You get the picture.Īxel Foley should have died several times in this film. He shoots at the vehicle and the men in the truck shoot back (with machine guns), but they don’t hit Axel a single time despite having perfect angles on him. Anyway, this is followed by a chase scene in which Axel pursues the truck.
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Even when the cops are standing in full view, they just shoot the side of the car. They don’t actually hit anyone outside, though. They have a massively overblown shootout with the cops outside that goes on for far too long as the gunmen spray the side of a car with bullets over and over.
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It’s gratuitous, it’s over the top and it’s just like the violence in the second movie (which is a bad thing). Axel Foley (Murphy) leads the team of cops and they’re greeted by heavily armed men who secure a truck and then proceed to kill everyone in the garage. Beverly Hills Cop III opens with a raid on a garage in Detroit where illegal activity is suspected.
Don’t expect this to be chronological or especially coherent, I don’t have the patience for that. Where to begin? I’ll start on the opening scene just because it’s simple. I was in awe of how bad this was and suddenly the details didn’t matter anymore. When Axel dons a cartoon character’s mascot outfit to infiltrate “Wonder World” (a faux-Disneyland used as a cover by the villains, who counterfeit money below the park) I sat slack-jawed and remained that way for the rest of the film. I grabbed a notepad and listed every ridiculous moment, line, or plot point…for awhile. You see, there was just so much unbelievable crap going on at once that I knew I wouldn’t remember it all. Not allowing myself to break my “code” of finishing whatever I start watching, I soldiered on, but I needed a little help. About 15 minutes into my initial viewing, I started to realize just what I was getting myself into and I wanted out as quickly as possible. This, however, is a different story. I was vaguely aware of its reputation as the worst of the trilogy, but I didn’t know just how terrible it was.īeverly Hills Cop III isn’t just a bad buddy cop movie or a bad Eddie Murphy movie - this is just a godawful movie in general. Nothing especially solid, but not the worst movie by a long shot. Helmed by Tony Scott, it copy and pasted the story structure of the first one without much originality, but was engaging enough for a single viewing. The sequel wasn’t great, but it was excusable. It was also the first movie that helped me discover my inexplicable love of ’80s Eddie Murphy films. It was a total surprise - an instant favorite straight out of the gate.
By Byron Bixler My relationship with the Beverly Hills Cop franchise goes like this: The first film is one of my favorite comedies.