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48 Hrs. (1982)

Directed by Walter Hill

Action | Comedy

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, themarc, loganpm, lolareels, sleestakk, schofizzy

Overview

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Rated R | Length 96 minutes

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 | Jack Thibeau | Jon St. Elwood | Clare Nono | Sandy Martin | Matt Landers | Peter Jason | Bill Cross | Chris Mulkey | Marcelino Sanchez | Bennie E. Dobbins | Walter Scott | W.T. Zacha | Loyd Catlett | B. G. Fisher | Reid Cruickshanks | R. D. Call | Brenda Venus | Gloria Gifford | Nick Dimitri | John Dennis Johnston | Rock A. Walker | Dave Moordigian | J. Wesley Huston | Gary Pettinger | Marquerita Wallace | Angela Robinson | Jack Lightsy | John Hauk | Bob Yanez | Clint Smith | Luis Contreras | Suzanne M. Regard | Ola Ray | Bjaye Turner | Begonya Plaza

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

The thin plot and stereotyped racial patter hasn’t withstood the test of time really well, but the movie still has a few decent moments.

It occurred to me while watching this that A Bullet To The Head pretty much follows the same formula: reluctant buddy movie with the partners from opposite sides of the law and racially different with plenty of stereotyped racial jokes and comments thrown in.

Apparently what constituted box office hit in 1982 doesn’t fly so well in 2013. Hopefully that means we’ve progressed as a society.

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