NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Predrag When the two "48 Hours" movies were made, there were a few people who had mobile communications. But not like it is now. If I had a dog, he or she would mope around until the dog had their own cellular, or internet. Hammond was in a phone booth, trying to borrow money. Now, telephone booths are rare. Yet, with cellular still in the future, Reggie Hammond had bought himself a Porsche he bought with money he made in crime. His Porsche had a special key with a computer chip, a common sight now when people are tweeting their cars. Hammond tweeted his Porsche into a thousand pieces. Don't you love cinema pyrotechnics? Cates was not very impressed or sympathetic. "You're just having a bad day, Reggie". After Hammond had already lost his James Brown tape.The first half struck me as better than the first film, but then it devolves into almost shockingly bad in the second half. It's what-were-they-thinking bad. A good example is the scene where the two bikers drive their cycles through a movie screen during a nude sequence. Why sure! The only thing I can think of is that director Walter Hill was shooting for mythic cool-ness in the manner of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Unfortunately, he ended up with laughable wreck. To add insult to injury, the revelation of the Iceman is lame. Would a real drug kingpin keep an exhausting full-time job? Isn't the purpose of being a drug kingpin to make loads of money so you can kick back and enjoy the so-called high life? Moreover, the conflict-habituated relationship of the protagonists really starts to grate on the nerves by the second half. There's another scene in the first half that's a cool action scene on the surface; that is, until you think about it. It's the sequence where two bikers attempt to kill someone in a mini-bus by riding alongside the vehicle on either side while blowing holes into it. All the driver has to do is swerve to one side or the other and – voilà – both bikers are taken out. The action is awesome, the acting and the music are superb. Two thumbs up to Walter Hill and the rest of the cast & crew! Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

SnoopyStyle San Francisco police detective Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) has been tracking mysterious drug-lord Iceman. Iceman henchman Tyrone Burroughs is hiring a hit-man to kill Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy). Jack kills the hit-man but Tyrone escapes. Internal affairs Blake Wilson investigates and Jack is suspended facing possible charges. Reggie is getting out of prison after his 5 years. He demands to get his money from Jack but Jack refuses unless Reggie helps him. Tyrone hires Ganz and the violent biker gang to kill Reggie. Ganz is looking to avenge his brother and kill Jack. After they are both attacked, they are forced together once again.Director Walter Hill returns with Nolte and Murphy. It is wall to wall violence. It's explosions, gun battles, crashes and kills. However, the comedy isn't there any more and the vile language has been tone down quite a lot. I still like the guys but they don't have the same chemistry. It's missing the raw energy and Murphy's humor in the original.

AaronCapenBanner Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy return for this sequel, as Jack Cates and Reggie Hammond must re-team to stop a powerful drug kingpin named the Iceman who is trying to kill them both, for different reasons. Jack is under suspicion for murder after killing a crook shooting at him, but the gun can't be found. Hammond is being released from prison when the bus carrying him is attacked, and he is almost killed. Both realize that they must unite again(despite lingering resentments) to save their lives, reputations, and recover some stolen money.Heavy-handed film must(as other critics have noted) set a record for smashing more glass than any other film in history. Identity of the Iceman will come as a surprise, but not a good one. Story is barely memorable, though the actors do their best to recreate the humor from the first that made it so popular(but not with me). Otherwise, routine.

FlashCallahan San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day. Jack tries to convince him to help clear his name and find the Ice Man, but Reggie says he won't help unless he gives him the $500,000 that Jack has been holding on to. Jack refuses unless Reggie helps him......One of those sequels that were made in the late eighties, early nineties when the stars power was dwindling, and the original was quite successful.Thankfully this isn't the dog you've been led to believe, and to be fair, it's a lot more exciting than the original. They have tried to relate both films by making one of the bikers the brother of one of the people who were killed in the first one, but this is all about the stars.The script is good, and Nolte really stands against Murphy, who was easily one of the biggest stars in the world at the time. Set pieces are good, the plot can be a little incoherent at times, but it hurtles along at a good enough pace, you really forget that the chief bad guy is named after a Marvel character.If it were made before Harlem Nights, it would probably have had success like BHC 2, but one feels that Murphys ego was partially to blame.A fun movie.