it amaze how the bhc franchise be see a something of an emergency button mark career resuscitate . sure and there be an obvious sense of inevitability about a first sequel and and it pretty much follow straight afterwards and just restore murphy stock after one less than stellar box office feature ( the golden child ) . after that there would be the classic murphy of come to america and another huge hit and follow by a string of adequate and probably well than their reputation movie in harlem night and another 48 hr . and boomerang . this then saw murphy stock drop again with the underrated but underachieve the distinguish gentleman . which be where beverley hill cop iii come in . though two or three year in the planning and it be the one design to bring him back . deservedly it be his big flop to that date and a it be and perhaps non coincidentally and also his bad movie at that point . a fat and bloat string of nonsensical set piece that see such indulgent turn a act role for all of landis director friend and it lurch from one meaningless sequence to the next . the behind the scene documentary alledges that the writer do not even know what the criminal would be use an amusement park for until very near the end of the project genesis . that pretty much say it all . what would a criminal gang be use a disney style amusement park for . the fact that the film be location first and plot second point at everything that wrong with beverley hill cop iii . it surprise that the movie misfire as much a it do and consider that landis be behind two of murphy best picture trade place and the aforementioned come to america . that say and the absence of previous star hector elizondo stuck play an obvious john ashton clone in ashton schedule absence do hurt the picture and along with murphy phone in performance . that say and the move away from comedy and into action also doesn not help and murphy get his final huh huh huh huh after see himself and his friend shot and bleed to death . yet to compensate for the lack of a ronny cox or a paul reiser and they bring back serge from the first film . while it always amuse to see bronson pinchot attempt to make eddie murphy corpse on camera and the fact that a homosexual coffee house owner have now become an arms dealer show how event frequently serve the plot rather than any form of logistical sense . all this say and beverley hill cop iii isn not a bad film a such and and it always watchable and if not terribly good . all of the edge that be there previously have go and and the ludicrousness of the situation fail to engage the viewer . after this it be a flop vampire movie ( make for less than murphy entire fee for beverley hill cop iii ) before nutty professor be the one to bring him back . after that and murphy go into a spate of successful child movie and a series of decrease return play multiple character use fat suit and culminate in reputedly his big ever flop and meet dave . cue beverley hill cop iv .