  beverly hills cop iii is a 1994 action-comedy film starring eddie murphy and directed by john landis, who had previously worked with murphy on trading places and coming to america. it is the third film in the beverly hills cop series. murphy again plays detroit cop axel foley, who once again returns to beverly hills, california to stop a gang of counterfeiters who are responsible for the death of his boss. foley teams up with his friend, beverly hills detective billy rosewood (judge reinhold), and his investigation leads him to an amusement park known as wonder world. the film features a number of cameo appearances by well-known film personalities including robert b. sherman, arthur hiller, john singleton, joe dante, special effects legend ray harryhausen, and george lucas as a ride patron. beverly hills cop iii was released on may 25, 1994 and grossed $42 million in the united states, and over $77 million in the foreign box office. the film was considered by critics and murphy himself as the weakest film in the series. ==plot== one night in detroit, axel foley (eddie murphy) plans an invasion at a nearby local chop shop and in turn, cancels the swat, enraging his boss inspector g. douglas todd (gil hill). meanwhile at the chop shop, the workers there are killed by a well dressed man after they hijack a cart full of drugs. just as they are about to leave, foley arrives with his men and a gunfight ensues. they find themselves outnumbered, until todd arrives. todd manages to gun down a gunman defending the entrance, but is then fatally shot by the man, who escapes. foley pulls todd into cover, where he tells the detective to go get his killer, before he dies. angered, foley steals an unfinished sports car and chases down the man. he kills the man's henchman, but he gets away when he is intercepted by agent steve fulbright
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