This film doesn't get high marks from IMDb viewers, but I think I liked it just a tad better than the sequel just prior. I did miss Sergeant Taggart a little since he retired from the Beverly Hills police force, and considering his insubordination in the first two movies of the franchise, seeing Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) promoted was somewhat surprising, but given the span of time involved, it probably makes sense. Hector Elizondo fills in admirably to replace the Taggart character as detective Jon Flint. The presence of Bronson Pinchot as Serge was welcome, he always manages to provide a good dose of humor in those pictures he appears in. The idea that he traded in his art gallery stint for dealing in luxury personal weaponry was wonderfully ironic. The setting of Wonder Land in the picture automatically makes you think of Disneyland, but this was filmed at Paramount's Great America Amusement Park for those particular scenes, and it was fitting that Eddie Murphy took his undercover work seriously enough to dress up as Oki-Doki to help flush out the villains of the piece. With a potential romantic interest thrown in, detective Axel Foley helps the Beverly Hills Police Force solve a crime one more time, this time to avenge the murder of his boss back in Detroit. Having watched the complete franchise on successive days, I'm now prepared for "Beverly Hills Cop IV" almost three full decades since this sequel, plus an additional decade removed from the original. Just proves you can't keep a good cop down.
Review of Beverly Hills Cop III
