The boys are back in town! Going back to our roots for this episode THE LAST ACTION HEROES take to the grimy, crime ridden streets of San Francisco in a beat-up blue Cadillac convertible as we check out the gritty 1982 odd-couple classic 48HRS.Whilst investigating a simple case of credit card fraud, grizzled San Francisco cop Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) has a bloody encounter with recently escaped convict Albert Ganz (James Remar) and his psychotic right hand man Billy Bear (Sonny Landham in his 386th role as Billy). Barely getting away with his life and wanting revenge, Cates takes on the case to track down these violent fugitives and bring them to justice…dead or alive. Enlisting the help of ex-gang member Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), who is currently serving the last few months of a 3-year prison sentence, Cates has 48hrs to crack the case and find Ganz before his informant Reggie must return to his cell and Ganz and Billy Bear skip town with Reggie’s nest egg: $500,000. Will the duo be able to put aside their differences and work together? Will Reggie finally get some? Will Dan ever manage to construct a cohesive sentence in this episode?With a slew of hard-hitting writing talent, stark narrative and visual contrasts, layers of dark humour and a stellar breakout performance from Eddie Murphy in his first film role, we get into this surprisingly hard-boiled, violent movie that would go on to set the formula for the buddy cop sub-genre for years to come.Featuring the whiskey breakfast chugging, ‘one day till retirement’ tones of Hardboiled Grumpy Detective Jack’SPER Cates, LEON-ggie Hammond, Billy BJORN, and Albert DANz.This episode is brought to you by Vroman’s in the Fillmore, where the party goes on 48hrs a day.
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