7.0
“Axel Foley is back. Back where he doesn't belong.”
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
May 18, 19871h 43mEN
6.5
2.8K votes
Overview
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
Director
Tony ScottWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$28.0M
Revenue
$300.0M
Production Companies
Eddie Murphy ProductionsParamount PicturesDon Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
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User Reviews
JPV852
7.0Entertaining enough sequel isn't as sharp as the original and some parts felt like Murphy's stand-up routine, and while the plot itself was weak, did enjoy the on-screen friendships between Murphy, Reinhold and Ashton. **3.5/5**
CinemaSerf
6.0Well I suppose a sequel to the 1984 success was inevitable, and to be fair Tony Scott has managed to re-assemble the cast from the first film and recruit Jürgen Prochnow ("Dent") to adopt the Steven Berkoff role as baddie-in-chief. The rest of this is pretty much a straight copy of the original as Eddie Murphy's "Foley" reunites with "Ashton" (John Taggart) and "Rosewood" (Judge Reinhold) to get to the bottom of an assassination attempt on their beloved "Bogomil" (Ronny Cox) after he had been suspended for failing to make inroads into the media-dominating "alphabet crimes". What now ensues is…
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