Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Director:

John Landis

Writers (WGA):

Danilo Bach (character) and
Daniel Petrie Jr. (character) ...

Release Date:

25 May 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

It's on!

Plot:

Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords:

Amazing Grace Hymn | Box Office Flop | No Opening Credits | Cult Favorite | No Title At Beginning

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Eddie Murphy	...	Det. Axel Foley
Jon Tenney	...	Levine
Joey Travolta	...	Giolito
Eugene Collier	...	Leppert
Jimmy Ortega	...	Rondell
Ousaun Elam	...	Pederson
Ray Lykins	...	Nixon
Tim Gilbert	...	McKee
Rick Avery	...	Cline
Gilbert R. Hill	...	Insp. Douglas Todd (as Gil Hill)
Dick Purtan	...	Detroit Disc Jockey
Fred Asparagus	...	Bobby
Louis Lombardi	...	Snake
Lindsey Ginter	...	Holloway
Timothy Carhart	...	Ellis De Wald

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:PA (Manitoba) | South Korea:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:R (Ontario) (original rating) | Brazil:12 | France:U | USA:R (certificate #32824) | Canada:14+ (Ontario - 2006) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Canada:14A | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills Police Department - 464 N Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The Alien Attack ride in the movie was actually the "Earthquake" part of the Backlot tour in Universal Studios Hollywood.

Goofs:

Continuity: Right after Foley sees the counterfeit money room and is cornered in the main park area by security, he pulls out his gun and fires three rounds into the air. When he lowers the gun and the camera is on him again, the gun appears to be empty (the barrel is completely exposed and waiting to be re-cocked).

Quotes:

Serge: Achwell, try to say Serge. It's not so difficult. Surge? Sounds like a detergent.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Twilight (1998)

Soundtrack:

North Dakota, South Dakota

Implausible mediocrity.

How Landis, Lucas, and even Murphy lent themselves to this debacle is beyond me. Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if the many implausibilities didn't make it such a departure from the first movie, which I thought was very good.

The one armed rescue from the ferris wheel? Come on! No one has that kind of strength. And how did he escape burning his hand on the rope? How come all the bad guys, who were supposedly from the best security firm in California, couldn't hit the side of a barn with their uzis yet Axel and Co. hit dead center with virtually all of their shots? How did Axel produce counterfeit money with his image on it in like 10 seconds? How come the security guards gave Axel so much hassle when he first tried to enter the park, yet when he enters the corporate center , he is unfettered? The list goes on and on.

Now, I know what you are saying. "It's a movie!" "It's not supposed to be real." But you see, the first episode of the series was quite plausible, and in contrast, made the this third film highly suspect and therefore subject to ridicule.

Suffice it to say, we won't be seeing BHC IV any time soon. Thank God!