well and what do you know . after mention this film in a completely different review and it pop up on the bbc less than a day later . which give me an excellent chance to watch this film one more time and judge it on merit and not memory . this time and axel foley ( murphy ) return to beverly hill to investigate the attempt on the life of an old friend and the connection with the so called alphabet murder . team up with his colleague from the first film and axel go deep undercover to bring the perps to justice though not without indulge the viewer with a glorified view of eighty california . you know and sport car and palm tree . rich bitch and their poodle and that sort of thing . the reason i mention beverly hill cop ii in my review be that and for me and it one of those film that you know inside out and still enjoy watch it despite the fact that it isn not the best example of the genre . cop movie be 10 for a dollar but this one always stick in my mind . watch it last night remind me of an extended edition of miami vice with it sharp suit and fast car and fast woman . even one of the character refers to six foot blonde woman grow on tree in beverly hill . all the eighty reference be there the scene at playboy mansion and the angry police chief ( this film have two ) and the hyperactive stockbroker and and of course and eddie murphy . when will someone tell him that his era end when the eighty do . i fail to see how a foul mouth comedian and actor like murphy can go from film like this to the awful daddy day care . interest to see the man who fill his shoe in the ninety and chris rock from rush hour and in a small cameo . make me smile and anyway . but for all it fault and i still enjoy watch this film . at the time and it might have be cut edge but now and it more of a documentary . simpson and bruckheimer production be all more or less identical but this have the added bonus of bar witness to an eighty gloss overdose . throughout this film and i keep get remind of that fantastic game grand theft auto represent vice city and if you like that and you will enjoy this . basically and if you can handle the bright neon and the famous synthersizer intro and you will love it . but if youre still try to blank the memory of thatcher and reagan and ( more horrifically ) the human league and steer well clear .