Another 48 Hrs.

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Another 48 Hrs.

The movie poster for Another 48 Hrs..
Directed by Walter Hill
Produced by Lawrence Gordon
Robert D. Wachs
Written by Walter Hill
Roger Spottiswoode
Larry Gross
Steven E. de Souza
Eddie Murphy
John Fasano
Jeb Stuart
Starring Nick Nolte
Eddie Murphy
Brion James
Kevin Tighe
Ed O'Ross
Frank McRae
David Anthony Marshall
Andrew Divoff
Brent Jennings
Music by James Horner
Cinematography Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by Donn Aron
Carmel Davies
Freeman A. Davies
Tim Ryder
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) June 8, 1990
Running time 93 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget 1,000,000
Preceded by 48 Hrs.
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Another 48 Hrs. is a 1990 film, the sequel to 48 Hrs.. It was directed by Walter Hill and stars Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O'Ross. It tells the story of San Francisco police officer Jack Cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a potential manslaughter charge. He needs the help of a newly released convict, Reggie Hammond, to do so. 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 and violence, and carries an R rating in The United States.

Tagline: The Boys Are Back In Town

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Veteran police officer (Nick Nolte) has to team together 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 (Nick Nolte) 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 (Eddie Murphy), 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 years 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: someone Jack never expected it to be (It's one of his work colleagues, Kehoe).

[edit] Trivia

  • The "sky blue" 1964 Cadillac DeVille convertible from the original movie makes a return appearance.
  • Nick Nolte (Cates), Eddie Murphy (Hammond) and Brion James (Kehoe) all reprise their original roles from the first film.
  • Film critic Leonard Maltin, upon reviewing the film, jokingly claimed that this movie "must have set some sort of record for most broken panes of glass ever in a single movie."

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