Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Tony Scott

Writers:

Danilo Bach (characters) and
Daniel Petrie Jr. (characters) ...

Release Date:

20 May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

The Heat's Back On!

Plot:

Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogamil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.

Plot Keywords:

Robbery | Police | Weapon | Armored Car | Lasersight

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Eddie Murphy	...	Det. Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold	...	Det. William 'Billy' Rosewood
John Ashton	...	Det. Sgt. John Taggart
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Maxwell Dent
Ronny Cox	...	Capt. / Chief Andrew Bogomil
Brigitte Nielsen	...	Karla Fry
Allen Garfield	...	Police Chief Harold Lutz
Dean Stockwell	...	Charles 'Chip' Cain
Paul Reiser	...	Det. Jeffrey Friedman
Gilbert R. Hill	...	Insp. Douglas Todd (as Gil Hill)
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Nikos Thomopolis
Robert Ridgely	...	Mayor Ted Egan
Brian O'Connor	...	Biddle, Lutz's Aide
Alice Adair	...	Jan Bogomil
Eugene Butler	...	May

Also Known As:

Le flic de Beverly Hills II (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Beverly Hills Cop II (West Germany) [de]
Beverly Hills kyttä 2 (Finland) [fi]
Beverly Hills-i zsaru 2. (Hungary) [hu]
Frækkere end politiet tillader II (Denmark) [da]
Gliniarz z Beverly Hills II (Poland) [pl]
O Caça Polícias II (Portugal) [pt]
O batsos tou Beverly Hills no 2 (Greece) [el]
Policajac sa Beverli Hilsa 2 (Serbia) [sr]
Snuten i Hollywood II (Sweden) [sv]
Sosyete polisi 2 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Superdetective en Hollywood II (Spain) [es]
Um Tira da Pesada II (Brazil) [pt]
Un detective suelto en Hollywood II (Argentina) [es]
Un piedipiatti a Beverly Hills 2 (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R | Canada:R (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #28536) | Netherlands:12 | Canada:14A | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-14 | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:12 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

444 S. Flower Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Axel (Eddie Murphy) introduces himself at the gun club as "Richard James", the name of Murphy's musician friend who produced his 1986 album.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the shoot-out in the oil field, Billy opens/extends the LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon) twice.

Quotes:

Axel Foley: [to Rosewood and Taggart] "If you get your head out of your ass long enough"? "Kiss my ass"? You're gettin' more and more like me every day. Next thing you know you're gonna have Afros... big dicks and all!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes (1994) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Hold On

Very good sequel

"Beverly Hills Cop II" is the entertaining sequel to the 1984 smash hit. Of course, this sequel can't top the original, but it's still pretty good. Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley and returns to Beverly Hills to help avenge the attack of a friend. This movie isn't as fresh as the original movie, but I found myself laughing alot throughout. Plus, the action scenes are well done. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, and Paul Reiser all reprise their roles from the first film along with Murphy. "Beverly Hills Cop II" is a movie that's loud and noisy at times, but it's funny and entertaining. And it's much better than the disappointing third movie in the series, "Beverly Hills Cop III".

*** (out of four)