Plot;
In the opening scene we see detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) undercover trying to deal in cigarettes, but when two police officers ask what is happening it results in a high speed chase ending up with many vehicles bing damaged. Foley's inspector (Gil Hill) warns him that if he continues this sort of behaviour he will fire him. Axel then returns home to his apartment to find someone has broken in, it is his friend Michael Tandino (James Russo). Micheal has done his time in prison and he tells Axel he is now working as a security guard in Beverly Hills. Michael then shows Axel some German bearer bonds but Foeley doesn't want to know anything about them. After a trip to the bar they return to Axel's place where two men appear and knock out Axel. They two men find out that Michale took the bearer bonds from his boss Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), they beat Michael up and then shoot him.
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Axel wants to go to Beverly Hills to investigate the murder of his friend but Inspector Todd does not want him to go. Axel decides to use his vacation time to go to Beverly hills to investigate. He finds his friend Jenny (Lisa Eilbacher) working in an art gallery and he finds out that he had ties to Victor Maitland. Axel pretends to be a Flower delivery man to gain access to Maitland's office. He tries to question Victor on the murder of Michael but is taken downstairs and thrown through a glass window by his bodyguards. He is then arrested, at the police station he meets police officers Sergeant John Taggart, Detective Billy Rosewood, and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil. Lt. Andrew teels Jon and Billy to follow Axel, they get into a few encounters including stopping an armed robbery at a stripclub, they become friends.
Axel trying to find Michael's killers he goes to a warehouse where he finds coffee which is used to hide the scent of the drugs underneath. He also finds out that his boxes do not go into customs to get searched. Foley goes to the country club where Victor is and gets into a fight with one of his bodyguards he is then arrested again. Lt. Andrew wants to know why Axel keeps bothering Victor, he tells them that Victor is a smuggler but he is still unsure what he is smuggling. Andrew believes his story but cannot do a search because of lack of hard evidence. The chief then arrives and demands Axel to be taken out of Beverly Hills by escort.
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Axel persuades Billy to pick up Jenny and to go the one of Victor's warehouses. Victor arrives when Axel and Jenny are in the warehouse, Victor takes Jenny and tells his thugs to kill Axel. Billy then goes into the warehouse and rescues Axel. Taggart then finds Axel and Billy in Victor's estate, Taggart then joins them to find Jenny and bring Victor to justice. Lt. Andrew finds out that shots were fired at the Maitland estate he sends in back up and goes to the mansion. After a gun battle with Victor's men Axel kills the man that killed Michael. Victor then shoots Axel and injures him, he uses Jenny as a human shield. Lt. Andrew arrives and distracts Victor long along for Jenny to run away, both Andrew and Axel fire into Maitland until he is dead.
The chief arrives and asks Andrew what has happened, Andrew lies to cover Axel and his team. They back up the story, Axel asks Andrew to speak to inspector Todd so that he can't get fired. Taggart and Rosewood meet Axel when checks out of his hotel and they pay his bill. Axel then asks them if they want to get a drink on the way there, they both accept.
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Extras;
The DVD extras are ported over which contained a director's commentary, 3 featurette's and a trailer. All are go into much detail, it's a shame though that Eddie Murphy is not in any of the extras.
4/5
Picture Quality;
Unfortunately it is a mixed bag, some scenes look great with a nice amount of grain and others look completely devoid of detail due to digital scrubbing. The upside is you will find it is a major upgrade from the DVD so fans should be happy with this release.
Audio Quality;
5.1 DTS HD audio sounds great, the music and dialogue is crystal clear. The Harold Faltermeyer theme sounds great throughout.
4/5
Overall the film stands the test of time, the story and the characters will keep you hooked until the film ends. The soundtrack may not hold up as well but the theme is a classic. A top performance from Eddie in was one of his best comedic roles. A must see for people who are into 80s action/comedy films.
Highly Recommended!
Andrew
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