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Utter garbage, 8 November 2006

Author: mutty_mcflea from Bristol, UK

'Beverly Hills Cop II' is an utterly obnoxious movie that epitomises the worst aspects of flashy '80s action and serves only as a monument to Bruckheimer and Simpson's lack of interest in anything besides cars, guns, tits and swearing. Sandwiched between the enjoyable original and the underrated third movie, not only is this sequel soulless, abrasive and boring, it's entirely lacking in laughs. Eddie Murphy's Foley comes off as a rude, selfish jerk this time round, and it's the fatal flaw of the movie than none of his shtick is remotely inventive. He just talks and talks and talks and talks and talks. Meanwhile the overly complicated plot relies on moronic coincidence to drag itself from one empty set piece to another, and the gaps in logic are filled with unmemorable pop songs, orange filters, Harold Faltermeyer's keyboard/electric guitar/bin lid/biscuit tin score, shoulder pads, bright red lipstick and big sunglasses. Diabolical.

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He's Back!, 20 October 2006

Author: Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) from WILMINGTON, NC

The return of slick cop, Axel Foley(Eddie Murphy) is in for another adventure in Beverly Hills. In the first movie, Axel goes in deep of finding his friend's killer. In part 2, Police Captain Bogamil(Ronny Cox) get shot, and his daughter Jan(Alice Adair) notifies Foley in Detroit. Knowing that his friend is in danger, he does the noble thing and heads off to Beverly Hills to find out more about the incident. First, he gets to get past a bureaucratic police chief(Allen Garfield) who is mostly all talk, and no action. Both Taggert and Rosewood(John Ashton & Judge Reinhold) work together to bring the criminals to justice. I like the music selections the movie made: "Shakedown" by Bob Seger, "Cross My Broken Heart" by The Jets, "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael, etc. Everything in the movie turned out great. Using the Mack R-Series Mixer as a "decoy" vehicle really did the trick on thwarting a robbery. Brigette Nielsen really hit it off after "Cobra", she was a very intimidating character in the movie. A little more exciting than the first, although I prefer Part one for the music score. Part 2 got more action. Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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Even better than the original!, 19 May 2004

Author: MovieLuvaMatt from New Jersey

Though I'm sure many disagree, I enjoyed the sequel even better than the original "Beverly Hills Cop." Both are good movies, but this one has more laughs, in my opinion. Eddie Murphy goes into more of his hilarious improvisations and since Tony Scott is in the director's chair this time around, the action scenes are more elaborate. Taggart and Rosewood loosened up in the end of the original, so their characters are much more fun to watch. I love Taggart's line at the end of the climactic shoot-out. I still can't say John Ashton and Judge Reinhold match up to Laurel and Hardy, like Martin Brest (director of the original) said, but they do make a great team. And as much as I loved the music in the first movie, the music in this soundtrack is even better! The song during the opening title sequence, "Shakedown," is perfect as it really got me pumped up for what was about to come. Like the original, this movie also has a strip club sequence and as an added bonus, shots of scantily clad "Playboy" bunnies. So how can I complain? Well...other than the fact that Bronson Pinchot (who stole the show in the first and third movies as the hilarious Serge) doesn't make an appearance. I still stand by my word in saying this is the best in the "Cop" series! This is yet another reminder that Eddie Murphy used to make funny movies. What happened to you, Eddie? We want you back!

My score: 7 (out of 10)

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Nostalgia's warm glow, 8 February 2004

Author: Mr Ben from Hampshire, England

Well, what do you know? After mentioning this film in a completely different review, it pops up on the BBC less than a day later. Which gives me an excellent chance to watch this film one more time and judge it on merit and not memory.

This time, Axel Foley (Murphy) returns to Beverly Hills to investigate the attempt on the life of an old friend and the connection with the so-called Alphabet Murders. Teaming up with his colleagues from the first film, Axel goes "deep undercover" to bring the perps to justice though not without indulging the viewer with a glorified view of Eighties California. You know, sports cars and palm trees. Rich bitches and their poodles, that sort of thing.

