Article: Movies;'48 Hrs.,' One More Time

"Another 48 Hrs.," the new follow-up to the enormously successful salt 'n' pepper buddy movie prototype, isn't so much a sequel as it is a Xerox. You're darn tootin' it's another "48 Hrs."-down to the last bullet, the last loving buddy look.

The setup is the same, the characters are the same, even the jokes and some of the scenes are the same. The only difference is that nobody seems to be having much fun this time out-the audience least of all.

Once again, Jack (Nick Nolte) needs help from Reggie (Eddie Murphy) and visits him in prison to renew their friendship. If you were figuring that, after eight years, Reggie would have gotten out of jail, you figured wrong. Conveniently, the ...

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