Beverly Hills Cop II - wikipedia Beverly Hills Cop II Beverly Hills Cop II Theatrical release poster Directed by Tony Scott Produced by Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer Screenplay by Larry Ferguson Warren Skaaren Story by Eddie Murphy Robert D. Wachs Based on Characters by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr. Starring Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold Jürgen Prochnow Ronny Cox John Ashton Brigitte Nielsen Allen Garfield Dean Stockwell Paul Reiser Music by Harold Faltermeyer Cinematography Jeffrey L. Kimball Edited by Chris Lebenzon Michael Tronick Billy Weber Production companies Simpson / Bruckheimer Overbrook Entertainment Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date May 19, 1987 ( 1987 - 05 - 19 ) ( Los Angeles ) May 20, 1987 ( 1987 - 05 - 20 ) ( United States ) Running time 103 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $20 million Box office $300 million Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 American action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop and the second installment in the Beverly Hills Cop series. Murphy returns as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who reunites with Beverly Hills detectives Billy Rosewood ( Judge Reinhold ) and John Taggart ( John Ashton ) to stop a robbery / gun - running gang after Captain Andrew Bogomil ( Ronny Cox ) is shot and seriously wounded. Although it made less money than the first film and received mixed reviews from critics, the film was still a box office success, making $153.7 million domestically. Aside from box office success, the film was nominated for an Academy Award and for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, for Bob Seger 's `` Shakedown ''. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 4.1 2016 release 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical reception 5.3 Accolades 6 Literature 7 References 8 External links Plot Beverly Hills Police Captain Andrew Bogomil, Detective Billy Rosewood, and Sergeant John Taggart are trying to figure out who is behind the `` Alphabet Crimes, '' a series of mostly high end store robberies distinguished by their monogrammed envelopes with an alphabetical sequence the assailants leave behind. Complicating matters is the new `` political '' state of the Beverly Hills Police Department, headed by incompetent and verbally abusive new police chief Harold Lutz, who is doing everything he can to stay on Mayor Ted Egan 's good side. Unimpressed when Rosewood calls the FBI to help solve the case, Lutz holds Bogomil responsible as commanding officer and suspends him, despite Bogomil 's efforts to convince the chief that Rosewood was only following a hunch. Lutz also punishes Taggart and Rosewood by placing them on traffic duty. On the way home, Bogomil is shot and injured by Karla Fry, the chief enforcer of Maxwell Dent, who is secretly the mastermind behind the Alphabet Crimes. After hearing about the shooting by a news report, Axel Foley abandons his current undercover duties and immediately flies out to Beverly Hills to help find out who shot Bogomil. Taggart and Rosewood agree to assist Axel because of Lutz 's attempts to find an excuse to get them fired. Posing as an undercover FBI agent to get past Lutz with the aid of Detective Jeffrey Friedman, Axel soon starts making the connection between the robberies and Dent. He first finds out that the ammunition fired at one of the robberies was designed by Charles Cain, the manager of a gun club owned by Dent. Axel has Bogomil 's daughter Jan use her connections as an insurance agent to find out about Dent 's financial dealings. Dent is robbing his own businesses on purpose in order to finance firearms transactions with an arms dealer named Nikos Thomopolis and is discreetly using Cain as the front man for his operations. Bogomil was shot because his investigation was on the correct track into the case. Having foiled a robbery attempt at a bank depot, Axel is able to trick Dent 's accountant Sidney Bernstein into using his computer and discovers that Dent and Karla are planning to leave the country. Axel also learns from Jan that all of Dent 's businesses have had their insurance coverage canceled and are about to go bankrupt except his race track, which he is convinced might be the next target. On the way to the race track, Axel solves the latest riddle sent to the police, and is convinced that this riddle was made easily solvable in order to implicate Cain as the Alphabet Bandit. However, Axel knows Cain is a patsy designed to throw the