Review of 48 Hrs. (1982) by Stephen S — 11 Jan 2014
Awful. Generic, predictable, and boring, this film is the sum of an endless number of tired buddy cop movie cliches. Cut those out of the film, and there's nothing left. Nothing at all. On top of that, there's only two good scenes in the entire film: the car chase/gunfight with the bus, and the scene at the redneck bar, which admittedly was very funny.
Aside from that, there's nothing good about this film. The dialogue is amazingly repetitive (did the writers/producers/director even watch or edit this film while they were shooting it?). Murphy just makes cracks about getting laid (we get it, he's a playboy) and Nolte's character just keeps calling Murphy different slurs over and over again (we get it, he's a racist).
None of this is funny, and it's hard enough to like Nolte's character without this anyway. Nick Nolte might just be the least likable actor I've seen in the history of cinematography. If not the least, he's sure as hell up there.
There's not one thing about him here that's remotely redeeming or likable, and unsurprisingly, the character comes across as exactly the same way.
This review of 48 Hrs. (1982) was written by Stephen S on 11 January 2014.
48 Hrs. has generally received positive reviews.
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