Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) on Netflix
Detroit detective Axel Foley learns that Captain Andrew Bogomil, his friend in Beverly Hills, has been shot. He travels there to help Billy Rosewood and John Taggart find the woman responsible.
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Plot summary
In Detroit, police detective Axel Foley sees a television report that a woman has shot his friend, Captain Andrew Bogomil of Beverly Hills. Axel travels to Beverly Hills to visit him in the hospital, where he is reunited with Bogomil's daughter Jan and with Detective Billy Rosewood and Sergeant John Taggart. The attack follows a series of "alphabet" robberies in which thieves leave coded envelopes at the scene. Chief Harold Lutz has suspended Bogomil and is looking for reasons to fire Rosewood and Taggart. Rosewood and Taggart bring Axel into their search for the woman who shot Bogomil and for whoever is directing the robberies.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Early cuts of Beverly Hills Cop II played like a straight action movie rather than a comedy, so after the first screening the script was rewritten and more jokes were shot and added in.
- The film's $26.3 million three-day opening weekend in 1987 was the highest three-day opening of all time at that point, surpassing the $25.3 million set by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984.
- Paramount Pictures planned a television series based on Beverly Hills Cop, but Eddie Murphy turned down the series and instead agreed to return for a feature-film sequel.
- The sequel was originally to be set and filmed in London and Paris, but the script was rewritten after Eddie Murphy expressed reluctance to film outside the United States.
- Ronny Cox was going to have more screen time in Beverly Hills Cop II, but couldn't because of his role in RoboCop.
- "Hold On" is sung by Keta Bill in the film, but the soundtrack album, released by MCA Records, includes only a different version sung by Corey Hart, with different lyrics.
- The film's "I Want Your Sex" won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song, despite going on to achieve a platinum certification for sales from the Recording Industry Association of America.
