   another 48 hrs. is a 1990 action-crime comedy film and a sequel to the 1982 film 48 hrs.. it was directed by walter hill and stars eddie murphy, nick nolte, brion james, andrew divoff, and ed o'ross. in the film, nolte reprises his role as san francisco police officer jack cates, who has 48 hours to clear his name from a potential manslaughter charge. to do so, he needs the help of reggie hammond (murphy), cates's friend who is now a newly released convict. at the same time, a notorious mastermind known only as the iceman has hired a gang of bikers to kill reggie. ==plot== it's five years after the death of albert ganz. san francisco cop jack cates is at the hunter's point raceway, checking out tyrone burroughs, who, for some reason, is giving some money to mechanic arthur brock. when jack pulls his gun on them, brock pulls out a gun and starts firing, and jack shoots brock dead in self defense as burroughs escapes with the money. jack then picks up a picture from the scene -- and it's a picture of reggie hammond. among those who show up at the scene are fellow cops ben kehoe and frank cruise, and also blake wilson, the head of the internal affairs division. jack tells wilson that he shot brock in self defense, but cruise says that he can't find brock's gun. for the past four years, jack has been after a drug kingpin called the ice man, and wilson believes that the ice man is a figment of jack's imagination. the shooting of arthur brock was the result of one of jack's attempts to get a lead on who the
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