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‘Another 48 Hrs’ With Bill Simmons Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

January 22, 2026 · Another 48 Hrs. (1990) · Action · Comedy · Crime · 1:46:41

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Horlbeck Runtime Scale

Bill Simmons▶ 43:36Plus five - 95 minutes vs 100 minute baseline
Chris Ryan▶ 43:38Perfect length, right in the sweet spot

Watch Party

Bill Simmons▶ 44:31Top Gun is a top five 5 o'clock movie - perfect for group viewing with timing that gets you home for dinner
Chris Ryan▶ 44:33Agrees it's maybe a top five 5 o'clock movie - exactly what you'd want for group viewing

Most Rewatchable Scene

Bill Simmons▶ 45:11The opening scene until 26 minutes into the movie, specifically the bar scene with Jack being attacked by bikers and Reggie's bus getting attacked simultaneously
Chris Ryan▶ 45:28Participated in discussing Bill's opening scene pick, focusing on the desert location and prison transport elements, but didn't provide his own specific scene selection
Van Lathan▶ 45:18Engaged extensively with Bill's pick of the opening/bar scene, asking detailed questions about the bar's location and discussing the violence, but didn't offer his own specific scene pick

Den of Thieves Benihana Award

Bill Simmons▶ 52:15The bar and Chinatown Hotel shootout locations
Van Lathan▶ 52:15The bar and the bus as scene-stealing locations

Slow Ride Award

Bill Simmons▶ 1:06:50The Bird Cage strip club scene at the end, also mentioned the first location at Doones Bar as a possibility
Chris Ryan▶ 1:06:59The King Mai Hotel scene

Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Chris Ryan▶ 1:11:13We need to get back to bad guys like Cherry Gantz - purely psychopathic villains without complex backstories or motivations, just simple revenge-driven antagonists

Is There a Better Title?

Bill Simmons▶ 1:12:03Suggested multiple alternatives: 'Another 48 Hours: Cherry's Revenge', '48 Hours Two', and '48 Hours to Reggie Gets Out'
Chris Ryan▶ 1:12:18Jack and Reggie
Van Lathan▶ 1:12:1448 More Hours

Butch's Girlfriend Award

Bill Simmons▶ 1:12:31The plot's incoherent - Jack can't find the Iceman for years but never suspects other cops, Jack is such an idiot
Chris Ryan▶ 1:13:15The Bernie Casey Tisha Campbell part - felt like it was stapled on at the end, randomly endangering this woman for no reason
Van Lathan▶ 1:14:22The story is the weak link, but specifically hates the unrealistic scene where Angel refuses $75,000 saying it has blood on it

Overacting Award

Bill Simmons▶ 1:16:11The hotel clerk in the Chinatown Hotel - she dials it up for two minutes
Chris Ryan▶ 1:16:19Cherry when he sees the Jack isn't dead - he goes screaming

Dion Waiters Award

Bill Simmons▶ 1:25:55Bernie Casey
Chris Ryan▶ 1:25:59Kathy Haas — Kathy Haas as the Bar Stormers bartender

Best Quote

Bill Simmons▶ 1:27:07Mentions liking the 'Black people stuff' line and notes Eddie has good quotes overall
Chris Ryan▶ 1:26:48If shit was worth something, poor people would be born with no assholes

Apex Mountain

Bill Simmons▶ 1:28:06Nick Nolte — Eddie Nolte - getting close to apex
Chris Ryan▶ 1:28:14Another 48 Hrs. — Brian James - probably apex mountain
Van Lathan▶ 1:28:09Nick Nolte — Nolte Re-Apex

Picking Nits

Bill Simmons▶ 1:31:50Multiple nits: Reggie shooting someone with no consequences, revolvers having too many bullets, timeline inconsistencies with Malcolm Price ID scene, Jack's racism disappearing between movies, and Cherry Gant being an odd name for a villain
Chris Ryan▶ 1:32:41Almost every revolver in the movie has 14 bullets when they should have 6
Van Lathan▶ 1:32:02Hotel clerk lady complaining about noise during an active gunfight (calls this his 'top nit ever'), Jack going to trial immediately after a police shooting without administrative leave, and Jack abandoning Reggie in prison

Best Double Feature

Bill Simmons▶ 1:41:26Tango & Cash

Who Won the Movie

Bill Simmons▶ 1:41:31Eddie Murphy

Movies Referenced (58)

Men in Black (1997)

7 mentions · Van Lathan▶ 30:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, Chris Ryan▶ 17:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Zodiac (2007)

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, Chris Ryan▶ 2:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Blue Chips (1994)

4 mentions · Van Lathan, Bill Simmons▶ 7:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

4 mentions · Van Lathan▶ 1:18:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Coming to America (1988)

3 mentions · Van Lathan, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 15:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 10:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Heat (1995)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons, Van Lathan▶ 36:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Pulp Fiction (1994)

3 mentions · Van Lathan, Chris Ryan▶ 26:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Running Scared (2006)

3 mentions · Van Lathan▶ 1:16:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

American Sniper (2014)

2 mentions · Van Lathan, Bill Simmons▶ 58:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Den of Thieves (2018)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 48:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (9)

Walter Hill

11 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan · Known for 48 Hrs., Aliens▶ 31:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Spike Lee

10 mentions · Van Lathan, Bill Simmons · Known for Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, She's Gotta Have It▶ 11:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Quentin Tarantino

4 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn▶ 26:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Tom Brady

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for The Hot Chick▶ 1:21:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Stanley Kubrick

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons · Known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon▶ 55:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Mann

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans▶ 36:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Paul Grinder

1 mentions · Van Lathan · Known for District 9▶ 1:45:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ridley Scott

1 mentions · Van Lathan · Known for The Martian, Blade Runner▶ 1:23:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Wes Craven

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, New Nightmare▶ 1:28:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (73)

Eddie Murphy

77 mentions · Van Lathan, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Harlem Nights, The Nutty Professor▶ 3:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Nick Nolte

24 mentions · Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, Chris Ryan · Known for Warrior▶ 7:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Brent Jennings

12 mentions · Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, Chris Ryan▶ 59:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bernie Casey

10 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan · Known for Never Say Never Again, Revenge of the Nerds▶ 55:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Tom Hanks

10 mentions · Van Lathan, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Cast Away, Big, Forrest Gump▶ 28:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Tisha Campbell

7 mentions · Van Lathan, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Little Shop of Horrors, House Party▶ 1:13:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mike Myers

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Van Lathan · Known for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery▶ 1:21:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Richard Pryor

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, Chris Ryan · Known for Silver Streak▶ 23:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Robin Williams

5 mentions · Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, Bill Simmons · Known for Mrs. Doubtfire▶ 22:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Brian James

4 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for A Cry in the Dark▶ 34:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mike Tyson

4 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Hangover▶ 11:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Rene Russo

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Nightcrawler, The Thomas Crown Affair, Ransom▶ 11:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (4)

Art Buchwald

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 16:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Colleen Hoover

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for It Ends with Us, Regretting You▶ 1:06:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

JD Vance

1 mentions · Van Lathan · Known for Hillbilly Elegy▶ 35:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 43:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cinematographers Referenced (2)

Robert Gantz

2 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 1:11:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Adam Sidman

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 1:20:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