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| story = [[Eddie Murphy|Fred Braughton]] |
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| based_on = Characters by<br>[[Roger Spottiswoode]]<br>Walter Hill<br>Larry Gross<br>[[Steven E. de Souza]] |
| based_on = Characters by<br />[[Roger Spottiswoode]]<br />Walter Hill<br />Larry Gross<br />[[Steven E. de Souza]] |
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'''''Another 48 Hrs.''''' is a 1990 American [[buddy cop film]] directed by [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]] and starring [[Eddie Murphy]], [[Nick Nolte]], [[Brion James]], [[Andrew Divoff]], and [[Ed O'Ross]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v2575|work=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=Another 48 Hrs.|access-date=July 26, 2013|author=Erickson, Hal}}</ref> It is the sequel to the 1982 film ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' Nolte reprises his role as [[San Francisco]] police officer Jack Cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a [[manslaughter]] charge. To do so, he again needs the help of Reggie Hammond (Murphy), who is a newly released convict. At the same time, a mastermind known only as the Iceman has hired a biker gang to kill Reggie. |
'''''Another 48 Hrs.''''' is a 1990 American [[Buddy cop film|buddy cop]] [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]] and starring [[Eddie Murphy]], [[Nick Nolte]], [[Brion James]], [[Andrew Divoff]], and [[Ed O'Ross]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v2575|work=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=Another 48 Hrs.|access-date=July 26, 2013|author=Erickson, Hal}}</ref> It is the sequel to the 1982 film ''[[48 Hrs.]]'' Nolte reprises his role as [[San Francisco]] police officer Jack Cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a [[manslaughter]] charge. To do so, he again needs the help of Reggie Hammond (Murphy), who is a newly released convict. At the same time, a mastermind known only as the Iceman has hired a biker gang to kill Reggie, while a rogue member of the gang (Divoff) is out to kill Jack for the death of his brother from the previous installment. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Veteran [[San Francisco]] |
Veteran [[San Francisco Police Department|San Francisco Police]] Inspector Jack Cates has been after drug dealer the "Iceman" for the past five years. At the Hunter's Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Jack kills Brock, while Burroughs escapes. Despite killing Brock in self-defense, Jack is now under investigation, as Brock's gun cannot be found at the scene. Blake Wilson, the head of the Internal Affairs division, becomes determined to prosecute Jack on a third-degree [[manslaughter]] charge. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Iceman has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison the next day. |
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Reggie has completed his prison term for robbing a payroll (a crime for which he claims complete innocence), |
Reggie has completed his five year prison term for robbing a payroll (a crime for which he claims complete innocence), which he had been serving [[48 Hrs.|six months before]]. He is scheduled to be released. Jack tries to convince Reggie to help him clear his name and find the Iceman. Reggie requests that Jack gives him the $500,000 that Jack has been holding on to for him. Jack refuses to give Reggie the money unless Reggie helps him. After the bus transporting Reggie is attacked by two bikers and Jack gets shot, Jack forces Reggie to help him by having the hospital release Reggie into his custody. Reggie recognizes one of the two bikers as Richard "Cherry" Ganz, the brother of Albert Ganz, the escaped convict Jack killed years earlier. Cherry (who Reggie says, "makes (Albert) Ganz look like Gandhi") and his partner Willie Hickok are the hitmen hired to kill Reggie, while Cherry also wants to kill Jack as revenge for Jack killing Albert. Burroughs, who works for the Iceman, was trying to hire Brock as insurance, just in case Cherry and Hickok failed. When the Iceman murders Hickok's primary contact man, Malcolm Price, Hickok kills Burroughs, after the latter reveals himself to be an associate of the Iceman. |
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Reggie is captured by Cherry and Hickok, and Jack confronts the two criminals at a local nightclub where Ben Kehoe—Jack's friend and fellow officer—is revealed to be the Iceman, with another detective, Frank Cruise, serving as an accomplice. A gunfight ensues, with Jack wounding Hickok and killing Cruise. After killing both Hickok and Cherry, Reggie is held captive by Kehoe and used as a human shield. Reggie sarcastically begs Jack to shoot him. Jack does so, firing a shot into Reggie's shoulder, wounding him and throwing him off Kehoe. Jack then shoots Kehoe, killing him. Before Reggie is transported to the hospital, he and |
