From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxh!jvs
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Dirty Harry meets Huggy Bear
Article-I.D.: ihuxh.101
Posted: Mon Dec 13 09:20:40 1982
Received: Tue Dec 14 02:00:04 1982

48 hours has been getting a lot of good reviews since its release and after
seeing it I have to agree.  For those of you who haven't heard, this movie
stars Nick Nolte & Eddie Murphy and is billed as an "Action Comedy".
There's certainly lots of action (shoot outs, car chases, blood, etc.),
there's also some good laughs.  In short, everything the reviewers are saying
is true.  Nolte & Murphy work well together and bring a certain newness to
a well worn story.  I was constantly reminded of the old Dirty Harry movies
with Clint Eastwood, but I think Nolte played a more realistic character.
This brings me to my one gripe.  Murphy is getting a lot of credit for his
work here (his movie debut), and he deserves it.  He was very good.  Nolte
on the other hand seems to be getting only honourable mention.  I feel he
was also very good.  My beef is with the reviewers not with the movie itself.
I've only been paying attention to movie reviews for the past two years or
so so I don't know how Noltes previous efforts have been recieved (comments
please), but I get the impression this guy is really underated (more comments
please).  So much for flameing.  If you like lots of action and your'e not
too squeemish, see this movie.