BEVERLY HILLS COP II (1987)
MORGAN'S RATING
Eddie Murphy returns as fast-talking Axel Foley in this hilarious sequel to one of the most successful comedies of all time. Detroit police detective Axel Foley is forced to return to Beverly Hills when his friend, a police captain, is murdered and may be connected to a series of heists in that area. There, he teams up with his old buddies, Taggart and Rosewood, in order to solve the murder.
Eddie Murphy (Axel Foley), Judge Reinhold (Detective Billy Rosewood), Jurgen Prochnow (Maxwell Dent), John Ashton (Sgt. Taggart), Ronny Cox (Andrew Bogomil), Bridgette Nielsen (Karla Fry), Allen Garfield (Harold Lutz), Dean Stockwell (Chip Cain), Paul Reiser (Jeffrey Friedman), Gilbert R. Hill (Inspector Todd), Paul Guilfoyle (Nikos Thomopolis), Robert Ridgely (Mayor Ted Egan), Brian O'Connor (Biddle), Alice Adair (Jan Bogomil), Eugene Butler (May), Glenn Withrow (Willie), Stephen Liska (Chauffeur), Gilbert Gottfried (Sidney Bernstein), Tom Bower (Russ Fielding), Valerie Wildman (Gun Club Receptionist), Hugh M. Hefner (Himself), Carrie Leigh (Herself), Frank Pesce (Carlotta), Ray Murphy Sr. (Uncle Ray), Chris Rock (Parking Valet), Robert Pastorelli (Vinnie), Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr. (Orvis).
THE HEAT'S BACK ON!
FACTS PRODUCTION INFORMATION
RELEASE DATE: May 20th, 1987  (USA) DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (Top Gun)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $153.6 million (USA) WRITERS: Eddie Murphy, Robert D. Wachs, Larry Ferguson, Warren Skaaren, David Giler (uncredited) and Dennis Klein (uncredited). 
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $300 million
- Axel (Eddie Murphy) introduces himself at the gun club as "Richard James", the name of Murphy's musician friend who produced his 1986 album.
PRODUCERS: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson and Robert D. Wachs. 
- Nominated for one Academy Award for Best Music, Song ("Shakedown"). EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Richard Tienken.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey.
DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures.
- Won a 1988 Razzie Award for Worst Original Song ("I Want Your Sex").
- Followed by two more sequels: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) and Beverly Hills Cop IV (2004). 
QUOTES
Inspector Todd: Don't think, Axel! It makes my dick itch!
Harold Lutz: Who the hell are you?
Axel Foley: My...name...is...Johnny Wishbone. I am a psychic. Yes, my name is Johnny Wishbone and I am a psychic from the Isle of St. Croix. I read in the St. Croix Gazette that the Beverely Hills Police Department was having trouble solving crimes. So I came to help you out, because I am a psychic extraordinaire. But they told me you don't need help, so I will go home. Yes, my name is Johnny Wishbone and I am a psychic from the Isle of St. Croix. You, I don't know you. You are...MMMMMMM mmmmMMMMM AAAhhhhhhhhh Lutz! Chief Lutz! And you are...MMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm.... AAAAAhhhhhhhhhh...
Biddle: Biddle?
Axel Foley: Biddle! Yes, Biddle I was about to say that, but you beat me to it. I don't need any help because I am Johnny Wishbone psychic extraordinaire. Just think Johnny Wishbone and I will come. Lutz and Biddle, like Kibble n' Bits, but different.
CRITICAL COMMENTS
"Contrived, cold-hearted (and misogynistic) sequel has few laughs, mediocre music, and a ridiculous story: it manages to coast as far as it does on the strength of Murphy alone." -- Leonard Maltin
"The plot of Cop II is recycled right out of every other brainless, routine, modern, high-tech crime picture...the movie mighth ave been funnier if they had reversed every situation and made him the butt of the jokes." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
"It's not really a movie; it's a racing machine, built for speed, not for pleasure (or intelligibility)...you're trembling when you walk out--but not from laughter."
-- Hal Hinson, Washington Post
"Cop II is a rarity. A sequel that is as good as the original, if not better." -- Desson Howe, Washington Post
Vinnie: Axel, I would like you to meet Mona. She can suck a golf ball through twenty feet of garden hose.
Axel Foley: You just hit a squad car!
Billy Rosewood: It's OK, I know the guy. He's a jerk!