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

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

| Nov 12, 2018

Neither jokes nor fast, flashy action can completely distract audiences from the failure to establish an authentic, rather than a purely conventional connection between Nolte and Murphy.

| Jun 6, 2009

It’s as if Lemmon and Matthau had stumbled into The French Connection, with the added spice of race.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2007

All in all, a superior genre piece, if not the height of Hill's artistry.

| Mar 1, 2007

A down-the-line thriller, plain, fast and efficient.

| Jan 26, 2006

The movie's story is nothing to write home about. It's pretty routine. What makes the movie special is how it's made. Nolte and Murphy are good, and their dialogue is good, too -- quirky and funny.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

[It] is more memorable for its characters than for its high style, more a series of energetic scenes than a collection of handsome imagery. It has life, ferocity and humor in place of icy, stylized elegance, and that seems more than a fair trade.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 30, 2004