Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
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Eddie Murphy
Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold
Billy Rosewood
John Ashton
John Taggart
Jürgen Prochnow
Maxwell Dent
Ronny Cox
Andrew Bogomil
Brigitte Nielsen
Karla Fry
Allen Garfield
Harold Lutz
Dean Stockwell
Chip Cain
Paul Reiser
Jeffrey Friedman
Gilbert R. Hill
Inspector Todd
Director
Tony Scott
Screenplay
Larry Ferguson
Tagline
"Axel Foley is back. Back where he doesn't belong."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$28,000,000
Revenue
$299,965,036
Production
Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
JPV852
January 10, 2020
Entertaining enough sequel isn't as sharp as the original and some parts felt like Murphy's stand-up routine, and while the plot itself was weak, did enjoy the on-screen friendships between Murphy, Reinhold and Ashton. **3.5/5**
CinemaSerf
February 26, 2023
Well I suppose a sequel to the 1984 success was inevitable, and to be fair Tony Scott has managed to re-assemble the cast from the first film and recruit Jürgen Prochnow ("Dent") to adopt the Steven Berkoff role as baddie-in-chief. The rest of this is pretty much a straight copy of the original as Eddie Murphy's "Foley" reunites with "Ashton" (John Taggart) and "Rosewood" (Judge Reinhold) to get t...
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