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Beverly Hills Cop II: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack to Tony Scott's 1987 action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop II. It was released in 1987 through MCA Records.
It stars Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Paul Reiser, and Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles.
Jun 27, 2024 · Jerry Bruckheimer Reveals The Secret Recipe To Making A Great Beverly Hills Cop Movie. Murphy explained that the fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie had been in development for over a decade, but Bruckheimer getting on board was what clinched it for him.
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Two years after the events of the first film, Beverly Hills Police DepartmentCaptain Andrew Bogomil, Detective Billy Rosewood, and Sergeant John Taggart are investigating a series of high-value robberies called the Alphabet Crimes. At each crime scene is left an encrypted letter marked with an alphabetic character distinctive to each heist. Complic...
Paramount Pictures had planned a television series based on the first film. Murphy turned down the series but was willing to do a sequel. Producers Simpson and Bruckheimer hired Tony Scott to direct due to his success with the 1986 blockbuster film Top Gun. The film was originally to be set and filmed in London and Paris; however, the script was re...
The song "Hold On" as sung by Keta Bill plays during the scene wherein Axel, Rosewood and Taggart confront Dent at the Playboy Mansion. However, the film's soundtrack album, released by MCA Records, includes only a different version sung by Corey Hart, with different lyrics. The film introduced George Michael's controversial song "I Want Your Sex",...
Box office
Beverly Hills Cop II was one of the most anticipated films of 1987 and became a box office success upon release. The film debuted at number one at the US box office, earning $26.3 million on its three-day opening weekend and $33 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, a sales mark that would result in the film achieving that year's highest-opening weekend debut, as well as the highest three-day opening weekend of all time at the time, surpassing the $25.3 million earned by Indiana Jon...
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 48% of 40 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "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." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 48 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or...
Beverly Hills Cop II at IMDbBeverly Hills Cop II at Box Office MojoBeverly Hills Cop II at Rotten TomatoesBeverly Hills Cop II at MetacriticBeverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. It was directed by Tony Scott and written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren with a story by Eddie Murphy and Robert D. Wachs. The film is the second installment in the Beverly Hills Cop movie franchise.
Jun 27, 2024 · The movie is laced with throwbacks to the first two “Beverly Hills Cops” films, which were produced by Bruckheimer, and reunites Murphy with original cast members Judge Reinhold, John Ashton...
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Dec 26, 2019 · 'Beverly Hills Cop' celebrates its 35th anniversary and we're looking back at the film with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who previews 'Beverly Hills Cop 4.'
