Beverly Hills Cop III is a 1994
action-
comedy film starring
Eddie Murphy and directed by
John Landis, who had previously worked with Murphy on
Trading Places and
Coming to America. It is the third film in the
Beverly Hills Cop series.
Murphy returns as Detroit cop
Axel Foley, who once again returns to Beverly Hills, California to stop a gang of counterfeiters, responsible for the death of his boss. Foley teams up with his friend, Beverly Hills detective
Billy Rosewood (
Judge Reinhold), and his investigation leads him to an amusement park known as
Wonderworld. The film features a number of cameo appearances by well-known film personalities including
Robert B. Sherman,
Arthur Hiller,
John Singleton,
Joe Dante, special effects legend
Ray Harryhausen, and
George Lucas as a ride patron.
Beverly Hills Cop III was released on May 25, 1994 and grossed
US$44 million in the United States, and over $75 million in the foreign box office. The film was considered by critics and admittedly by Murphy himself as the most disappointing film in the series.
Plot
During an assignment in Detroit, Axel Foley's (
Eddie Murphy) boss Inspector Todd gets killed by Ellis DeWald (
Timothy Carhart), and certain evidence points towards an amusement park called "
Wonderworld". Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills, California to search for Todd's killer. Upon arriving in Beverly Hills, Axel looks up his old friend, Billy Rosewood (
Judge Reinhold), who has attained the title of DDOJSIOC (Deputy...
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