Gilbert Gottfried even shows up, using his unmistakeable screech of a voice to great effect as a smarmy lawyer. Hugh Hefner shows up too, looking a spry 25 years younger than what I’m personally used to seeing. Chris Rock shows up as a valet at the Playboy mansion, long before anyone knew his face or name. I got the biggest kick, however, from all the celebrity cameos throughout. Reinhold’s character was my personal favorite– an uptight, whitebread guy who becomes loosened up throughout the case and finally lets himself have some fun. 80’s comedy personalities Paul Reiser and Judge Reinhold presumably reprise their characters from the first film. This younger, edgier Murphy is infinitely more watchable than today’s hollow incarnation. Presumably, he returns to his native Detroit after whatever happens in the first film, where he is called back to LA’s sunny streets when his friends at the Beverly Hills police force run afoul of a nefarious crime syndicate.Īn effective comedy relies on strong performances, and BEVERLY HILLS COP 2 certainly delivers. Murphy is the wise-cracking, fast-talking Axel Foley (a zeitgeist 80’s name if I ever heard one), who’s tendency to shoot off his mouth rather than his gun gets him into a fair amount of trouble. I haven’t seen any of the other BEVERLY HILLS COP films, so I had a fair amount of catch-up to play in regards to figuring out who these characters were. Proving that Scott had the chops to handle a huge franchise film, the movie builds on his penchant for slick action and stylish visuals, while also delivering a heavy dose of humor throughout. BEVERLY HILLS COP 2 (1987) features Eddie Murphy at the top of his game– a bittersweet sensation considering how dismal his career has become. Tony Scott followed TOP GUN’s (1986) mega success with a big-budget sequel to one of the biggest film franchises of the 1980’s.
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