And, of course, Axel seeks help from old Beverly Hills Police buddy Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), who is now a desk jockey. Axel comes close to catching him, but he's stopped by a government agent (Stephen McHattie), who tells him to forget the case, as it is under federal jurisdiction.Īxel can't forget it, of course, and a clue sends him back to Southern California once again, specifically to an amusement park called Wonder World. What Axel doesn't know, however, is that there is other business going down - dirty business.Ī bloody gun battle follows and a friend of Axel's is killed by the chief bad guy (Timothy Carhart). The story begins in Detroit, where our old friend Axel Foley is about to bust up a chop shop, one of those places where stolen cars are broken down and refurbished for illegal resale. Anyone who has ever been to Disneyland will identify with a lot of the film's best gags, which give the proceedings a tremendous boost. One thing this sequel does do, however, is cleverly send up Disneyland with a series of dead-on, hilarious gags that poke fun at every aspect of attending that most beloved of all theme parks. The body count is high and the gore factor, while not up there in "Terminator 2" territory, is still uncomfortable. Instead, it is rated R - and deservedly so. Perhaps it was wishful thinking that started the rumor that "Beverly Hills Cop III" would carry a PG-13. If anything, my reservations on that score have intensified over the ensuing years, thanks to the proliferation of the "Lethal Weapons" and the "Die Hards," several Arnold Schwarzenegger films and, of course, their many inferior clones. But I remember at the time finding the blithe juxtaposition of comedy and graphic violence rather unsettling. Like everyone else, I got a big kick out of Eddie Murphy's first "Beverly Hills Cop" picture back in 1984 (can you believe it's been a decade?).
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