Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
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Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogamil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.
Director:
Tony Scott
Stars:
Eddie Murphy,
Judge Reinhold,
Jürgen Prochnow
After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.
An tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Director:
Walter Hill
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
James Belushi,
Peter Boyle
Axle Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles. Written by
Jason Ihle <jrihl@conncoll.edu>
Among the rejected ideas for "Beverly Hills Cop III" included a Robert Towne screenplay idea (one in which Axel Foley has to deal with his celebrity cop status), a scenario teaming 'Eddie Murphy' with Sean Connery as a Scotland Yard detective, and another Axel Foley-in-London idea where his Scotland Yard counterpart would have been played by John Cleese. The last story would have involved a British gangster loosely based on the real-life Kray brothers, who was captured in Detroit and transported to London by Paul Reiser's Jeffrey, and Axel would have gone overseas after the gangster's henchmen broke him out of custody and murdered Jeffrey. This concept was scrapped because producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer decided it was too close to the storyline of the Michael Douglas' film _Black Rain (1989)_. See more »
Goofs
When Foley first sees the room where the counterfeit money is being printed, De Wald sees his full body reflection in the mirror. But clearly the mirror is not at such an angle to see Foley's full body, maybe just his feet. See more »
Quotes
Det. Sgt. William 'Billy' Rosewood:
[outdraws a henchman, killing him]
Name is Wild Bill Rosewood. I'm the sheriff of this town.
[flips the gun and puts it in his holster]
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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits. The title appears during the closing credits. See more »
The thing I like about the BEVERLY HILLS COP movies is that each one is a little different. The first has a nice balance between comedy and seriousness, the second is a little more darker, and the third is a bit more on the lighter side. I've always wanted to see an action movie make good use of an amusement park. Not just a one-scene visit or something, but a film that actually shows us the "inside story" of one, exploring the control rooms and the underground workings. BEVERLY HILLS COP 3 did just that. The opening sequence in Detroit gets the film off to a good start with a shocking and unexpected moment, which prompts Axel to return once again to the land of Beverly Hills. Once things get going, it's clear to see that this is a different film from the others in terms of how much comedy there is.
Bronson Pinchot's Serge returns in a funny scene, but John Ashton (and Ronny Cox) are absent this time around, Det. Taggart having retired. Judge Reinhold is back, and Hector Elizondo is on board. Not quite as good as Ashton, but he does the job. Timothy Carhart makes the perfect slimeball criminal, and Alan Young (Scrooge McDuck himself) is a pleasure as Uncle Dave, the owner of the Wonderworld amusement park. My favorite sequence involves Axel rescuing two kids from a malfunctioning ride. Man, where did they find that crazy stuntman? Just watch the scene and you'll see what I mean when I say that was one crazy guy. It would have been nice had Disney allowed them to use Disneyland as the park, but (since they didn't want their park to be associated with an R-rated movie) Paramount had to find another place, and what better to use than a park you already own? Paramount's Great America, located in Santa Clara, California, was a terrific stand-in for Wonderworld. Local residents who have been there countless times (like myself) will have fun pointing at things and saying, "That's not there."
And don't forget to keep an eye out for all those cameos. That's special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen at the bar, director Joe Dante as a jail cop, and George Lucas himself as the angry park visitor Axel cuts in front of. Still not as good as the first one, a little more enjoyable than the second, but still a fun movie.
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The thing I like about the BEVERLY HILLS COP movies is that each one is a little different. The first has a nice balance between comedy and seriousness, the second is a little more darker, and the third is a bit more on the lighter side. I've always wanted to see an action movie make good use of an amusement park. Not just a one-scene visit or something, but a film that actually shows us the "inside story" of one, exploring the control rooms and the underground workings. BEVERLY HILLS COP 3 did just that. The opening sequence in Detroit gets the film off to a good start with a shocking and unexpected moment, which prompts Axel to return once again to the land of Beverly Hills. Once things get going, it's clear to see that this is a different film from the others in terms of how much comedy there is.
Bronson Pinchot's Serge returns in a funny scene, but John Ashton (and Ronny Cox) are absent this time around, Det. Taggart having retired. Judge Reinhold is back, and Hector Elizondo is on board. Not quite as good as Ashton, but he does the job. Timothy Carhart makes the perfect slimeball criminal, and Alan Young (Scrooge McDuck himself) is a pleasure as Uncle Dave, the owner of the Wonderworld amusement park. My favorite sequence involves Axel rescuing two kids from a malfunctioning ride. Man, where did they find that crazy stuntman? Just watch the scene and you'll see what I mean when I say that was one crazy guy. It would have been nice had Disney allowed them to use Disneyland as the park, but (since they didn't want their park to be associated with an R-rated movie) Paramount had to find another place, and what better to use than a park you already own? Paramount's Great America, located in Santa Clara, California, was a terrific stand-in for Wonderworld. Local residents who have been there countless times (like myself) will have fun pointing at things and saying, "That's not there."
And don't forget to keep an eye out for all those cameos. That's special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen at the bar, director Joe Dante as a jail cop, and George Lucas himself as the angry park visitor Axel cuts in front of. Still not as good as the first one, a little more enjoyable than the second, but still a fun movie.