Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren, and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop and the second installment in the Beverly Hills Cop film series. Murphy returns as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who reunites with Beverly Hills detectives Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to stop a criminal organization after Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) is shot and seriously wounded.
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| Directed by | Tony Scott |
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| Based on | Characters by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr. |
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| Cinematography | Jeffrey L. Kimball |
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| Music by | Harold Faltermeyer |
Production company | Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27 million |
| Box office | $299.97 million |
The film received mixed reviews from critics on release, but it was a box office success, grossing $299 million worldwide, the highest grossing film of Beverly Hills Cop film series. Additionally, the film was nominated for an Oscar, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, for Bob Seger's "Shakedown". A sequel, Beverly Hills Cop III, was released in 1994.