Reggie is captured by Cherry and Hickok, and Jack confronts the two criminals at a local nightclub where Ben Kehoe—Jack's friend and fellow officer—is revealed to be the Iceman, with another detective, Frank Cruise, serving as an accomplice. A gunfight ensues, with Jack wounding Hickok and killing Cruise. After killing both Hickok and Cherry, Reggie is held captive by Kehoe and used as a human shield. Reggie sarcastically begs Jack to shoot him. Jack does so, firing a shot into Reggie's shoulder, wounding him and throwing him off Kehoe. Jack then shoots Kehoe, killing him. Before Reggie is transported to the hospital, Jack lets him know of the money he took off the Iceman and will meet him at the hospital to talk about it. As the ambulance leaves with Reggie, Jack realizes that Reggie has once again stolen his lighter. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Eddie Murphy]] as Reggie Hammond |
* [[Eddie Murphy]] as Reggie Hammond |
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* [[Nick Nolte]] as Inspector Jack Cates |
* [[Nick Nolte]] as Inspector Jack Cates |
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* [[Brion James]] as Inspector Ben Kehoe/The Iceman |
* [[Brion James]] as Inspector Ben Kehoe / The Iceman |
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* [[Kevin Tighe]] as Lieutenant Blake Wilson |
* [[Kevin Tighe]] as Lieutenant Blake Wilson |
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* [[Ed O'Ross]] as Inspector Frank Cruise |
* [[Ed O'Ross]] as Inspector Frank Cruise |
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* [[Ted Markland]] as Malcolm Price |
* [[Ted Markland]] as Malcolm Price |
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* [[Tisha Campbell-Martin|Tisha Campbell]] as Amy Smith |
* [[Tisha Campbell-Martin|Tisha Campbell]] as Amy Smith |
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* [[Felice Orlandi]] as Warden |
* [[Felice Orlandi]] as The Warden |
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* [[Kitten Natividad]] as Girl in Movie |
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===Post-production=== |
===Post-production=== |
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The original workprint of the film was 145 minutes long. It was cut by either director Walter Hill or the Paramount studio down to 120 minutes, and a week before its summer theatrical release an additional 25 minutes were cut out by Paramount, making a final theatrical version 95 minutes long, but also creating lot of plot holes and continuity mistakes in the film. [[Frank McRae]]'s reprisal of his role from the original ''48 Hrs.'' was entirely cut except for a brief, uncredited shot of him in the background of one scene in the police station. Also removed was a scene which was partially shown in the theatrical trailer in which Jack explains to Reggie that he has a deadline to track down the Iceman; as such, there is no mention of '48 hours' anywhere in the final film. [[Brion James]], also returning from the original, saw his role severely cut down as well, to create a faster-paced action-comedy. In an interview, James said this about the cuts made on the film:{{cquote|[[Total Recall (1990 film)|''Total Recall'']] came out a week before Another 48 Hrs. (1990) that summer, it made twenty-five million, became the number one movie in the country and the studio panicked because they had invested a lot in the 48 Hours films, but they felt that at well over two hours, that the movie might be too much. My stuff was in there until one week before the film opened; that is when they cut twenty-five minutes out of that movie, a week before it opened. It went from around 140 to down around 95 minutes. They said, "Cut all the behavior, action, comedy..." I lost every major scene I had. That's the last time I ever cared about a movie because I went to the press screening and it was like getting kicked in the stomach, seeing what is not there. I was the third lead and now I looked like a dressed extra. All the stuff that they had in the set-up, stuff in the trailer, all those scenes were gone.<ref>{{cite web | last=Paul | first=Louis | title=Brion James - Interview | url=http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/movie/2919/interview.html | work=Brion James Tribute | date=August 1, 1999 | access-date=February 24, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410095744/http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/Movie/2919/interview.html | archive-date=April 10, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}} |
