Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
Eddie Murphy
as Axel Foley
Judge Reinhold
as Billy Rosewood
John Ashton
as John Taggart
Jürgen Prochnow
as Maxwell Dent
Ronny Cox
as Andrew Bogomil
Brigitte Nielsen
as Karla Fry
Allen Garfield
as Harold Lutz
Dean Stockwell
as Chip Cain
Paul Reiser
as Jeffrey Friedman
Gilbert R. Hill
as Inspector Todd
JPV852
Entertaining enough sequel isn't as sharp as the original and some parts felt like Murphy's stand-up routine, and while the plot itself was weak, did enjoy the on-screen friendships between Murphy, Reinhold and Ashton. **3.5/5**...
CinemaSerf
Well I suppose a sequel to the 1984 success was inevitable, and to be fair Tony Scott has managed to re-assemble the cast from the first film and recruit Jürgen Prochnow ("Dent") to adopt the Steven Berkoff role as baddie-in-chief. The rest of this is pretty much a straight copy of the original as E...