the 1988 sequel to one of the most successful movie of all time find eddie murphy reprise his role a detroit police detective axel foley and and once again play a fish out of water a he try to solve a series of heist in beverly hill that may be connect to the attempted murder of his friend and a beverly hill police captain ( ronny cox ) . construct in a much flashy and faster paced visual style than the first film and the song still remain the same a foley try to keep his job in detroit while solve crime for the beverly hill cop . murphy again make the most of culture shock for comic effect and and the easy rapport between murphy and billy ( judge reinhold ) and now a cheerfully over the top rambo esquire figure and be still the centerpiece of this series . while not the least bit original and director tony scott ( crimson tide and top gun ) put his own stamp on this installment and keep the action and the laugh come .