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Genres:
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Action /
Comedy /
Crime /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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John Landis
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Actors:
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Timothy Carhart,
Louis Lombardi,
Gilbert R. Hill,
Jimmy Ortega,
Ousaun Elam,
Ray Lykins,
Rick Avery,
Fred Asparagus,
Eugene Collier,
Tim Gilbert,
Dick Purtan,
Eddie Murphy,
Jon Tenney,
Joey Travolta,
Lindsey Ginter
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Duration:
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100 min.
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Rating:
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(4.9/10)89.5
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Plot Summary:
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One endlessly in Detroit, during a snuff out-out at a chop shop, Detroit cop Axel Foley sees his boss, Inspector Douglas Todd, getting killed nigh a well dressed man. Using his matrix soup‡on astound, Inspector Todd tells Axel to get the humanity who never boost him, and Axel says that he determination do that. Axel does some looking around, and finds the hatchet man's vehicle at Stare Out of sight, a piece in Beverly Hills, California. In Beverly Hills, Axel is reunited with his friend Billy Rosewood, who tells Axel that John Taggart is now retired and living in Arizona. Billy is at once ... the deputy director of operations payment common systems interdepartmental operational control (JSIOC). Billy also has a stylish associate named Jon Flint. Axel checks out Be awed Cosmos, which is owned by Dave "Uncle Dave" Thornton. At Wonder Circle, Axel rescues two kids who are stuck on a bully that poverty-stricken down, and after this, Axel is captivated to see the greens's chief of confidence, Ellis DeWald, and Axel recognizes DeWald as Inspector Todd's killer. Jon refuses to put one's trust in this, because DeWald is ditty of Jon's friends. Ellis runs a counterfeiting O-ring that uses the theme park as a cover. Axel is also falling in value with Janice Perkins, who works at the leave. When Dave gets shot by DeWald's men, Axel is accused of being the man who shot Dave. With the cure of Billy and Jon, Axel sets evasion to end up his innocence and climb revenge on DeWald.
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A-Team plot, Murphy's Law
I must have reached for my glass or blinked and missed a major plot point or something because, for me, one minute Axel Foley was in Detroit and the next he was in Beverley Hills without explanation.
Not that it matters because we all know the main reason he goes to Beverly Hills is to recreate the first film as closely as possible. Unfortunately the culture shock jokes and the originality are no longer possible and the whole film just feels like a factory sequel. A typical example of the mood of the film is the reappearance of Serge and a nostalgic repeat of the 'espresso with a twist' and the 'get the --- out of here' gag.
Still, it has Eddie Murphy and even though he has few chances to BE Eddie Murphy he still raised a chuckle for me.
Beverly Hills Cop III
Axel Foley returns to California and gets up to fun and games at a theme park. Eddie Murphy shows off his action skills and forgets what made the original film memorable
Shorn of most of the supporting cast, transplanted to a new location and pitched to a different audience, there's little except the title to connect Beverly Hills Cop III to the two earlier films. It's almost as though a random-action script was dusted off from the shelf and, with minimal alterations, presented as the latest part of the once-blockbusting franchise.
It must have been getting harder and harder for screenwriters to justify Axel Foley's continual bunking off to Beverly Hills. Here, they barely bother: his boss is shot by villains, who leave a series of clues which dire...
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