[Walter] Hill injects larger-than-life personalities into the characters, a rollicking sense of humor to the situation and a gritty edge to the action.

| Dec 7, 2024

Murphy’s firs movie was a cannonball in terms of its splash radius to make him into a true-blue movie star.

| Jul 8, 2024

Eddie Murphy’s fast-talking, street-smart hustler Reggie Hammond pairs well with Nick Nolte’s no-nonsense, grizzled cop Jack Cates.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 4, 2024

The film never shies away from the thornier elements that develop in this story, refusing to be sanded down by studio notes to become something more palatable for mainstream audiences.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Sep 29, 2023

Totally kinetic and visual, "48 HRS." is a constant excitement.

| Mar 30, 2023

Has the look of a movie that was thrown together in a couple of days and its only claim to attention is the contribution of a refugee from "Saturday Night Live."

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 30, 2023

A quick and clever thriller as nasty as a piece of shrapnel snapping the sound barrier.

| Dec 7, 2022

The action never stops. Neither does the humor. Murphy is a riot throughout.

| Jul 19, 2022

For all its vulgar language and bloodshed, 48 Hrs. is a genuine buddy movie in the best sense of the term.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 29, 2021

The chemistry of the rumpled, grizzly, grumpy Nick Nolte paired with the sassy, funny upstart Eddie Murphy (in his film debut) elevates this San Francisco-shot, typical shoot-em-up buddy comedy. (Paramount blu-ray review).

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 18, 2021

Eddie Murphy makes a film debut for the ages. Nick Nolte's performance is often overlooked on his resume, but he's superb in the film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 11, 2021

The racism doesn't hold up but 48 Hrs. would change cinema with the big screen arrival of Eddie Murphy.

| Jul 6, 2021

Murphy's performance as Hammond, displays an actor on the verge of blooming into the most fruitful years of his career.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 6, 2021

The two leads form an entirely watchable partnership amidst a generally competent crime thriller.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 31, 2020

What makes it work are Walter Hill's switchblade-sharp direction, and the inspired teaming of Nolte and Murphy.

| Nov 12, 2018

...a rather disappointing buddy comedy.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 28, 2016

Violence, profanity, racial epithets in dated '80s movie.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 26, 2014

A genuinely tetchy, risky race comedy

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 6, 2011

A big movie loaded with skin, guns and four-letter words...

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 26, 2011

It remains one of the better action-comedy buddy pictures you'll find.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 17, 2011