Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Eddie Murphy | ... | Det. Axel Foley | |
Jon Tenney | ... | Levine | |
Joey Travolta | ... | Giolito | |
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Eugene Collier | ... | Leppert |
Jimmy Ortega | ... | Rondell | |
Ousaun Elam | ... | Pederson | |
Ray Lykins | ... | Nixon | |
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Tim Gilbert | ... | McKee |
Rick Avery | ... | Cline | |
Gilbert R. Hill | ... | Insp. Douglas Todd (as Gil Hill) | |
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Dick Purtan | ... | Detroit Disc Jockey |
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Fred Asparagus | ... | Bobby |
Louis Lombardi | ... | Snake | |
Lindsey Ginter | ... | Holloway | |
Timothy Carhart | ... | Ellis De Wald |
After a botched attempt to make a bust in a Detroit chop shop, the effectively unorthodox police officer, Axel Foley, once more, finds himself in sunny Beverly Hills, hot on the trail of an elusive gang of cold-blooded killers. There--with the aid of old friends, Serge; the recently promoted, Billy Rosewood, and his partner, Jon Flint--Axel sniffs out the criminals' hideout which is nestled right under everyone's nose: in Southern California's bustling theme park, WonderWorld. Now, all that's left to do is to convince the people and the police that the park's impeccable chief of security, Ellis DeWald, is a ruthless villain; and that the immaculate amusement park is, in reality, a graceful and impenetrable facade for a sinister operation. How hard can it be? Written by Nick Riganas
Eddie Murphy's third outing as Detroit police detective Axel Foley who seems to have made more of a crime fighting contribution to Beverly Hills still generates some power in the series but the first two films are naturally the better ones. The film inexplicably removes the John Taggart (John Ashton) and Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) characters from the series and adds a shallow new character named John Flint (Hector Elizondo). Fortunately, Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) is still around and he still manages to be a perfect foil for Foley. Foley's third case in Beverly Hills is a little improbable but the action scenes help to make up for the plot which has to do with Foley matching wits with a corrupt head of security (Timothy Carhart) at a popular Beverly Hills amusement park called WonderWorld (a creation of Paramount Parks). The park character costumes and designs are nice and colorful and Theresa Randle helps to pick things up as a potential love interest for Foley but the film doesn't give Murphy very many funny lines and that is a disappointment if one wants to label this film as a comedy. The action is as usual great but Murphy is reknowned as a comedy star and the lack of laughs here prevent this from being a perfect series. Still, it's a very good series.