Allen Garfield, Brigitte Nielsen, Chris Rock, Dean Stockwell, Eddie Murphy ... (see more) , Frank Pesce , Gilbert Gottfried , Gilbert R. Hill , Glenn Withrow , Hugh M. Hefner , John Ashton , Judge Reinhold , Jurgen Prochnow , Paul Reiser , Robert Pastorelli , Ronny Cox , Tom Bower

The 1988 sequel to one of the most successful movies of all time finds Eddie Murphy reprising his role as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, and once again playing a fish out of water as he tries to solve a series of heists in Beverly Hills that may be connected to the attempted murder of his frie... (read more) The 1988 sequel to one of the most successful movies of all time finds Eddie Murphy reprising his role as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, and once again playing a fish out of water as he tries to solve a series of heists in Beverly Hills that may be connected to the attempted murder of his friend, a Beverly Hills police captain (Ronny Cox). Constructed in a much flashier and faster-paced visual style than the first film, the song still remains the same as Foley tries to keep his job in Detroit while solving crimes for the Beverly Hills cops. Murphy again makes the most of culture shock for comic effect, and the easy rapport between Murphy and Billy (Judge Reinhold), now a cheerfully over the top Rambo-esque figure, is still the centerpiece of this series. While not the least bit original, director Tony Scott (Crimson Tide, Top Gun) puts his own stamp on this installment and keeps the action and the laughs coming. --Robert Lane

R, 103 min.
Directed by: Tony Scott
Release Date: May 20, 1987
DVD Release Date: Jan 29, 2002