authorities off Dent 's trail. The trio arrive too late to prevent the robbery and find Cain, shot by Karla, among those killed. While Lutz announces publicly that the Alphabet Crimes have been solved, Axel notices some red mud at the stables, which leads him, Taggart and Rosewood to Dent 's oil field, where Dent is making his final arms deal with Thomopolis. The three get into a shootout with everyone involved in the deal. Dent confronts Axel in the warehouse, but Axel gets distracted by one of Dent 's henchmen on the roof above him and Dent gets away. Dent then crashes through the wall in his car and Axel shoots Dent through the windshield, sending his car down a hill and erupting in flames, after running Axel over. Karla appears and is about to kill Axel, but is shot dead by Taggart. Just as the last criminals are about to flee, the police arrive on the scene and arrest the remainder of Dent 's goons and Thomopolis. Lutz and Mayor Egan come as well. Lutz tries to fire Rosewood and Taggart for their insubordination, and also tries to arrest Axel. However, both Taggart and Rosewood stand up to an infuriated Lutz and prove that Dent was the real Alphabet Bandit and the rest of the alphabet crimes were about the arms deal. They are also able to convince Mayor Egan of Lutz 's incompetence, and the Mayor fires Lutz for his abusive attitude towards his own men. Mayor Egan chooses Bogomil to replace Lutz as the new Police Chief. Axel returns to Detroit, but not before he gets chewed out by Inspector Todd over the phone, after Egan called Todd to congratulate him on allowing Axel to assist them on this case. Cast Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley Judge Reinhold as Billy Rosewood Jürgen Prochnow as Maxwell Dent Ronny Cox as Andrew Bogomil John Ashton as John Taggart Brigitte Nielsen as Karla Fry Allen Garfield as Harold Lutz Dean Stockwell as Chip Cain Gil Hill as Inspector Todd Gilbert Gottfried as Sidney Bernstein Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman Paul Guilfoyle as Nikos Thomopolis Robert Ridgely as Mayor Ted Egan Alice Adair as Jan Bogomil Glenn Withrow as Willie Tom Bower as Russ Fielding Hugh Hefner as Himself Chris Rock as Parking Valet Robert Pastorelli as Vinnie Tommy ' Tiny ' Lister as Orvis John Hostetter as Stiles Production Paramount Pictures had planned a television series based on the first film. Murphy turned down the series but was willing to do a sequel. Producers Simpson and Bruckheimer hired Tony Scott to direct due to his success with the 1986 blockbuster film Top Gun. The film was originally to be set and filmed in London and Paris ; however, the script was re-written after Murphy expressed a reluctance to film outside the United States. Soundtrack The song `` Hold On '' as sung by Keta Bill plays during the scene wherein Axel, Rosewood, and Taggart confront Dent at the Playboy Mansion. However, the film 's soundtrack CD released by MCA Records includes only a different song entitled `` Hold On, '' sung by Corey Hart. This song has different music and slightly altered lyrics. The film introduced George Michael 's controversial song `` I Want Your Sex ''. It also includes `` Cross My Broken Heart '' by The Jets ( a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 ) and `` Shakedown '' by Bob Seger ( which became a No. 1 hit on that same chart ), as well as `` Better Way '' performed by James Ingram. The Pointer Sisters scored a moderate hit with `` Be There, '' their single from the soundtrack. It was the second time the sisters had contributed to the Beverly Hills Cop franchise ; they 'd notched a top 10 single with `` Neutron Dance '' from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. Harold Faltermeyer 's 1988 album, Harold F, includes a song called `` Bad Guys '', which is used as part of the film 's score -- an instrumental section of the song plays during the opening jewelry store robbery scene, and also during several other scenes throughout the film. The soundtrack debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard charts and spent 26 weeks on the charts, a far cry compared to the 49 weeks spent by the first film 's soundtrack. Despite this, one song from the album, `` Shakedown '', was nominated for an Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. However, another song from the album, `` I Want Your Sex '', won the Razzie Award for Worst Song. `` Shakedown '' - Bob Seger `` Be There '' - Pointer Sisters `` In Deep '' - Charlie Sexton `` Hold On '' - Corey Hart `` I Want Your Sex '' - George Michael `` Better Way '' - James Ingram `` Love / Hate '' - Pebbles `` Cross My Broken Heart '' - The Jets `` 36 Lovers '' - Ready for the World `` I Ca n't Stand It '' - Sue Ann `` All Revved Up '' - Jermaine Jackson 2016 release La - La Land Records released a limited edition album featuring Harold Faltermeyer 's score ( including some material unused in the movie ) and some of the songs. Adrianos ( 2 : 52 ) Bogomil Oil Well Jog / Bogomil Gets Shot ( 2 : 28 ) Axel Gets the News ( 1 : 10 ) Warehouse ( : 34 ) Hospital Visit ( 1 : 05 ) Mansion ( 1 : 07 ) Loyalty / Drive to Shooting Club ( 1 : 51 ) Boys Car Talk ( 1 : 11 ) Shoot Screens / Meet Dent and Cain ( 2 : 53 ) I 'll Be Sure to Duck ( : 54 ) Drive to Bogomil 's ( : 58 ) Axel Shoes / Boys at Mansion ( 1 : 24 ) Splash / Drive to 385 ( : 41 ) Shootout ( : 53 ) Boys at Rosewood 's ( : 42 ) Axel Calls Jeffrey ( 1 : 01 ) Fingerprint ( : 27 ) Sneak to Shooting Club ( 02 : 33 ) Jeffrey Calls Todd / Lutz Calls Jeffrey ( 1 : 29 ) City Deposit ( 4 : 12 ) Tire Tread to Hef 's / Drive to Bernstein 's ( 1 : 44 ) Racetrack ( 5 : 04 ) Drive to Oil / Hit Vic ( 2 : 25 ) Sneak to Shack / Alarm ( 1 : 44 ) Oil Field Shootout / Kill Dent and Karla ( 4 : 11 ) Wrap Up ( : 56 ) Goodbye ( 1 : 11 ) Loyalty ( alternate ) ( : 12 ) Goodbye ( alternate ) ( : 49 ) Bad Guys - Keith Forsey ( 4 : 35 ) Shakedown - Bob Seger ( 4 : 02 ) I Want Your Sex - George Michael ( 4 : 45 ) Be There - The Pointer Sisters ( 4 : 12 ) All Revved Up - Jermaine Jackson ( 4 : 00 ) Better Way - James Ingram ( 4 : 09 ) In Deep - Charlie Sexton ( 3 : 32 ) Reception Box office Beverly Hills Cop II was one of the most anticipated films of 1987 and became a box office success upon release, despite not making as much as Beverly Hills Cop. The film debuted at No. 1, earning $ 33 million on its opening weekend, a sales mark that would result in the film achieving that year 's highest - opening weekend debut. As well as the highest grossing opening weekend of all time at the time. Beverly Hills Cop II made approximately $153,665,036, becoming the third biggest hit domestically at the box office that year, after Fatal Attraction and Three Men and a Baby, and the second highest - grossing film worldwide that year, behind Fatal Attraction. Critical reception The film received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 46 % `` rotten '' rating, based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Eddie Murphy remains appealing as the wisecracking Axel Foley, but Beverly Hills Cop II does n't take him -- or the viewer -- anywhere new enough to justify a sequel ''. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. Desson Howe of The Washington Post called it `` a sequel that 's as good as the original, if not better. '' Roger Ebert gave the film one star out of four and wrote, `` What is comedy ? That 's a pretty basic question, I know, but Beverly Hills Cop II never thought to ask it. '' Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film is a skillful clone of the first film that ca n't match that one 's novelty or excitement. Variety called it `` a noisy, numbing, unimaginative, heartless remake of the original film. '' Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times wrote, `` It 's hard to believe that the group who came up with the hard, clean edges of Top Gun, sleek and unfeeling though it may have been, could make a picture as crude, as muddled, as destructo - Derbyish as this one. '' `` Beverly Hills Cop II was probably the most successful mediocre picture in history, '' Murphy said. `` It made $250 million worldwide, and it was a half - assed movie. Cop II was basically a rehash of Cop I, but it was n't as spontaneous and funny. '' Accolades Nominations Academy Awards Best Original Song for `` Shakedown '' Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song for `` Shakedown '' Awards ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Most Performed Song From Motion Pictures for the song `` Shakedown '' Razzie Awards Worst Original Song for George Michael for `` I Want Your Sex '' Kids ' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Favorite Movie Actor for Eddie Murphy Literature 1987 : Robert Tine : Beverly Hills Cop II : A Novel, Pocket ; Mti edition, ISBN 978 - 0671645212 References Jump up ^ `` BEVERLY HILLS COP II ( 15 ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. June 4, 1987. Retrieved November 28, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Beverly Hills Cop II Production Budget ''. The Numbers. 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Question: when did beverly hills cop 2 come out
Answer: 1987