Overview:
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.| Status: | Released (1987-05-18) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $153,665,036 |
| Screen: | Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr., Eddie Murphy |
| Productions: | Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 776: Eddie Murphy - Axel Foley
- 777: Judge Reinhold - Billy Rosewood
- 778: John Ashton - John Taggart
- 920: Jürgen Prochnow - Maxwell Dent
- 780: Ronny Cox - Andrew Bogomil
- 921: Brigitte Nielsen - Karla Fry
- 922: Allen Garfield - Harold Lutz
Crews
- 893: Tony Scott - Director - Directing
- 770: Jerry Bruckheimer - Producer - Production
- 771: Don Simpson - Producer - Production
- 799: Harold Faltermeyer - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 904: Jeffrey L. Kimball - Director of Photography - Camera
- 897: Bonnie Timmermann - Casting - Production
- 541: Chris Lebenzon - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
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Entertaining enough sequel isn't as sharp as the original and some parts felt like Murphy's stand-up routine, and while the plot itself was weak, did enjoy the on-screen friendships between Murphy, Reinhold and Ashton. **3.5/5**
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Well I suppose a sequel to the 1984 success was inevitable, and to be fair Tony Scott has managed to re-assemble the cast from the first film and recruit Jürgen Prochnow ("Dent") to adopt the Steven Berkoff role as baddie-in-chief. The rest of this is pretty much a straight copy of t ....
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