Plot
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogamil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.
Release Year: 1987
Rating: 6.2/10 (40,875 voted)
Director:
Tony Scott
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow
Storyline A series of strange robberies brings Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills to help his two fellow cops solve the case. All the familiar faces of the first film are back...
Writers: Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: Eddie Murphy
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Det. Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold
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Det. William 'Billy' Rosewood
Jürgen Prochnow
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Maxwell Dent
Ronny Cox
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Capt.
/
Chief Andrew Bogomil
John Ashton
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Det. Sgt. John Taggart
Brigitte Nielsen
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Karla Fry
Allen Garfield
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Police Chief Harold Lutz
Dean Stockwell
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Charles 'Chip' Cain
Paul Reiser
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Det. Jeffrey Friedman
Gilbert R. Hill
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Insp. Douglas Todd
(as Gil Hill)
Paul Guilfoyle
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Nikos Thomopolis
Robert Ridgely
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Mayor Ted Egan
Brian O'Connor
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Biddle, Lutz's Aide
Alice Adair
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Jan Bogomil
Eugene Butler
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May
Taglines:
Axel Foley's back...where he doesn't belong!
Release Date: 20 May 1987
Filming Locations: 444 S. Flower Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $28,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: £1,008,450
(UK)
(18 October 1987)
(249 Screens)
Gross: $300,000,000
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
In the "Making of" featurette, director Tony Scott describes this sequel as a cross between the first movie and
48 Hrs., which also starred Eddie Murphy.
Goofs:
Factual errors:
At one point Murphy fires his pistol with the slide locked back, which is impossible.
Quotes: Axel Foley:
[about the cement truck Billy got for a pursuit]
Well, this is pretty sporty! Billy Rosewood:
Don't complain! It's all I could find!
User Review
Pretty Good
Rating: 7/10
I finally saw this sequel and it was better than what many people say.
Murphy has some very hilarious moments and Reinhold and Ashton were just
as
good. Also, the action scene's were decent too, though the chase with
the
cement truck was'nt as good as the chase in the first with the transport
truck. I did notice that the film lacked the freshness of the first one
but
still it was fun to watch.
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