Beverly Hills Cop III

"In for the ride of his life."

1994 1h 45m EN

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 2,230

ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

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When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a California amusement park called Wonder World. Returning to sunny Beverly Hills once more, Foley reunites with Detective Billy Rosewood to solve the case. Along with Billy's new partner, Detective Jon Flint, they discover that Wonder World is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring.

“In for the ride of his life.”

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Cast

Eddie Murphy
Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold
Billy Rosewood
Héctor Elizondo
Jon Flint
Timothy Carhart
Ellis DeWald
John Saxon
Orrin Sanderson
Jon Tenney
Levine
Joey Travolta
Giolito
Eugene Collier
Leppert

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Landis
Writers: Steven E. de Souza
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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32 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Beverly Hills Cop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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271+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Landis, shot by Mac Ahlberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nile Rodgers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Dale Beldin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold and Héctor Elizondo carry the top of the cast.

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The take

John Landis directs. Mac Ahlberg behind the camera. Nile Rodgers scores. Dale Beldin cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
232 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Beverly Hills Cop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4271+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by John Landis, shot by Mac Ahlberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Nile Rodgers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Dale Beldin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold and Héctor Elizondo carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "In for the ride of his life.".
10IMDB entry: tt0109254 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 21 themes, including "rescue", "undercover", "detective", "investigation".

The technical file

Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg
Original score: Nile Rodgers
Editing: Dale Beldin
Production design: Michael Seymour
Makeup / hair: Geri B. Oppenheim
Sound: Paul Massey
Stunt coordinator: Rick Avery
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $119,208,989
Return: 238% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Part of

Beverly Hills Cop Collection

Beverly Hills Cop is a series of action-comedy films starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate crimes out of his jurisdiction, and help his friends, local detectives Rosewood and Taggart, solve crimes.

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JPV8522020-01-10
★ 5/10
Very weak entry into the series with a more serious Murphy not exactly working as Foley. Still, can't say I hated it and was a passable time-waster. 2.5/5
CinemaSerf2023-02-26
★ 5/10
This is now ten years after the original and is a very poor relation. Gone are the established cast and therefore most of the chemistry as Eddie Murphy reprises his role as loud-mouthed cop "Axel Foley" just once too often. It has many of the ingredients that made this franchise successful, but somehow the seriously B-list supporting cast and the repetitive nature of the action scenes just don't really work nearly so well. "Foley" has the odd quip to deliver, but even Murphy seems to be going through the motions as his character gets drawn into a counterfeiting ring being run out of an LA theme park. That latter scenario gives ample opportunity for some lame gags and the dialogue here is much more aggressive. Anglo-Saxon creeps in where before we had wit; the film is courser, less polished and - as usual, to be fair - there is no jeopardy at all about the eventual ending. Someone doubtless made a pile of cash from this derivate effort, so hopefully we can stop now before the tarnish really sets in.