Classic Friday : 48 Hrs. (1982) 8/10

Starring : Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O’Toole
Director : Walter Hill
Running Time : mins

San Fransisco cop Jack Cates (Nolte) is out for vengeance when a number of cops are murdered by some known criminals. In order to track them down, Cates is given permission to join forced with criminal Reggie Hammond (Murphy) who is allowed out of prison for just two days to help catch his former partners who screwed him out of some money and left him to rot in jail.

This is the first feature film for Eddie Murphy, and he really shines as an unknown in the fantastic buddy movie. The dynamic of cop and crook, combined with their obvious differences in upbringing, works incredibly well here, and many films have desperately tried to copy this formula with differing levels of success.

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