Lethal Weapon may have perfected the formula of the buddy cop action film but because 48 Hours beat them to the punch by about 5 years it has its own unique energy that isn’t really been replicated to this day.
Even the comedy has a hard and sinister edge to it. There’s the infamous scene of Eddie Murphy pretending to be a cop in a redneck bar and instead of the obvious humour it feels like something raw and angry.…