Once you really get going with the story, this is a dutiful sequel with a good bit to like.

Full Review | Jul 16, 2024

[For] all the recycled themes and storytelling beats, it’s hard to deny Tony Scott’s signature visual prowess injected into this sequel. The movie also benefits from higher stakes, better action set pieces and a killer soundtrack.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 4, 2024

Any comedy [as] good [as Beverly Hills Cop] warrants a better follow-up than this, and I can’t understand why audiences didn’t feel cheated by this second-rate retread.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 5, 2022

... "Beverly Hills Cop II" should feel like more of the same, yet it still manages to become its own story.

Full Review | May 17, 2022

It’s possible Scott felt he had nothing to work with. The film’s plot, such as it is, barely exists...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 10, 2022

The heat is on again but the humor isn't.

Full Review | Mar 29, 2022

...fares best in its briskly-paced and thoroughly entertaining opening half hour...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 28, 2022

As with most sequels, the story, characters, gags, and style deteriorate just a little bit, and this series is no exception.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 31, 2020

Sometimes sequels never live up to the original. As much as Beverly Hills Cop II echoes that sentiment, the late, great director Tony Scott delivers a film that encapsulates the pinnacle of 80s films in terms of culture, style, fashion and action.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2020

essentially repeats everything from the first film, but louder and flashier

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 11, 2020

Sleazy, sexist, and stupid.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 19, 2020

Why do filmmakers try to improve on the original with louder music, bigger stunts, grosser situations? Such questions come to mind on viewing Beverly Hills Cop II, Paramount's attempt to renew its 1985 gold mine.

Full Review | Apr 3, 2019

Wonderfully fast and action-packed.

Full Review | Nov 8, 2016

[Nothing] really, except a delivery system for Murphy. But Murphy in those days was appealing enough that this proves to be very nearly sufficient.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 29, 2013

The film seems... to be a precisely timed affair: so many seconds for this, so many for that, and the natural flow of the story be damned.

Full Review | Jun 12, 2013

Been there and done that better.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 18, 2008

Not as good as the original, but fast and funny enough to suffice fans

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 7, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 26, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2005