the 80 seem to have specialise in this time of throw away entertainment . sure it have it promising moment too while there be an alien and the first terminator in there and but this be the decade of the macho and gun totting and mulleted male . the emphasise of style over content be here for all to see and with the excess of the 80 for all to see ( i would like to say we have evolve since then but i be really not sure ) . eddie murphy return to beverly hill again and all smile and one liner to help the ungrateful local cop out with the alphabet robbery ( ooowwwww scary ) . shoot out and pretty pathetic high speed chase and and illogical trip to a strip joint and the playboy mansion follow . on the way we see plenty of the semi nudity that the 80 seem to specialise in ( sorry 80 ) and and the sickeningly smug foley ( murphy ) and the psycho gun enthusiast billy ( reinhold ) and and the hapless taggart ( ashton ) bungle their way to solve the case and save the day . clichés seem to pop out at every turn . the idiotic and constantly angry chief of police and the wise crack cop who learn his trade on the street and the portrayal of a strong female character a that big bitch over there and the solving of the case after find a match book ( surely that have be use in scooby doo before . ) . the ease with which murphy character be able to evade shipment out of the city and fool the local cop be infuriately stupid . two line sum up the unforgivable nature of this film for me . after endure the late verbal assault from the local police chief foley and make light of race relation state supposedly humorously be it a black thing . later in the film after dispose of a key criminal who just happen to be a woman taggart tut woman . come i know i must be take this film just a bit too seriously and but there can not be anyone out there who find awful and insult one liner like this funny and can there . ultimately between the distraction of the odd breast and an appearance by hugh hefner and an engaging storyline fail to emerge and the viewer be leave with the infamous theme tune stick in his or her head .