another 48 hr . start a two vicious killer bikers willie hancock ( david anthony marshall ) and cherry ganz ( andrew divoff ) ride into san francisco look to carry out a hit on reggie hammond ( eddie murphy ) who be soon to be release from prison . meanwhile detective jack cates ( nick nolte ) for the past four year have be try to discover the identity of a powerful drug dealer know a the iceman and after a shoot out with one of the iceman men jack find a picture of reggie and figure he can help him find the iceman . reggie be release from prison and a hit be make on him but he survive while cherry ganz decide to kill jack to avenge his brother death but a bullet proof vest save him and reggie and jack have no choice but to work together to unmask the iceman and stay alive long enough to do it . direct by walter hill who return from the original 48 hr . i actually think another 48 hr . be a good film than it predecessor on just about every level . the script by jeb stuart and john fasano and larry gross be a more balanced film and it move along at a tight pace and the action scene be well and it still have plenty of amuse one liner but have thankfully drop the racist overtone and there just more go on . from the problem jack have with internal affair to reggie have to pay someone off who keep him alive in jail and from the mysterious identity of the iceman to the fact that reggie be now a free man and doesn not have to work with jack just make another 48 hr . slightly good than the original . on the down side it nothing particularly new or original and while it not a complete rehash of the original it can feel pretty similar at time and there just so many buddy buddy cop flick out there another 48 hr . have sort of gotten lose in the crowd somewhat . personally i like it and it have plenty of bad language and one liner and decent set piece and fight and a bit of mystery surround the plot although it not that hard to work it out . director hill do alright but the film look and feel a lot like the first and the action scene be well handle and it suitably profanity ridden . brion james have say in an interview that another 48 hr . ran for something 140 minute originally and that paramount cut huge chunk out of it include a lot of footage with him in it which i find very easy to believe and james name be third in the opening credit yet he come across a a glorified extra . interestingly jam be third in the opening credit while murphy and nolte come first and second although unlike the first film murphy be now credit first and nolte second which say something all on it own . the violence isn not too strong here and some gory gunshot wound a and some punch ups be as violent a it get but at least it a solid r rather than a pg . apparently this make near $ 20 and 000 and 000 in it open weekend which i would imagine be a decent amount even for film release today so it maybe a bit puzzle a third 48 hr . flick wasn not forthcoming . it well make with that big budget hollywood feel and look to it and again set in san francisco it be again like the original partly shoot in los angeles . the acting be good with the two lead have a good on screen chemistry and murphy in foul mouth mode be pretty funny to listen too and nolte be alright but seem to be go through the motion somewhat . another 48 hr . be a throughly enjoyable 90 action flick full of bad language and violence of the sort they just do not seem to make anymore which be a shame but there you go . i think it a slight improvement on the original and a solid action flick in it own right and worth a watch for sure .