Classic Friday : Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) 7/10

Starring : Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen
Director : Tony Scott
Running Time : 99 mins

Axel Foley (Murphy) is sent deep undercover, and again finds himself in Beverly Hills where he helps old friends Detective Rosewood (Reinhold) and Sergeant Taggart (Ashton) investigate the near fatal shooting of Captain Bogomil (Cox). As they get closer to the truth they discover a connection between the attempt on Bogomil’s life and a series of thefts that have been happening in the area.

In spite of not being as good as the original, this is still a worthy sequel. Murphy is still on top form as Axel Foley, with Reinhold and Ashton being even better than in the original now that they’re on Foley’s side. And with Tony Scott directing, you know that this is nothing if not action packed.

You’ll like this if you liked : Die Hard With A Vengeance