Eddie Murphy is back in this sequel to the hit 1984 action comedy and the set pieces are even more spectacular – shame they forgot about the script.
This blockbusting sequel replays the plot of the original – Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to the swankiest suburb in Los Angeles, this time, to foil a gang of designer robbers who have wounded old colleague Captain Bogomil.
But wit goes largely by the wayside and Murphy’s mugging becomes increasingly irritating.
Jürgen Prochnow and Brigitte Nielsen ham it up as the obligatory foreign-accented baddies, but fail to make much impact, and Tony Scott’s direction is flashy but superficial.
Axel Foley
Eddie Murphy Billy Rosewood
Judge Reinhold Maxwell Dent
Jürgen Prochnow Karla Fry
Brigitte Nielsen Andrew Bogomil
Ronny Cox John Taggart
John Ashton Harold Lutz
Allen Garfield Charles “Chip” Cain
Dean Stockwell Jeffrey Friedman
Paul Reiser Inspector Todd
Gil Hill Nikos Thomopolis
Paul Guilfoyle Mayor Egan
Robert Ridgely Biddle
Brian O’Connor Playboy Mansion valet
Chris Rock
Director
Tony Scott
Video
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