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Beverly Hills Cop II<\/strong> (1987)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paramount\/Action-Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 102 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (pervasive language and vulgarity, some strong violence, brief nudity)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Tony Scott\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Harold Faltermeyer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Jeffrey L. Kimball\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 20, 1987 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Jurgen Prochnow, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Dean Stockwell, Paul Reiser, Gil Hill, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert Ridgely, Alice Adair, Gilbert Gottfried, Brian O’Connor, Tom Bower, Hugh Hefner, Robert Pastorelli, Frank Pesce, Chris Rock, Tommy “Tiny” Lister.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $153.6M (US)\/$276.6M (World)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating:<\/strong> ***<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Comedy sequels are rarely as good as the original and Beverly Hills Cop II<\/strong> is no exception. It\u2019s not that it\u2019s bad in any way; it\u2019s just completely different from its predecessor. Directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun), it\u2019s an action-comedy turned up to 11. It is LOUD! Guns don’t just fire, they explode. People don’t just talk, they shout and scream. Nobody just drives, they careen and screech all over the place destroying a lot of property along the way. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many parking meters being taken out in a single movie. Then there’s the soundtrack which blares throughout almost the entire movie. At 102 minutes, you’ll be reaching for the Extra Strength Tylenol by the end. Los Angeles Times critic Sheila Benson put it best when she said in her review \u201c[it] isn\u2019t a sequel, it\u2019s a heart attack\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I saw Beverly Hills Cop II<\/strong> on its second day of release with my dad. It was a twilight show and the theater was about half-full. It definitely wasn\u2019t expecting what I saw. I didn\u2019t care for it. At the same time, I couldn\u2019t simply dismiss it as folly. There was something about it that compelled me to see it a second time. I took a girl to see it on our first date. I liked it a little better that time. Over the years, it\u2019s grown on me. Now I really like it, flaws and all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The sequel\u2019s biggest problem is the convoluted plot. It makes no damn sense. It seems like the villains’ motives change every 10 minutes. It’s nearly impossible to figure out their desired end game. It starts off with a jewelry store robbery, the first in a series of robberies dubbed \u201cThe Alphabet Crimes\u201d. Captain Bogomil (Cox, RoboCop) is on to something and the bad guys know it. That\u2019s why they gun him down in broad daylight. He\u2019s the \u201cB\u201d crime (for Bogomil).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Word gets back to Axel Foley (Murphy) in Detroit about the attempt on Bogomil\u2019s life. They\u2019re all friends now, Foley, Bogomil, Taggart (Ashton, Midnight Run) and Rosewood (Reinhold, Fast Times at Ridgemont High). He jumps on the first plane to Beverly Hills even though he\u2019s supposed to be \u201cdeep, deep undercover\u201d to bust a counterfeit credit card ring in Detroit. Together with Taggart and Rosewood, he tries to get to the bottom of the Alphabet Crimes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The Beverly Hills baddies behind the crime spree are Maxwell Dent (Prochnow, Das Boot), Karla Fry (Nielsen, Cobra) and Charles Cain (Stockwell, Blue Velvet). However, none of them are as big an adversary as Chief Lutz (Garfield, The Cotton Club), the new head honcho of the BHPD. He\u2019s an abusive ass who suspends Bogomil for daring to ask the feds for helping solving the Alphabet Crimes. He demotes Taggart and Rosewood to traffic duty. He doesn\u2019t listen to anybody about anything. He\u2019s a nightmare boss. Naturally, Foley is going to have fun screwing with him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Let\u2019s forget about plot and talk about other things. Is Beverly Hills Cop II<\/strong> funny? Yes, quite frequently it is. Foley still knows how to get over on the rich, clueless people of 90210. The scene where he gets past a snooty receptionist at a gun club is a riot. And who else would have the gumption to steal a house because he needs a place to stay while he\u2019s in town? Who else but Axel Foley?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Then there\u2019s the BH dynamic duo, Taggart and Rosewood. They\u2019re still great together. This time, we learn more about them. Rosewood, as it turns out, has a hidden violent streak. He has quite a collection of automatic weapons and posters of Sylvester Stallone movies (a nod to the first movie) adorn the walls of his place. He also has ferns and a turtle named Big Al. Taggart’s wife has left him and he doesn’t want to talk about it. He’s still a likable grouch. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Beverly Hills Cop II <\/strong>has plenty of action too. It\u2019s really more of an action movie if you think about it. It has a lot of shooting and gunplay. There\u2019s also a cool chase involving a cement mixer. That is Rosewood\u2019s doing, of course. Foley asks him to find a vehicle to chase down the crooks that try to rob the City Depository (the \u201cC\u201d and \u201cD\u201d crime) and this is what he comes back with. It\u2019s not the ideal way to chase criminals, but it sure looks like fun. Their pursuit leads them right to a party at the Playboy Mansion where they encounter Hef himself. Then there\u2019s the finale, a huge gunfight involving the use of a rocket launcher. That\u2019s Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson for you! They don\u2019t do subtle; neither does Tony Scott.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Murphy is funny once again, but did he need to shout nearly all of his dialogue? Is he the new spokesperson for the School for the Hard of Hearing? Ashton and Reinhold still have great chemistry. Garfield plays a perfect a-hole. Nielsen is just hot. Bronson Pinchot isn\u2019t on hand for Beverly Hills Cop II<\/strong>. In his stead, comedian Gilbert Gottfried (The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) cameos as an obnoxious accountant tricked into helping the guys with their investigation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0It may not be as great as the original, but there\u2019s plenty of enjoyment to be had with Beverly Hills Cop II<\/strong>. The three-way chemistry between Murphy, Ashton and Reinhold gives the movie a boost. It’s fun to watch them joke around while going after the bad guys. I do have one question though. How is it that they\u2019re able to solve such a complicated and confusing case in just two days? Also, how does Bogomil make such a speedy recovery from his near-fatal wounds? At first, he’s in the hospital in critical condition. Two days later, he’s up and around in a wheelchair. One could ask a ton of questions about the logic behind Beverly Hills Cop II<\/strong>, but why bother? It\u2019s just a fun summer movie meant to entertain Eddie\u2019s fans and viewers looking for escapist entertainment. You might be scratching your head afterwards, trying to make head or tails of the plot so don\u2019t even try. Just enjoy the ride.<\/p>\r\n Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paramount\/Action-Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 102 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (pervasive language and vulgarity, some strong violence, brief nudity)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Tony Scott\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Harold Faltermeyer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Jeffrey L. Kimball\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 20, 1987 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Jurgen Prochnow, Brigitte Nielsen, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comedies","category-sequels-remakes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Beverly-Hills-Cop-II-PIC.jpg?fit=512%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Beverly-Hills-Cop-II-POSTER.jpg?resize=620%2C915&ssl=1\")
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