Rating: R
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 06/08/1990(USA)
Release Date: 02/16/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
At times,
Another 48 Hrs. seems less like a sequel to than a parody of the first
48 Hrs., especially when
Nick Nolte, repeating his role from the earlier film, begins commenting on the cliched absurdity of the goings on. This time,
Nolte risks life, limb and career as he obsessively tries to bring an elusive master criminal known as "The Iceman" to justice.
Eddie Murphy, who stole the show in the first
48 Hrs. as the wheeler-dealer convict who becomes
Nolte's reluctant partner, is brought into the plotline of the second film when a contract is taken out on his life. The adversarial relationship between
Nolte and
Murphy, supposedly dissipated by the end of the first film, is revivified in the sequel via a couple of plot devices. Still,
Murphy rallies to the occasion, in the process saving
Nolte from being thrown off the force. Though not as successful as the first film,
Another 48 Hrs. proved that there were still enough
Eddie Murphy fans around in 1990 to insure a strong box-office showing.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
