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Another 48 Hrs. is pretty much your typical late 80s, early 90s sequel. It rehashes most of what makes the first movie fun, adding in “more” of everything. More guns, more girls, more villains, and more Eddie Murphy humor. It doesn’t always work, but I’ve seen a LOOOT worse sequels come out in that time frame (but then again, I’ve seen a lot better). However, this IS the first time Another 48 Hrs. has made it’s way to Blu-ray, and Paramount has decided to do it right with the new 4K remaster and the new special feature included. At least we didn’t have to suffer with an awful transfer for 10 years like the original, and finally get a double dip. And of course it is nice to see Paramount digging in deep to their catalog titles and actually releasing things that AREN’T out on Blu-ray already.
Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) and Reggie Hammond are back again. However it’s been 8 years (in real time as well as the movie) and things are pretty much the same. Unfortunately Reggie didn’t get out after 6 months like he was supposed to in the first movie. He got framed (a plot device which literally never gets investigated) for stealing in the prison, and was sentenced to several more years for a crime he didn’t commit. Jack pretty much ignored him those last several years, and now that Reggie is finally getting out on his own recognizance, Jack wants to use him for another 48 hour job to track down a mysterious crime Kingpin known as “The Iceman”.
Naturally Reggie isn’t wild about working with the “man” again, but Jack holds the half a million (or $475K after Jack used $25k to buy a new car) waiting for Reggie as a leverage. Now the two have to fight off a gang of bikers who have a hit out on Reggie for some reason, each other off some more, AND help out an inmate’s daughter (a plot line which is barely touched upon, even though it’s seen by Reggie and the inmate as a super big deal).
The bad stems from the fact that this movie is the same run time as the first, yet still feels over bloated. The action is over done. The villains are over done, and everything about the film just reeks of “lets amp this up to level 11 and go for broke!”. I enjoyed the film as a decent sequel, but sadly it just doesn’t live up to its predecessor (like most sequels), and 48 Hrs. wasn’t exactly THE pinnacle of 1980s action movies (as fun as it was).
Rating:
Rated R by the MPAA
Video:
Audio:
Extras:
• Theatrical Trailer
Final Score:
48 Hrs. wasn’t the very best buddy cop movie in the genre, but it was a solid movie with a good set of leads. The sequel kind of devolves into “every other 80s/90s action movie sequel known to man” making things bigger, more stupid, and basically just more of everything. It doesn’t always work, but it’s actually a decent action movie in a time period where GREAT action movies were being pumped out like crazy, so it sort of got side lined. The new Blu-ray looks and sounds great, although the extras are a tad meager. Still worth a fun watch if you enjoyed the first one.
Technical Specifications:
Starring: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Brion James, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Ross
Directed by: Walter Hill
Written by: John Fasano, Roger Spottiswoode, Jeb Stuart
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 AVC
Audio: English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, German, Japanese, French DD 2.0
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, German, Japanese
Studio: Paramount
Rated: R
Runtime: 96 Minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: July 6th 2021
Recommendation: Decent Watch