Beverly Hills Cop II
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of Police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the assistance of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they quickly uncover that the shooting is connected to a series of alphabet robberies orchestrated by a ruthless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
Director(s)
Tony Scott
Peter Bogart
Hope R. Goodwin
Michael Amundson
Betty A. Griffin
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JPV852
Entertaining 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
Well 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 really a vehicle for the star and his quick-mouth. The others continue to deliver well as foils for his antics, though this time they are more active participants and less unwilling victims! The plot is thin, but that doesn't matter - Prochnow offers just about enough menace and there are still plenty of perilous scenarios for them to, obviously, get trapped into and then escape from! It clearly isn't as fresh now, the characters are regurgitating themselves to some extent, but as sequels go this one retains much of the character and joie de vivre of the fish-out-of-water aspects that worked well before. It's not great, but it's an easy and entertaining film to watch.
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Beverly Hills Cop II FAQs
The directors of Beverly Hills Cop II are Tony Scott, Peter Bogart, Hope R. Goodwin, Michael Amundson, and Betty A. Griffin.
The cast of Beverly Hills Cop II includes Chris Rock as Parking Valet, Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, Tommy Lister Jr. as Orvis, Judge Reinhold as Billy Rosewood, Gilbert Gottfried as Sidney Bernstein, Jürgen Prochnow as Maxwell Dent, Ronny Cox as Andrew Bogomil, Brigitte Nielsen as Karla Fry, Vic Manni as Rap Singing Guard, Frank Pesce as Carlotta, Tom Bower as Russ Fielding, Larry Carroll as T.V. Reporter, and more.
The duration of Beverly Hills Cop II is 1h 43 mins.
You can watch Beverly Hills Cop II on Apple TV Store (Rent), Amazon Video (Rent), and Apple TV Store (Buy). Check this Fanbiz page for the latest platforms.
Beverly Hills Cop II was released on 18 May 1987.
Beverly Hills Cop II is listed under Action, Comedy, and Crime on Fanbiz.
Beverly Hills Cop II has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.5/10. One reviewer wrote: "Entertaining 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 friends..."
