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Summary: Not Bad & Not Good
Review: 3rd in the increasingly irrelevant BHC series. Marginally better than BHC2 but that's not saying much since BHC2 was landfill. Funny and clever mostly because Murphy and cast enjoy themselves. They seem to understand this series has run its course and this flick is just for fun. Not brilliant moviemaking but mostly harmless.
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Summary: avoid this at all costs
Review: a truly awful film. the first is my favourite film and the second, although not as good, still gets regular viewings but this is an insult to movie-watchers. eddie murphy reputedly turned down the role three times due to the atrocious script and eventually only took the part because of the ludicrous amount of money on offer to him. the absence of john ashton as the perfect foil for judge reinhold is a travesty and his replacement (who's also the bad guy, whoops sorry, spoiled the film, but don't worry, john landis did that for me) is so see-through it is unbelievable. i urge you not to buy this film. the first two? yes. if you want eddie murphy stuff, go for coming to america or the 48hrs films (not classics, but better than this). how anyone could say eddie's best role was in bowfinger (see earlier review) beggars belief. that's an appalling film as well, and possibly eddie's worst ever role. the first bhc film is his best, just watch the scene at the buffet meal when he says "tell victor that ramone, the man he met last week, found out he's got herpesemplex 10 so he better get to the clinic before things start falling off on the brother" in a camp voice. genius.
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Summary: Identity Crisis!
Review: After the successful Beverly Hills Cop and its sequel, producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer opted not to produce the third installment. You can almost see why it hurt this one. Eddie Murphy is terrific, and so are Judge Reinhold (the only other character to appear in the other two films) and Hector Elizando. John Landis directs this time around, and while he is a worthy choice, he was handed a lousy script by Steven E. de Souza ("Die Hard," "Street Fighter the Movie"). Also, Harold Faltermeyer is not onboard as the score composer, so that took part in setting the different tone from the other two. The film is kinda strange in the fact that it doesn't quite know whether to be an action film or a comedy; director Martin Brest made a marriage of the two in the first film (and in other films as well) and even Tony Scott managed it well to some degree in the second one. The best part is Bronson Pinchot's cameo returning to the role of Serge. But overall, the film just doesn't feel like Beverly Hills Cop and I'm not really sure why it doesn't.
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Summary: Identity Crisis!
Review: After the successful Beverly Hills Cop and its sequel, producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer opted not to produce the third installment. You can almost see why it hurt this one. Eddie Murphy is terrific, and so are Judge Reinhold (the only other character to appear in the other two films) and Hector Elizando. John Landis directs this time around, and while he is a worthy choice, he was handed a lousy script by Steven E. de Souza ("Die Hard," "Street Fighter the Movie"). Also, Harold Faltermeyer is not onboard as the score composer, so that took part in setting the different tone from the other two. The film is kinda strange in the fact that it doesn't quite know whether to be an action film or a comedy; director Martin Brest made a marriage of the two in the first film (and in other films as well) and even Tony Scott managed it well to some degree in the second one. The best part is Bronson Pinchot's cameo returning to the role of Serge. But overall, the film just doesn't feel like Beverly Hills Cop and I'm not really sure why it doesn't.
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Summary: A TOTAL WASTE
Review: And a monumental flop. Beverly Hills Cop 3 spent so much money and delivered practically nothing. We get a 1.85:1 screen, bland production design (in a theme park?) and out of place action on the rides. It should have had a wider screen and more eye-pleasing backgrounds if it wants to look good on screen. But it never happened. The tone is very different to the previous 2 films and has some totally pointless action and a weak plot. Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckhiemer and Harold Faltermyer all bailed out of this film. Surely the director should have seen that as a sign. There isn't even a reason for Ronny Cox not being in this movie. At least they bothered to explain why John Ashton couldn't be bothered showing up (apparently his character retired to Arizona to play golf). Judge Reinhold is wasted and is given NO funny lines. Eddie Murphy acts like he's in a DIE HARD movie and how the other characters can't figure out who the bad guy is just by looking at him is insulting to the audience's attention. Millions of dollars were spent on this movie that came traipsing in 10 years after the original and 7 years after the sequel. I guess no one cared about Axel Foley anymore. As I have already said...the film bombed big time.
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Summary: SOMEHOW IT WORKS....
Review: DESPITE A FEW NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF THIS MOVIE, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A FUN WAY FOR PARAMOUNT TO MAKE FUN OF DISNEY WORLD AND THE OVER-RATED COMPANY THAT IT HAS BECOME. THEY POKE FUN AT THE COMPANY SO MUCH IN THIS MOVIE, THAT I THINK IN IT'S OWN WAY IT WAS SAYING THAT DISNEY IS NOT A REAL MOVIE STUDIO, BUT WE ARE. I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THAT.
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Summary: SOMEHOW IT WORKS....
Review: DESPITE A FEW NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF THIS MOVIE, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A FUN WAY FOR PARAMOUNT TO MAKE FUN OF DISNEY WORLD AND THE OVER-RATED COMPANY THAT IT HAS BECOME. THEY POKE FUN AT THE COMPANY SO MUCH IN THIS MOVIE, THAT I THINK IN IT'S OWN WAY IT WAS SAYING THAT DISNEY IS NOT A REAL MOVIE STUDIO, BUT WE ARE. I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THAT.
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Summary: Action plus good music & humor
Review: Eddie Murphy is great as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop III. I love all three of the BHC movies and this one is interesting because of the theme park setting. It makes you laugh, there's great music, tense action and even a little romance. Keeps you interested. Eddie Murphy comes through again! Thanks Eddie. A great ending to an awesome trilogy.
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Summary: Is this the last film...
Review: Funny, but very uneven thrid and final? Cops film that stars Eddie Murphy has Axel Foley, this time in the Hills with Billy Rosewood(Judge Reinhold) tracking some very villians thugs at as Disney type resort. Some laughs, and a somewhat cute ending make this somewhat watchable, but the idea is very worn out and it's time this film series ends right here.
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Summary: Makes the first two look like cinematic masterpieces
Review: I can honestly say that this was one of the few times I've ever wanted to walk out of a movie in the theater (my friends prevented me from doing so). Eddie Murphy hadn't made a funny movie in quite a while prior to this, and I remember figuring he was due (besides, how could you mess this up?). But I was wrong... the plot is idiotic, the "action" scenes are childish, and the only two near-giggles are Bronson Pinchot's art dealer, and maybe Hector Elizondo howling "Turn off that !#$*% song!!". Seriously though, the movie's whole premise - Axel getting all choked up over the murder of his boss, who had spent the first two films reaming him out, is both far-fetched and completely out of line with what the series had been. Worse still is the ... family-style veneer (were they trying to attract 5-year-olds by sending Axel to save cartoon characters in a theme park?) The first two movies got great mileage out of skewering 1980's pop-culture and Beverly Hills excess by dropping a rag-tag player from Detroit in the middle and letting him run circles around them. All of that fun is missing here. Action-comedies can be great fun when done well, because humor and danger tend to bounce well off each other. Unfortunately, this film is utterly devoid of either.
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