Rent 48 Hrs. (1982)
3.5 of 5 from 144 ratings
1h 33min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) is a rough-edged cop after two vicious cop-killers. He can't do it without the help of smooth and dapper Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), who is serving time for a half-million dollar robbery. This unlikely partnership trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their separate goals: Cates wants the villains; Hammond wants his money and some much-needed female companionship.
- Actors:
- Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham, Brion James, Kerry Sherman, Jonathan Banks, James Keane, Tara King, Greta Blackburn, Margot Rose, Denise Crosby, Olivia Brown, Todd Allen, Bill Dearth, Ned Dowd, Jim Haynie
- Directors:
- Walter Hill
- Producers:
- Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
- Writers:
- Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza
- Aka:
- Forty Eight Hours / 48 Hours
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1972-2012, Films & TV by topic, Films to Watch if You Like Toy Story, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Denzel Washington, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/10/2018
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French DTS 2.0 Mono, Spanish DTS 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Theatrical Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/12/2022
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Parisian Dolby Digital 2.0, German Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French Parisian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
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Reviews (1) of 48 Hrs.
Blueprint for Bickering - 48 Hrs. review by griggs
By the early ’80s, mismatched duos weren’t new, but 48 Hrs. showed how the formula could thrive in an action-crime setting. A cop and a convict, oil and water, forced to team up — it’s simple enough, but Walter Hill plays it hard and fast, toggling between grit and banter.
Eddie Murphy, in his film debut, is the live wire. He barrels in with such comic timing that Nick Nolte’s world-weary scowl becomes the perfect foil. Their chemistry isn’t always smooth — sometimes hilarious, sometimes just noisy — but the sparks are undeniable.
The tone can wobble, swinging from nasty violence to knockabout humour, and some of the rougher edges haven’t aged well. Still, you can see why it stuck. This is the blueprint for the buddy action-comedy boom to come: bickering partners, bar-room showdowns, and grudging respect forged in a hail of bullets. Not flawless, but influential all the same.
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