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Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren, and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop and the second installment in the Beverly Hills Cop film series .
- $27 million
- Harold Faltermeyer
- Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley, a street-wise Detroit detective who invades Beverly Hills to solve a series of "alphabet crimes". IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this action comedy film.
- Tony Scott
- 3 min
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the 1987 action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop II, directed by Tony Scott and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help solve the "Alphabet Crimes" and avenge his friend's shooting. He poses as an FBI agent, foils a robbery, and confronts the arms dealer Maxwell Dent.
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Eddie Murphy remains appealing as the wisecracking Axel Foley, but Beverly Hills Cop II doesn't take him -- or the viewer -- anywhere new enough to justify a sequel. The hard-nosed Detroit cop ...
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Roger Ebert pans the sequel to the comedy hit "Beverly Hills Cop" as a routine action movie with no humor or likable characters. He criticizes Eddie Murphy's performance as a loud and arrogant cop who shouts at everyone in Beverly Hills.
In this sizzling, smash-hit sequel to Beverly Hills Cop, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is going undercover into the chic wilds of Southern California, unleashing his arsenal of blazing gunfire and rapid-fire gags against a gang of munitions smugglers. Starring: John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, Eddie Murphy. The heat's back on!
