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Beverly Hills Cop III

EMAIL PRINTParamount Pictures

7.5 User Score:

Overwhelming dislike

Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Danilo Bach (character)
Daniel Petrie Jr. (character)
Steven E. de Souza

Directed by: John Landis

Release Date:
Theatrical: May 25, 1994
DVD: January 29, 2002

Running Time: 104 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language and some violence

Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Bronson Pinchot, Hector Elizondo, Al Green, Jon Tenney, and George Lucas

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.

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What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Washington Post Joe Brown

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.

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ReelViews James Berardinelli

The comedy is mostly restricted to one-liners, some of which aren't funny. And the action is uninspired, barely tapping the vast potential of an amusement park chase film.

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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

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]

TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)

Beverly Hills Cop III is a flat-out action comedy in which the action is unimpressive and the comedy so mild it seldom hits the mark; for a series only into its third installment, Beverly Hills Cop III is shockingly toothless.

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Empire Kim Newman

It's now become Hollywood gospel that if a high concept film is reasonably successful, then make a sequel and if that raises any interest at all, then, hey why not try one more. It's a shame that here the studios just don't know when to stop with this episode ruining the name of what was once an enjoyable franchise.

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Christopher Harris

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]

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Though not quite the fiasco of revved-up gunplay that Beverly Hills Cop II was, this new movie, directed by John ''Rock-'em Sock-'em'' Landis, is just a clunky action thriller, with occasional comic moments rationed out to the audience like stray crumbs.

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Boston Globe Jay Carr

Although the limits on Beverly Hills Cop III are pretty obvious, it's not a total write-off. Still, it's time to stop making movies about Murphy's Motown cop and start making one about Serge. [25 May 1994, p.69]

Christian Science Monitor Staff (Not Credited)

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]

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

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.

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Village Voice Evette Porter

The formula has stayed the same, but Murphy isn't the Foley of 10 years ago. The only thing that remains is his patented Chic-let grin. [7 Jun 1994]

Time Richard Schickel

Beverly Hills Cop III is just going through the motions, without comic conviction, surprises or suspense. [6 June 1994, p.66]

Los Angeles Times Peter Rainer

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]

The New York Times Caryn James

Beverly Hills Cop III is a generic action movie, an Eddie Murphy film with only a trace of Eddie Murphy.

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Washington Post Desson Howe

De Souza's script is an uninspired, long-winded we-know-whodunit. Although Landis's comic routines provide occasional relief, they're tired reprises from previous "Cop" films.

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Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

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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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

nerio b gave it a9:
My god this movie got a 15 really it wasn't that bad at all I loved it when i was younger and watched it again recently and it still is awesome.

Ryan S gave it a7:
Really doesn't deserve its current rating. Not the best out of the series by far, but still an enjoyable film.

Joe M. gave it a9:
I actually liked this movie.

Big Cheese gave it a3:
Gutless sequel with little to no humor. A complete waste.

Pete S. gave it a10:
Top film! really enjoyable and one that can be watched over again!