...) It has life, ferocity and humor in place of icy, stylized elegance, and that seems more than a fair trade."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"What makes the movie special is how it's made. Nolte and Murphy are good, and their dialogue is good, too -- quirky and funny (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"An entertaining and invigorating thriller (...) [Hill's] use of San Francisco achieves something I'd thought impossible—it gives this most cliched of movie locations a fresh, highly charged new look."	POS
United Kingdom	Martin Chilton Telegraph	"The on-screen chemistry between [the actors] is terrific (...) The plot isn't sophisticated but it's essentially a successful buddy movie (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Because '48 Hours' was directed by economical genre specialist Hill, it moves relentlessly, with scarcely a wasted scene or shot in its 96 minutes"	POS
United Kingdom	Chris Peachment Time Out	"Plain, fast and efficient (...) It takes an honourable place in a line of San Francisco thrillers"	POS
United States	Variety	"A very efficient action entertainment (...) It’s all pretty predictable stuff, but done with plenty of savvy and professionalism"	POS
United States	Andre Dellamorte Collider	"The film works because Walter Hill understands stars and star power, and he lets Murphy become a movie star, and Nolte never seems to get in his way"	POS

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