The original workprint of the film was 145 minutes long. It was cut by either director Walter Hill or the Paramount studio down to 120 minutes, and a week before its summer theatrical release an additional 25 minutes were cut out by Paramount, making a final theatrical version 95 minutes long, but also creating a lot of plot holes and continuity mistakes in the film. [[Frank McRae]]'s reprisal of his role from the original ''48 Hrs.'' was entirely cut except for a brief, uncredited shot of him in the background of one scene in the police station. Also removed was a scene which was partially shown in the theatrical trailer in which Jack explains to Reggie that he has a deadline to track down the Iceman; as such, there is no mention of '48 hours' anywhere in the final film. [[Brion James]], also returning from the original, saw his role severely cut down as well, to create a faster-paced action-comedy. In an interview, James said this about the cuts made on the film:{{cquote|[[Total Recall (1990 film)|''Total Recall'']] came out a week before Another 48 Hrs. (1990) that summer, it made twenty-five million, became the number one movie in the country and the studio panicked because they had invested a lot in the 48 Hours films, but they felt that at well over two hours, that the movie might be too much. My stuff was in there until one week before the film opened; that is when they cut twenty-five minutes out of that movie, a week before it opened. It went from around 140 to down around 95 minutes. They said, "Cut all the behavior, action, comedy..." I lost every major scene I had. That's the last time I ever cared about a movie because I went to the press screening and it was like getting kicked in the stomach, seeing what is not there. I was the third lead and now I looked like a dressed extra. All the stuff that they had in the set-up, stuff in the trailer, all those scenes were gone.<ref>{{cite web | last=Paul | first=Louis | title=Brion James - Interview | url=http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/movie/2919/interview.html | work=Brion James Tribute | date=August 1, 1999 | access-date=February 24, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410095744/http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/Movie/2919/interview.html | archive-date=April 10, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}} |
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==Reception== |
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===Box office=== |
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The film grossed more at the US box office than its predecessor and made $72.7 million from foreign markets for a total of $153.5 million.<ref name="boxofficemojo.com"/><ref>{{cite news|url= |
The film grossed more at the US box office than its predecessor and made $72.7 million from foreign markets for a total of $153.5 million.<ref name="boxofficemojo.com"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-11-ca-306-story.html|title=48 HRS' Fails to Top 'Total' Ticket Sales|last=Broeske|first=Pat H.|date=1990-06-11|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2010-12-25}}</ref> However this was considered a [[box office bomb|box office disappointment]] and because the film was so costly, profits were minimized.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paramount Is Still Seeking a Media Firm: Davis Says Company Isn't Designed to 'Stay as Is'|first=Laura|last=Landro|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=7 September 1990|page=B7}}</ref> Murphy accused Paramount of not spending enough on advertising and changing the release date. Paramount counter-alleged that Murphy did not spend enough time promoting the film. This led to tension in the long-running relationship between Murphy and Paramount.<ref name="wall"/> |
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===Critical response=== |
===Critical response=== |
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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film holds an approval rating of |
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film holds an approval rating of 19% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 4.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Even the return of Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, and director Walter Hill can't hide the lazy, patchwork quality of ''Another 48 Hrs''."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/another_48_hrs/|title=Another 48 Hrs. (1990)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=2023-10-05}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average score]] of 23 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title= Another 48 Hrs. Reviews |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/another-48-hrs |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com}}</ref> |
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[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that it was "as much a star vehicle for Mr. Murphy as ''[[The Gorgeous Hussy]]'' once was for [[Joan Crawford]]. The Crawford name isn't idly invoked. You have to go back to the old [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] days to find movies that, with every gesture, let the audience know it was watching a star." Canby continued, "Though the body count is high, all of the people killed are faceless or only minor characters, until the end. It's as if the movie were saying that lethal violence is acceptable (and fun) as long as the victims–like the victims of guided missiles and high-altitude bombing–remain anonymous. Any comedy that allows the mind to ponder high-altitude bombing is in deep trouble."<ref>{{cite news|title= Review/Film;For Murphy And Nolte, A Sequel|work=[[The New York Times]]|url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE1DC173EF93BA35755C0A966958260|access-date=2012-05-31}}</ref> |