The reason I mentioned "Beverly Hills Cop II" in my review was that, for me, it's one of those films that you know inside out and still enjoy watching it despite the fact that it isn't the best example of the genre. Cop movies are 10 for a dollar but this one always sticks in my mind. Watching it last night reminded me of an extended edition of "Miami Vice" with its sharp suits, fast cars and faster women. Even one of the characters refers to "six foot blonde women growing on trees" in Beverly Hills. All the Eighties references were there - the scene at Playboy Mansion, the angry police chief (this film had two), the hyperactive stockbroker and, of course, Eddie Murphy. When will someone tell him that his era ended when the Eighties did? I fail to see how a foul-mouthed comedian and actor like Murphy can go from films like this to the awful "Daddy Day Care". Interesting to see the man who filled his shoes in the Nineties, Chris Rock from "Rush Hour", in a small cameo. Made me smile, anyway.

But for all it's faults, I still enjoy watching this film. At the time, it might have been cutting edge but now, it's more of a documentary. Simpson and Bruckheimer productions are all more-or-less identical but this has the added bonus of baring witness to an Eighties gloss overdose. Throughout this film, I kept getting reminded of that fantastic game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" and if you liked that, you'll enjoy this. Basically, if you can handle the bright neon and the famous synthersizer intro, you'll love it. But if you're still trying to blank the memory of Thatcher, Reagan and (more horrifically) The Human League, steer well clear.

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Decent sequel, 8 February 2004
Author: MovieAddict2009 from UK

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) *** / *****

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox

OK sequel to surprise-smash 1984 original sees Murphy's Axel Foley on the trail of a cop killer who's smuggling a mass supply of high-tech weapons into California. Murphy's character is a bit too much of a loudmouth this time around, with too many recycled gags and ideas, but Reinhold's supporting character (with posters of Sly Stallone films--the original targeted lead actor of the first film--adorning his home) becomes a good focus of attention. "Billy, we've gotta talk" becomes a common sentence as he reveals guns, knives and uzis to his fellow detectives. All-in-all a decent, although not very good, sequel to Martin Brest's original. (Trivia: The sequel grossed over $100 million at the box office, yet it took the filmmakers over seven years to release a sequel, because they were looking for a really good script with well-developed characters and progression. It's considered the worst of the series.)

***/*****

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Sequels only seem to be good with Hobbits and James Bond, 1 February 2004
Author: frones jones IX from The Butcher Room

Making a meaningless sequel just to make money strips away all that is decent about Hollywood, leaving just the fluff that makes up network TV. It's funny, I saw this when it was in the Theater and thought it to be pretty good. Then again, I was 14 years old, and was happy just to be at the movies with my friends on a Friday night.

Watching it again at age 31 left me feeling as insulted as most committee-thinking-borne efforts to breathe new life into dying franchises do.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think this was a TERRIBLE movie. I don't even think this was the turning point when Eddie Murphy started to become unfunny. His character was still generally intact even if it was no longer fresh. Performance-wise, he was still mostly the same Eddie Murphy. It just wasn't his finest earlier work. But he could hardly be blamed for the poor writing. OH wait! He wrote this movie. Nevermind.

What DID offend me, was the gross character misdevelopment of Rosewood. Making him suddenly obsessed with large ammunition almost to a Columbine "Trench Coat Mafia" level was ridiculous. This to me is as distracting as what they've done with the cast of the show "Friends" in the past 5 years to keep everyone interested. Rosewood's obsession with guns and subsequent stupidity is roughly akin to Joey from Friends' obsession with food and unbelievable stupidity.

It is unfortunate that movies that should stand alone get re-hashed with different directors and writers behind the wheel, and what starts as an understated cool flick ends up as something totally overblown and reflecting very little of what made the original good. (See also The Terminator franchise, Austin Powers, Alien, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc.)

Sadly, much of Hollywood believes that if you throw more money at a project and make more things blow up, it makes a better product. Those things rarely if ever make a good movie. In the case of Beverly Hills Cop 1, we loved it because Eddie was so naturally funny and comfortable to watch (so UNLIKE now,) and because it was a good Fish Out of Water story, (much like Austin Powers 1 vs. 2) and the supporting cast was believable and their good mannered rule abiding nature worked well against his rough Detroit ways. In BHC2, Rosewood is no longer a believable character, all the writing is formulaic sitcom garbage, and the Fish Out of Water is now a Salmon swimming back up stream to spawn (again.)

The hands down stupidest scene that I watched last night that prompted me to seek reviews this morning was Rosewood, upon pulling out a rocket launcher from his trunk, joyously reads aloud the instructions on how to operate it during a massive gun battle, with Taggart yelling "BILLY!" all the while. Finally, he says with a smile, "And push this button!!" (the obvious trigger of the weapon.) He then pushes the button, deliberately firing the weapon without a second thought about which way the weapon is pointed, and through sheer dumb luck, (a la Jar Jar Binks,) blows up the truck full of bad guys that have eluded Foley and Taggart who have been paying full attention to them. Suddenly Rosewood is a cross between Charleton Heston on Christmas morning and Homer Simpson.

