Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action crime-comedy film directed
by Martin Brest, written by Daniel Petrie, Jr. and starring Eddie
Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who heads to Beverly
Hills, California to solve the murder of his best friend. Judge
Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and
Jonathan Banks appear in supporting roles.
This first film in the Beverly Hills Cop series shot Murphy to
international stardom, won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite
Motion Picture" and was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Academy Award for Best
Original Screenplay in 1985. It earned $234 million at the North
American domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing film of
1984 in the U.S.
Plot
Young and reckless Detroit police detective
Axel Foley's latest unauthorized sting operation goes sour when two
uniformed officers intervene, resulting in a high-speed chase through
the city which causes widespread damage. His boss Inspector Douglas Todd
reprimands Axel for his behavior and threatens to fire him unless he
changes his ways on the force. Axel arrives at his apartment to find it
has been broken into by his childhood friend, Mikey Tandino. Mikey did
time in prison, but ended up working as a security guard in Beverly
Hills, thanks to a mutual friend, Jenny Summers. Mikey shows Axel some
German bearer bonds and Axel wonders how he got them, but chooses not to
question him about it. After going out to a bar, they return to Axel's
apartment, where two men knock Axel unconscious and then confront Mikey
about the bearer bonds, assault him, and kill him.
Axel asks to investigate Mikey's murder, but Inspector Todd refuses to
allow it because of his close ties to Mikey. Axel uses the guise of
taking vacation time to head to Beverly Hills to solve the crime. He
finds Jenny working in an art gallery and learns about Mikey's ties to
Victor Maitland, the gallery's owner. Posing as a flower deliveryman,
Axel goes to Maitland's office and tries to question him about Mikey,
but is thrown through a window by Maitland's bodyguards and arrested. At
the police station, Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Sergeant John
Taggart and Detective Billy Rosewood to follow Axel. After a series of
encounters, including the trio's foiling of a robbery in a striptease
bar, the three develop a mutual respect.
On the trail of Mikey's killers, Axel sneaks into one of Maitland's
warehouses, where he finds coffee grounds, which he suspects were used
to pack drugs. He also discovers that many of Maitland's crates have not
gone through customs. After being arrested again, this time after a
scuffle at Maitland's country club, Axel admits to Bogomil that Maitland
is a smuggler. Police Chief Hubbard, who has learned of Axel's
ill-advised investigative actions, orders that Axel be escorted out of
town. However, Axel convinces Rosewood to pick up Jenny instead and take
her with them to Maitland's warehouse, where a shipment is due to
arrive that day.
Axel and Jenny break into the warehouse and discover several bags of
cocaine inside a crate. Before Axel can get this new found evidence to
Rosewood, Maitland and his associates arrive. Maitland takes Jenny and
leaves Axel to be killed, but after some hesitation, Rosewood enters the
warehouse and rescues Axel. Taggart tracks Axel and Rosewood to
Maitland's estate, where he joins the two in their efforts to rescue
Jenny and bring Maitland to justice. After wiping out most of Maitland's
men, Axel kills Maitland's right-hand man Zack, identifying him as
Mikey's killer. With Bogomil's help, Axel fatally shoots Maitland and
rescues Jenny. Bogomil fabricates a story to Hubbard that covers for all
the participants without discrediting the Beverly Hills Police force.
Realizing that he will be fired in Detroit, Axel asks Bogomil to speak
to Inspector Todd and smooth things over for him. Later, Taggart and
Rosewood meet Axel as he checks out of his hotel, and pay his bill. Axel
invites them to join him for a farewell drink, and they accept.
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