[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that it was "as much a star vehicle for Mr. Murphy as ''[[The Gorgeous Hussy]]'' once was for [[Joan Crawford]]. The Crawford name isn't idly invoked. You have to go back to the old [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] days to find movies that, with every gesture, let the audience know it was watching a star." Canby continued, "Though the body count is high, all of the people killed are faceless or only minor characters, until the end. It's as if the movie were saying that lethal violence is acceptable (and fun) as long as the victims–like the victims of guided missiles and high-altitude bombing–remain anonymous. Any comedy that allows the mind to ponder high-altitude bombing is in deep trouble."<ref>{{cite news|title= Review/Film;For Murphy And Nolte, A Sequel|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 June 1990 |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE1DC173EF93BA35755C0A966958260|access-date=2012-05-31 |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent }}</ref> |
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''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' critic |
''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' critic Peter Rainer called it "a crude rehashing of the high points of the first film." Ranier singled out director Hill, who he said "surely recognizes the hollowness of what he's doing here. He tries to ram through the muddled exposition as quickly as possible; essentially, the film is wall-to-wall mayhem, with more shots of hurled bodies shattering windows than I've ever seen in a movie."<ref>{{cite news|title= MOVIE REVIEW : Another 95 Minutes : Sequel: 'Another 48 HRS.,' a crude rehashing of the 1982 hit, reteams Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in wall-to-wall mayhem|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-08-ca-784-story.html|access-date=2012-05-31}}</ref> |
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| Another 48 Hrs. | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Walter Hill |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Fred Braughton |
| Based on | Characters by Roger Spottiswoode Walter Hill Larry Gross Steven E. de Souza |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by |
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| Music by | James Horner |
Production company | Eddie Murphy Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million[1] |
| Box office | $153.5 million[2] |
Another 48 Hrs. is a 1990 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Walter Hill and starring Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O'Ross.[3] It is the sequel to the 1982 film 48 Hrs. Nolte reprises his role as San Francisco police officer Jack Cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a manslaughter charge. To do so, he again needs the help of Reggie Hammond (Murphy), who is a newly released convict. At the same time, a mastermind known only as the Iceman has hired a biker gang to kill Reggie, while a rogue member of the gang (Divoff) is out to kill Jack for the death of his brother from the previous installment.
Plot
[edit]Veteran San Francisco Police Inspector Jack Cates has been after drug dealer the "Iceman" for the past five years. At the Hunter's Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Jack kills Brock, while Burroughs escapes. Despite killing Brock in self-defense, Jack is now under investigation, as Brock's gun cannot be found at the scene. Blake Wilson, the head of the Internal Affairs division, becomes determined to prosecute Jack on a third-degree manslaughter charge. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Iceman has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison the next day.
Reggie has completed his five year prison term for robbing a payroll (a crime for which he claims complete innocence), which he had been serving six months before. He is scheduled to be released. Jack tries to convince Reggie to help him clear his name and find the Iceman. Reggie requests that Jack gives him the $500,000 that Jack has been holding on to for him. Jack refuses to give Reggie the money unless Reggie helps him. After the bus transporting Reggie is attacked by two bikers and Jack gets shot, Jack forces Reggie to help him by having the hospital release Reggie into his custody. Reggie recognizes one of the two bikers as Richard "Cherry" Ganz, the brother of Albert Ganz, the escaped convict Jack killed years earlier. Cherry (who Reggie says, "makes (Albert) Ganz look like Gandhi") and his partner Willie Hickok are the hitmen hired to kill Reggie, while Cherry also wants to kill Jack as revenge for Jack killing Albert. Burroughs, who works for the Iceman, was trying to hire Brock as insurance, just in case Cherry and Hickok failed. When the Iceman murders Hickok's primary contact man, Malcolm Price, Hickok kills Burroughs, after the latter reveals himself to be an associate of the Iceman.
