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
How Landis, Lucas, and even Murphy lent themselves to this debacle is beyond me. Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if the many implausibilities didn't make it such a departure from the first movie, which I thought was very good.
The one armed rescue from the ferris wheel? Come on! No one has that kind of strength. And how did he escape burning his hand on the rope? How come all the bad guys, who were supposedly from the best security firm in California, couldn't hit the side of a barn with their uzis yet Axel and Co. hit dead center with virtually all of their shots? How did Axel produce counterfeit money with his image on it in like 10 seconds? How come the security guards gave Axel so much hassle when he first tried to enter the park, yet when he enters the corporate center , he is unfettered? The list goes on and on.
Now, I know what you are saying. "It's a movie!" "It's not supposed to be real." But you see, the first episode of the series was quite plausible, and in contrast, made the this third film highly suspect and therefore subject to ridicule.
Suffice it to say, we won't be seeing BHC IV any time soon. Thank God!