Beverly Hills Cop II

    Beverly Hills Cop II
    1987

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Eddie MurphyDet. Axel Foley
    • Judge ReinholdDet. William 'Billy' Rosewood
    • Jürgen ProchnowMaxwell Dent
    • Ronny CoxCapt./Chief Andrew Bogomil
    • John AshtonDet. Sgt. John Taggart
    • Brigitte NielsenKarla Fry
    • Allen GarfieldPolice Chief Harold Lutz
    • Dean StockwellCharles 'Chip' Cain
    • Paul ReiserDet. Jeffrey Friedman
    • Gilbert R. HillInsp. Douglas Todd

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Washington Post

      Aside from the plot -- and if you can figure out the plot, the CIA's special projects unit wants to talk to you -- Cop II is a rarity: a sequel that's as good as the original, if not better.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Eddie Murphy has just paid himself a heartfelt compliment. Cut for cut, his Beverly Hills Cop II is almost a perfect match for the wildly successful "Beverly Hills Cop I," with only the crimes and the shticks changed to protect fans of the original. It could have been written by a witty computer. That's not all bad, given the quality of the model. [20 May 1987, p.C13]
    • 63

      Miami Herald

      Cop II doesn't sizzle like the original. It plays like a movie made by the numbers, an excuse to trot out Murphy and let him reprise the moves that earned the first Cop $350 million and status as the top-grossing comedy in film history. [20 May 1987, p.D1]
    • 60

      The New York Times

      The new film has at least some of its predecessor's appeal. But it can't match the first film's novelty, or recapture the excitement of watching a great comic character like Axel Foley as he first came to life.
    • 50

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      Beverly Hills Cop II puts its mega-star through a medieval trial, an ordeal by dullness. Survive these surroundings, Eddie Murphy, and you must truly be one very funny guy. Well, Eddie survives, barely, and taking our cue straight from him, so do we, almost. [22 May 1987]
    • 40

      Tampa Bay Times

      Beverly Hills Cop II is practically a carbon copy of the original movie, which, at the very least, exhibited a glimmer of invention. The sequel is superior only in terms of technique. It looks slicker and sounds better; more like a music video. Its tone is fractionally more reserved. And there isn't the unsettling clash between humor and violence. [22 May 1987, p.1D]
    • 38

      Christian Science Monitor

      The combination of caveman dialogue, overcooked action, and anything-for-an-effect performances is maddeningly crude even by cop-movie standards. [22 May 1987, p.23]
    • 30

      Variety

      Beverly Hills Cop II is a noisy, numbing, unimaginative, heartless remake of the original film...Murphy keeps things entertainingly afloat with his sassiness, raunchy one-liners, take-charge brazenness and innate irreverence.

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