Beverly Hills Cop 2: Better Action But Not As Funny As The First?

the heat is on the heat is on the heat is back on in this episode of re visited as we follow up our last outting with Axel Foley in Beverly Hills cup with the inevitable sequel part one proved to be such a mammoth hit that not only helped to send Eddie Murphy's career into the stratosphere but it guaranteed that part two wouldn't be far away Goodbye Mr James than guess that's my cute if you take a look back at the 1980s there are many franchises that started in the era and still have longevity or an influence in modern Hollywood however when you have a movie as popular as Beverly Hills cup that doesn't necessarily mean that a sequel will match the quality of the first and it's been a problem that Hollywood has faced over the years just how exactly do you keep your inbu audience happy while simultaneously bringing something fresh and new to part two without alienating your audience the answer is probably in finding a happy medium between familiarity and developing the franchise for newcomers however that's easier said than done that's what I'm afraid of obvious examples where the second in the series have matched or perhaps even surpassed the original have to be films such as Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back alens Terminator 2 Judgment Day Teen Wolf 2 okay that last one may have being a dig at the Hopeless hairy followup to the fun Michael J fox original but the point is sequels can be hit or miss Team Wolf 2 isn't alone in being a howling disaster as the 80s and other decades onwards have delivered some prize turkeys from time to time staying alive Highlander 2 the quickening The Sting 2 Speed 2 cruise control the aformentioned titles are all examples of movies that completely shot on the original however what I'm getting at is if done the right way sequels can be an awesome way to follow up a classic original or just a Shameless cash in I do believe we ever Miss however which way did Beverly Hills Cop 2 go stay tuned as we tool up Billy Rosewood style here on Revisited what took you guys so long so unnecessary looking back on the year in which Hills Cop 2 arrived 1987 audiences were spoiled by many classic movies that Lit Up movie theaters just consider the following list and if only modern day movie making had the same level of originality we'd all be rushing to our local multiplexes in droves I'm talking about movies such as Predator RoboCop Batteries Not Included the witches of ewick The Untouchables Evil Dead 2 Inner Space Lethal Weapon Wall Street The Lost Boys the The Princess Bride Dirty Dancing Full Metal Jacket they were all released in 1987 and that's just several examples your move creep so by the time Beverly Hills Cop 2 was released in October audiences had been exposed to a seriously good time after the movies that's not to say there's a glut of originality in modern filmmaking far from it but it would be great to see the studios take a punt on some more original ideas rather than relying on existing franchises or superheroes for audiences to Fork out for after the huge success of the first movie Paramount Pictures had initially planned on making a TV series based upon the antic of Axel Foley and company however leading star Murphy was less than keen on diving head first into a TV project but would be willing to take a punt on a theatrical sequel things like this work out trust me fresh from the massive success of Top Gun in 1986 the late great Northeast England born director Tony Scott was was chosen by producers brookheimer and Simpson to take Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills Scott had shown an excellent flare for visual storytelling with the Tom Cruz aerial actioner and his work on the hunger plus his previous work in television and advertising brought him to the attention of the studio and the production team with everything in place to commence shooting production began on the movie on November the 10th 1986 and ultimately wrapped on March the 25th 1987 Eddie Murphy salary to reprise his role as Axel Foley was reportedly $8 million which is quite a chunk of the movie's alleged budget of 27 million however what's perhaps not common knowledge to fans of the series is that original director Martin breast was jettisoned by the producers brookheimer and Simpson in favor of Tony Scott and after the first cut of the movie arrived it was clear that Scott's not too subtle but effective style was front and center in terms of action but but it lacked the comedic touch of the first movie The Script shot by Scott didn't have enough gags for the producers liking so despite being impressed by the action beats they ordered rewrites and subsequently reshot several scenes with more humor returning for the sequel naturally is Eddie Murphy is the wise Kraken cop Axel 40 I'm going so deep sir you not even know where people going to try to page me axle and I no answer cuzz I'm going to be deep undercover as well as detectives Target and Rosewood again played by the irrepressible John ason and Judge Reinhold we also get more of robocup Veteran Ronnie Cox who plays an important part in how the narrative develops probably the most notable addition to the cast has to be the Danish Amazonian esque Bridget neelson as Carla fry a proper rongan and a thorn in the side of Foley throughout the movie German American actor Jurgen pnov joins neelson on the side of the bad guys as Maxwell Dent who may be implicated in the alphabet crimes a series of mostly high-end store robberies distinguished by monogrammed envelopes with an alphabetical sequence that the as salant leave at the crime scene a few other familiar faces return for the sequel with the most notable being Paul Rises detective fredman Gilbert Roland Hill as the awesome Inspector Todd where the you being foing Chris Rock as a park and Valley and Playboy legend himself Hugh Hefner he Hugh Hefner After Fall unfortunately we don't get to see Bronson pin show surge in the sequel but such was the character's popularity he wouldn't stay away from the franchise for long as well as the key characters and actors who had to return for part two another iconic highlight also makes a return in the sequel Axel F by Harold falto the synth score that must have helped to sell a billion Yamaha keyboards in the ' 80s it's