This is without a doubt the best of the Beverly Hill Cop trilogy. The first one was an utter classic, there's no taking away from that but the hiring of director Tony Scott was an utter masterstroke. The film took the solid groundwork and style of the first film and turbo charged it into a slick, sexy action/thriller. The film is even better now because it is an excellent chunk of 80's flash, with fast cars, big guns, hazy sun lighting through blind covered windows by day and neon scattered jungles at night.
The film has much more to it than the first, the story is extremely well fleshed out and it doesn't get boring at all. The script, while no Oscar winner has lots of flash material to keep you interested (and laughing) and although the Axel Foley scams tend to repeat a lot, they're entertaining and with the expensive cars, great chase scenes, uber violent gunfights against a golden Californian sky you just can't go wrong.
The film looks and sounds great, but it matches in terms of action and with these three elements in place you just can't fault it!
The film has much more to it than the first, the story is extremely well fleshed out and it doesn't get boring at all. The script, while no Oscar winner has lots of flash material to keep you interested (and laughing) and although the Axel Foley scams tend to repeat a lot, they're entertaining and with the expensive cars, great chase scenes, uber violent gunfights against a golden Californian sky you just can't go wrong.
The film looks and sounds great, but it matches in terms of action and with these three elements in place you just can't fault it!