Fact1: Mikey ended up working as security guard in Beverly Hills, Fact2: Todd refuses to allow it because of close ties to Mikey, Fact3: Axel uses guise of taking vacation time to head to Beverly Hills to solve crime, Fact4: Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Sergeant and Detective Billy Rosewood to follow Axel, Fact5: Maitland leaves Axel to be killed
Output: Young and reckless Detroit police detective Axel Foleys latest unauthorized sting operation goes sour when two uniformed officers intervene, resulting in a highspeed chase through the city which causes widespread damage. His boss Inspector Douglas Todd reprimands Axel for his behavior and threatens to fire him unless he changes his ways on the force. Axel arrives at his apartment to find it has been broken into by his childhood friend, Mikey Tandino. Mikey did time in prison, but ended up working as a security guard in Beverly Hills, thanks to a mutual friend, Jenny Summers. Mikey shows Axel some German bearer bonds and Axel wonders how he got them, but chooses not to question him about it. After going out to a bar, they return to Axels apartment, where two men knock Axel unconscious and then confront Mikey about the bearer bonds, assault him, and kill him. Axel asks to investigate Mikeys murder, but Inspector Todd refuses to allow it because of his close ties to Mikey. Axel uses the guise of taking vacation time to head to Beverly Hills to solve the crime. He finds Jenny working in an art gallery and learns about Mikeys ties to Victor Maitland, the gallerys owner. Posing as a flower deliveryman, Axel goes to Maitlands office and tries to question him about Mikey, but is thrown through a window by Maitlands bodyguards and arrested. At the police station, Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Sergeant John Taggart and Detective Billy Rosewood to follow Axel. After a series of encounters, including the trios foiling of a robbery in a striptease bar, the three develop a mutual respect. On the trail of Mikeys killers, Axel sneaks into one of Maitlands warehouses, where he finds coffee grounds, which he suspects were used to pack drugs. He also discovers that many of Maitlands crates have not gone through customs. After being arrested again, this time after a scuffle at Maitlands country club, Axel admits to Bogomil that Maitland is a smuggler. Police Chief Hubbard, who has learned of Axels illadvised investigative actions, orders that Axel be escorted out of town. However, Axel convinces Rosewood to pick up Jenny instead and take her with them to Maitlands warehouse, where a shipment is due to arrive that day. Axel and Jenny break into the warehouse and discover several bags of cocaine inside a crate. Before Axel can get this new found evidence to Rosewood, Maitland and his associates arrive. Maitland takes Jenny and leaves Axel to be killed, but after some hesitation, Rosewood enters the warehouse and rescues Axel. Taggart tracks Axel and Rosewood to Maitlands estate, where he joins the two in their efforts to rescue Jenny and bring Maitland to justice. After wiping out most of Maitlands men, Axel kills Maitlands righthand man Zack, identifying him as Mikeys killer. With Bogomils help, Axel fatally shoots Maitland and rescues Jenny. Bogomil fabricates a story to Hubbard that covers for all the participants without discrediting the Beverly Hills Police force. Realizing that he will be fired in Detroit, Axel asks Bogomil to speak to Inspector Todd and smooth things over for him. Later, Taggart and Rosewood meet Axel as he checks out of his hotel, and pay his bill. Axel invites them to join him for a farewell drink, and they accept.