Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

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 | Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

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:

The cement truck that Billy drives has a sticker saying DS/JB Construction Company. DS and JB stand for the film's producers, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Cadillac backs up in the driveway to let the armored van pass, it clearly drives off afterward at speed. In the next shot, when Billy hits it with the cement truck, the Cadillac is now stopped side-on in the middle of the road.

Quotes:

Sergeant Taggart: Do I really look like Gerald Ford?
Axel Foley: Y'all both look like Gerald Ford!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hollywood Brass (#5.20)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Love Hate

Not as good as the first, but I still was exhausted from laughter!

Unfortunately, my video store that I rent at does not have the second Beverly Hills Cop or the third, so when I stopped by Best Buy and saw the sequel for $6.99, I thought it might be worth a buy. After watching this, I was very glad that I bought it. It was great to see our favorite Beverly Hills cop back in action! Eddie Murphy is just so great and hilarious, he can make Charles Manson laugh!

Basically, Axel has heard of some horrible crimes going on in Beverly Hills once again, so he comes back to help out the force. With his two favorite cops, Billy and John, only this time, they're a little more gutsy. Now they are after the alphabet crimes, a group of thieves led by the 7 foot tall Bridget Neilson. But it's going to be hard with the chief of Beverly Hills always getting on the trio's butts.

I loved Beverly Hills Cop 2, I hope I do find the third one, I know it doesn't have as good of a rating like the first or the second one, but still I love Eddie Murphy. Who could resist that great chuckle of his? Beverly Hills Cop 2 is filled with just as many laughs as the first one and I don't see how anyone could not laugh at least a few times.

7/10