Reggie is captured by Cherry and Hickok, and Jack confronts the two criminals at a local nightclub where Ben Kehoe—Jack's friend and fellow officer—is revealed to be the Iceman, with another detective, Frank Cruise, serving as an accomplice. A gunfight ensues, with Jack wounding Hickok and killing Cruise. After killing both Hickok and Cherry, Reggie is held captive by Kehoe and used as a human shield. Reggie sarcastically begs Jack to shoot him. Jack does so, firing a shot into Reggie's shoulder, wounding him and throwing him off Kehoe. Jack then shoots Kehoe, killing him. Before Reggie is transported to the hospital, Jack lets him know of the money he took off the Iceman and will meet him at the hospital to talk about it. As the ambulance leaves with Reggie, Jack realizes that Reggie has once again stolen his lighter.
Cast
[edit]- Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond
- Nick Nolte as Inspector Jack Cates
- Brion James as Inspector Ben Kehoe / The Iceman
- Kevin Tighe as Lieutenant Blake Wilson
- Ed O'Ross as Inspector Frank Cruise
- David Anthony Marshall as Willie Hickok
- Andrew Divoff as Richard "Cherry" Ganz
- Bernie Casey as Kirkland Smith
- Brent Jennings as Tyrone Burroughs
- Ted Markland as Malcolm Price
- Tisha Campbell as Amy Smith
- Felice Orlandi as The Warden
- Kitten Natividad as Girl in Movie
- Edward Walsh as Inspector Joe Stevens
Production
[edit]Development and writing
[edit]Eddie Murphy had been paid $200,000 for his role in the original film. By the time of the sequel, his fee was $12,000,000 up front, plus a percentage of the gross.[4]
The film was based on an original story by Murphy who asked Hill if he was interested in directing.
I was, to tell you the truth, a little skeptical. They usually come out twice as expensive and half as good. Not always. I think the Leone movies always got better, and there are a few others. And I felt the studio might encourage me to make a softer film, and if you made a softer version of 48 Hours you're going to have Beverly Hills Cop... So Eddie jumped up, and he convinced me he really very much wanted to do a movie that represented the spirit of the first one, with a lot of street energy and the hard edges of the original. Then Nolte called me a day later, and said, 'Whaddya think, Walt?' ... Nick said, 'If we do one and it stinks, we're still batting .500, which I assume is pretty good in the American League.[5]
Hill added that "the plot – which Eddie suggested – is actually kind of intriguing. So why not do it?... A lot of folks will say I'm just doing it for the money. What I want to know is, why do they think I made the first one?"[6]
Post-production
[edit]The original workprint of the film was 145 minutes long. It was cut by either director Walter Hill or the Paramount studio down to 120 minutes, and a week before its summer theatrical release an additional 25 minutes were cut out by Paramount, making a final theatrical version 95 minutes long, but also creating a lot of plot holes and continuity mistakes in the film. Frank McRae's reprisal of his role from the original 48 Hrs. was entirely cut except for a brief, uncredited shot of him in the background of one scene in the police station. Also removed was a scene which was partially shown in the theatrical trailer in which Jack explains to Reggie that he has a deadline to track down the Iceman; as such, there is no mention of '48 hours' anywhere in the final film. Brion James, also returning from the original, saw his role severely cut down as well, to create a faster-paced action-comedy. In an interview, James said this about the cuts made on the film:
Total Recall came out a week before Another 48 Hrs. (1990) that summer, it made twenty-five million, became the number one movie in the country and the studio panicked because they had invested a lot in the 48 Hours films, but they felt that at well over two hours, that the movie might be too much. My stuff was in there until one week before the film opened; that is when they cut twenty-five minutes out of that movie, a week before it opened. It went from around 140 to down around 95 minutes. They said, "Cut all the behavior, action, comedy..." I lost every major scene I had. That's the last time I ever cared about a movie because I went to the press screening and it was like getting kicked in the stomach, seeing what is not there. I was the third lead and now I looked like a dressed extra. All the stuff that they had in the set-up, stuff in the trailer, all those scenes were gone.[7]
Music
[edit]| Another 48 Hrs. | |
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | 1990 |