Bottom line: For a cool, funny "Buddy Cop" movie, they should have just stopped with number 1 like "Running Scared" with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, which is on of my all time faves for the general vibe and great chemistry of the lead actors. For wrecking a perfectly good movie with a crappy sequel (or 2?) I give this movie -1 star.

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Axel Is Back., 5 September 2003

Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Eddie Murphy returns to one of his best roles in this sequel. This time around, Axel Foley is working on an undercover operation in Detroit when he learns that old buddy Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox), of the BHPD, has been shot and critically wounded by bad guys. He abandons his job - yes, he just picks up and leaves - and goes back to Beverly Hills to investigate the shooting as well as the serial robberies Bogomil was investigating.

Inferior sequel is missing the best ingredients of the first movie. Its attempts at humor are often lame, the movie is uncomfortably serious at one point, the plotting is silly at times and even unrealistic, etc. Axel's scams aren't as funny, either. It's no longer a novelty to see these characters interact, especially since Axel and his old Beverly Hills acquaintances have officially become friends. The primary bad guy, played by German actor Jurgen Prochnow, is boring, and the script even goes so far as to include sexist slurs involving the villainess played by Brigitte Nielsen.

"Johnny Wishbone?" That bit really sucked. (Although how stupid is the new BHPD police chief (Allen Garfield) for actually falling for it?)

And Billy Rosewood, Judge Reinhold's character, has been given an even bigger role, and he turns out to be both a flake and a fool.

I don't think the songs are that bad, though.

At least one can, once again, check out early roles for now-familiar performers such as Chris Rock, Gilbert Gottfried, Robert Pastorelli ('Murphy Brown') and Paul Guilfoyle ('C.S.I.').

I don't HATE it; it is entertaining and funny at times, but I have to say that the cast deserves better.

5/10

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Good action packed sequel, 20 November 2002
Author: (PhatBleekII) from Newport News, VA

Beverly Hills Cop II is a great follow up to the classic first film. While the film tones down some of the comedy , the action is upped to the max courtsey of director Tony Scott. Murphy contuines to have good chemistry with Reinhold and Ashton and Brigette Nelson is great the a villanness.

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Almost as good as its predecessor, 28 October 2002
Author: soranno from Las Vegas, Nevada

This inevitable sequel to Eddie Murphy's 1984 box office smash reunites most of the original film's cast and lets them reprise their star making roles. This time out, Detroit police detective Axel Foley (Murphy) once again responds to the call of duty....in Beverly Hills. Asking his friend (Paul Reiser) to sit in for him, he helps his old Beverly Hills cop buddies (Judge Reinhold, John Ashton) put an end to a series of crimes being performed alphabetically by a hit woman (Brigitte Nielsen) and her gang. Plenty of action packed scenes and funny moments but this film's main flaw is its frequent scenes that wind up not being entirely explained. It gets confusing at times but it doesn't necessarily cause a full distraction. Look for the hilarious Chris Rock in his film debuting bit part as a valet.

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Let's be fair with this one, 25 March 2002

Author: dee.reid from United States

In the second installment to the highly successful "Beverly Hills Cop" trilogy, we find Axel Foley(Eddie Murphy) returning once again to Beverly Hills to solve crime. This time Axel is trying to solve the shooting of Captain Bogomil(Ronny Cox). As Axel digs deeper, he discovers that Bogomil had been on the trail of a group of bank robbers, which are headed by Maxwell Dent(Jurgen Prochnow), who just so happens to own an exquisite Beverly Hills gun club. So Axel reunites with old buddies Billy Rosewood(Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart(John Ashton) to go and solve the crime.

Being that this is the second film in the trilogy, one would expect "Beverly Hills Cop II" to either be a step up or a step down from the first film. "Beverly Hills Cop II" tries to be stylish but can't even though it's in the hands of Tony Scott, director of 1986's "Top Gun". The action here is a lot wilder too, but after a while it starts to get pointless, especially in the ending shoot-out. Of course, Eddie Murphy saves this film from being another average action-comedy, which is good. So when you watch this film, try to be fair in judging in it.

I give "Beverly Hills Cop II" an 8/10.

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