such a cool piece of music and so very 80s that it's now synonymous with the carrot and the movies as well as the main theme we also get some interesting choices on the soundtrack the song Hold On by ker Bill plays during the scene at the Playboy Mansion while the movie also introduced audiences to George Michael's controversial hit I Want Your Sex the song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also a hit internationally however it did unfortunately win a rzi for worst song the Jets hit song cross my broken heart also features on the soundtrack do the hugely popular Shakedown by Bob Seager Harold falaya also provided his song Bad Guys for the movie and while the soundtrack didn't quite hit the Heights in the charts as the first movies did it still provided a suitably upbeat and memorable addition to the movie as I'll touch upon a little later in this retrospective Beverly Hills Cop two polarized critics when it was first released while I found it to be a worthy sequel when I first saw it as an impressionable young lad I've always been in two minds about ever since this is the perfect opportunity then to reappraise the film and I actually appreciate the movie more now than I think I initially did sure the shift in tone that the late great Tony Scott brought to the franchise is a little jarring at first and you can see why they shoe horned in some extra gags but that harder Edge works in the movie's favor Scott had great fun choreographing set pieces shootouts dangerous Chase scenes so much so that the Polish shine he displayed in previous movies really stand out here the erotic melodrama of 1983's The Hunger may seem like a world away from Bevy Hills CB 2 but that visual panach is here and Scott channels as much of the testosterone fueled Mayhem in topun as he can with the action scenes also would anybody have expected Uber producers Don Simpson and Jerry brookheimer to not bring anything other than just a faximile of the first movie but with more bang for your book in the sequel set three years after the events in bever Hills Cup this sequel sees Eddie Murphy StreetWise detective Axel Foley returned to the city after an assassination attempt on his friend Captain Andrew Bill played of course by RoboCop Legend Ronnie Cox the action is set against a backdrop of an endless string of violent Smash and grab robberies known as we mentioned earlier as the alphabet crimes detectives Rosewood and Target are struggling to solve the case their Pursuit leads them and Murphy's Axel Foley into another life or death Mission the concept is pretty sound and the inclusion of neelon is a great move the Danish Amazonian had just come off a trio of roles that saw her star on the rise the fun but floyed red Sun in 1985 and a double bill with sliced alone in Rocky 4 also from 1985 plus action crime ther Cobra from 1986 neelsen was married to Sylvester salon at the time and there's a few scenes poking fun at his movies throughout the film suggesting some tension behind the scenes much like in the first movie the best parts of the sequel and arguably the funniest are the scenes in which Murphy plays off against reinold and Ashton's Rosewood and Target their chemistry is great and they provide some more iconic and memorable sequences to expand upon what we got in the original also while Bridget neelen and yugen proov make great villains their evil scheme involving the multi-million Heist seems to be slightly convoluted and more elaborate than it needs to be overall however the movie is a worthy sequel to an admittedly stronger part one it may not have the natural charm and humor that the original seemed to provide effortlessly but its action and terrific chemistry with the main leads makes this a must watch ideally as a double baill with part one I'm just doing this with my kids this the same way booty got killed Beverly Hills Cop 2 was one of the most anticipated movies of 1987 and while it didn't make quite as much as Beverly Hills cup it was still a box office Hit Upon release the film debuted at number one at the US box office and recouped $33 million over its opening weekend making it the highest weekend opening for not just the year but of all time at the time it ultimately grossed almost $154 million in the US and Canada and was the third biggest hit that year domestically coming in behind the bunny boiling Fatal Attraction and hit comedy Three Men and a Baby its final gross worldwide was $276 Million making it the second highest gross in film of the Year again being beaten by Glen cl's fluffy bunny hating Thriller Fatal Attraction critically the movie was met with a predictably mixed reception on Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 46% rotten rating based on 39 reviews while the site's critical consensus reads Eddie Murphy remains appealing as the wise cracken axle FY but Beverly Hills Cop 2 doesn't take him or the viewer anywhere new enough to justify a sequel the Washington posts were very positive in their appraisal of the movie calling it a sequel that's as good as the original if not better Roger Eber did not like the movie one little bit awarding it one star out of four and stating what is comedy that's a pretty basic question I know but Beverly Hills Cop 2 never thought to ask it Mega star Eddie Murphy probably sums up the movie's reception better than anybody with an honest assessment saying that Beverly Hills Cop 2 was probably the most successful mediocre picture in history it made $250 million worldwide and it was a half ass movie Cop 2 was basically a rehash of cop 1 but it wasn't as spontaneous and funny as the original as always let us know your thoughts on Beverly Hills cup 2 in the comments section and keep a further lookout for more from Axel fole and friends as we tentatively dive into the much maligned part three was it really the worst entry in the franchise or did Murphy and core managed to at least bring some humor and rockus action to the three Serge is back so it can't be all bad right I don't believe these a plus the post is pretty cool it's got a roller coaster on it and everything stay tuned to find out movie fans and we'll see you next time thanks for [Music] watching [Music] [Music]

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Length: 13min 52sec (832 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 05 2023