| Genre | Stage & Screen |
| Length | 38:24 |
| Label | Scotti Bros. |
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| Allmusic |   [8] |
- "The Boys Are Back In Town" - Jesse Johnson 4:01
- "Give It All You Got" - Curio 4:37
- "I Just Can't Let It End" - Curio 3:52
- Another 48 Hrs., film score~The Courthouse - James Horner 3:18
- Another 48 Hrs., film score~Main Title - James Horner 4:11
- Another 48 Hrs., film score~King Mei Shootout - James Horner 7:36
- Another 48 Hrs., film score~Birdcage Battle - James Horner 4:43
- I'll Never Get You Out of This World Alive - Michael Stanton 2:25
Reception
[edit]Box office
[edit]The film grossed more at the US box office than its predecessor and made $72.7 million from foreign markets for a total of $153.5 million.[2][9] However this was considered a box office disappointment and because the film was so costly, profits were minimized.[10] Murphy accused Paramount of not spending enough on advertising and changing the release date. Paramount counter-alleged that Murphy did not spend enough time promoting the film. This led to tension in the long-running relationship between Murphy and Paramount.[4]
Critical response
[edit]On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 19% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 4.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Even the return of Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, and director Walter Hill can't hide the lazy, patchwork quality of Another 48 Hrs."[11] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 23 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[13]
Vincent Canby of The New York Times stated that it was "as much a star vehicle for Mr. Murphy as The Gorgeous Hussy once was for Joan Crawford. The Crawford name isn't idly invoked. You have to go back to the old MGM days to find movies that, with every gesture, let the audience know it was watching a star." Canby continued, "Though the body count is high, all of the people killed are faceless or only minor characters, until the end. It's as if the movie were saying that lethal violence is acceptable (and fun) as long as the victims–like the victims of guided missiles and high-altitude bombing–remain anonymous. Any comedy that allows the mind to ponder high-altitude bombing is in deep trouble."[14]
Los Angeles Times critic Peter Rainer called it "a crude rehashing of the high points of the first film." Ranier singled out director Hill, who he said "surely recognizes the hollowness of what he's doing here. He tries to ram through the muddled exposition as quickly as possible; essentially, the film is wall-to-wall mayhem, with more shots of hurled bodies shattering windows than I've ever seen in a movie."[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Dwyer, Michael (4 May 1990). "Hollywood budgets go through the roof: REEL NEWS". The Irish Times. p. 10.
- ^ a b "Another 48 HRS. (1990)". Box Office Mojo. 1990-08-14. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Another 48 Hrs". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ a b Landro, Laura (August 13, 1990). "Paramount's Problems With Eddie Murphy Sour Honey of a Deal". The Wall Street Journal. p. A1.
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (September 29, 1989). "At the Movies". The New York Times. p. C.10.
- ^ Friedman, David (September 24, 1989). "Moving Pictures That Move When director Walter Hill says 'Lights! Camera! Action!' he's very serious about that last word". Newsday. p. 17.
- ^ Paul, Louis (August 1, 1999). "Brion James - Interview". Brion James Tribute. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ Another 48 Hrs. at AllMusic
- ^ Broeske, Pat H. (1990-06-11). "48 HRS' Fails to Top 'Total' Ticket Sales". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
- ^ Landro, Laura (7 September 1990). "Paramount Is Still Seeking a Media Firm: Davis Says Company Isn't Designed to 'Stay as Is'". The Wall Street Journal. p. B7.
- ^ "Another 48 Hrs. (1990)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ "Another 48 Hrs. Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (8 June 1990). "Review/Film;For Murphy And Nolte, A Sequel". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
- ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : Another 95 Minutes : Sequel: 'Another 48 HRS.,' a crude rehashing of the 1982 hit, reteams Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in wall-to-wall mayhem". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
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