48 Hrs. (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #12.2 extract: 48 Hrs. (1982)

Fuckin tremendous. There isn't any other way to say it. 

A simple buddy cop movie, this time with a convict as a partner, that we've all seen versions of a million times before - and this is probably the best one ever made (the closest competition being Lethal Weapon). 

The cinematography is excellent, capturing the textures and lights of a city masterfully. The direction is brilliant, full of precise cinematic language - a stand out scene containing a great long-take set-piece in a police station that brings together Spielberg (Welles) and Altman (Renoir) through a sweet oner and some intricate sound design. Murphy and Nolte are fantastic, bringing so much to this terrific script that only has a few shaky lines of dialogue. 

... I'm running out of adjectives, but this is a pure classic. If anyone says anything bad about this movie, just know they're a dickhead and probably wrong.