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- 1994
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1994
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
Summary Axel Foley is back tracking rumors of a counterfeit money ring operating out of a theme park. This time it's personal because the baddies involved killed his boss.
Directed By: John Landis
Written By: Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr., Steven E. de Souza
- 1994
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1994
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
Beverly Hills Cop III
16
5.7
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Summary Axel Foley is back tracking rumors of a counterfeit money ring operating out of a theme park. This time it's personal because the baddies involved killed his boss.
Directed By: John Landis
Written By: Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr., Steven E. de Souza
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
16
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
67% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
16
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
67% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Landis's handling of the cop business is unnecessarily laborious, but Murphy's patented insincerity is winning. And a few of the slapstick set pieces are genuinely thrilling, especially a riotous nighttime chase scene.
By Joe Brown
FULL REVIEW
The Beverly Hills Cop formula shows serious signs of wear in its third outing as Eddie Murphy tries desperately to hold onto his tough-guy, mock-grin edge while screenwriters and director John Landis do little more than stir-fry lame gags with furious but tiresome fusilades of gunfire. [25 May 1994, p.E1]
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 108 User Ratings
5.7
42% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
35% Mixed
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
23% Negative
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 108 User Ratings
5.7
42% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
35% Mixed
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
23% Negative
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
There is, admittedly, something splendidly subversive about putting the movie's arch-villains into a children's theme park - the ultimate symbol of both apple-pie family values and the whole U.S. entertainment industry. There are no real worms in this apple, however; like most flicks conceived as marketing vehicles, it's hollow at the core. [27 May 1994, p.D3]
By Christopher Harris
Beverly Hills Cop III is perhaps the dumbest of the cop trio. There are no surprises, there's no real police work to unravel, and there are no mysteries. It's all very predictable with lots of gunplay, noise, and blood. [3 Jun 1994]
By Staff (Not Credited)
Whatever juice is left in the "Cop" franchise or in the once unstoppable career of Eddie Murphy peters out ignominiously in this poor excuse for a sequel.
There's a fundamental lack of human feeling in Beverly Hills Cop III that makes you want to avert your eyes from the people around you when the lights come up. Attending this movie makes you feel like an accomplice to the corruption. [25 May 1994, p.1]
Beverly Hills Cop III is made with so little spark, humor, and internal logic that it makes me better appreciate these other recent Murphy movies where the actor/comedian at least stretched his persona and attempted something apart from the action comedy mold.
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