Amazon.com video review:
The 1988 sequel to one of the most successful
movies of all time finds Eddie Murphy reprising his role as
Detroit police detective Axel Foley, and once again playing a fish out
of water as he tries to solve a series of heists in Beverly Hills that
may be connected to the attempted murder of his friend, a Beverly
Hills police captain (Ronny Cox). Constructed in a much flashier and
faster-paced visual style than the first film, the song still remains
the same as Foley tries to keep his job in Detroit while solving
crimes for the Beverly Hills cops. Murphy again makes the most of
culture shock for comic effect, and the easy rapport between Murphy
and Billy (Judge Reinhold), now a cheerfully over the top Rambo-esque
figure, is still the centerpiece of this series. While not the least
bit original, director Tony Scott (Crimson Tide, Top Gun) puts his own
stamp on this installment and keeps the action and the laughs
coming. --Robert Lane
