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The film seems... to be a precisely timed affair: so many seconds for this, so many for that, and the natural flow of the story be damned.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Beverly Hills Cop II
Axel Foley is back. Back where he doesn't belong.
1987 · 1h 43m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Tony Scott
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Beverly Hills Cop II
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Tony Scott Director
- Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley
- Judge Reinhold as Billy Rosewood
- John Ashton as John Taggart
- Jürgen Prochnow as Maxwell Dent
- Ronny Cox as Andrew Bogomil
- Brigitte Nielsen as Karla Fry
- Allen Garfield as Harold Lutz
- Dean Stockwell as Chip Cain
- Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman
- Gilbert R. Hill as Inspector Todd
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What is comedy? That's a pretty basic question, I know, but Cop II never thought to ask it.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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