The short scene of Bogomil being gunned down after Brigitte Nielsen’s car cuts him off opens the category, including the wig removal and Mercedes convertible getaway.
Axel commandeering the Andersons’ house under construction is nominated, with the foreman’s exasperated no-right-angles reaction and the flow into Johnny Wishbone as highlights.
The gun club scene is praised for the Monique and Unique bit and Nielsen’s introduction, though shooting the screen with a real gun seems odd and the villain lineup feels overcrowded, including Dean Stockwell’s character.
The 385 North strip-club bit presenting a man as former President Gerald Ford remains funny, helped by the outfit and the crowd’s applause.
The fish-tank fingerprint visit to Rosewood’s apartment, with its Cobra poster, could have lasted twenty minutes.
The City Deposit armored-truck robbery is Tony Scott flexing, ending with a cement truck and Chris Rock as a valet; the whole Playboy Mansion sequence is called one of the most ‘80s scenes of the ‘80s.
The racetrack robbery is chosen for Tony Scott’s cross-cutting with running horses and Brigitte turning on her partner.
The Detroit scenes with the returning cigarette salesman and Paul Reiser’s strung-out Ferrari payphone calls are also named.
The final choice splits by genre: City Deposit through the Playboy Mansion for action, and the Andersons house scene for comedy, which the other host matches with the gun-club bag bit as an alternative.

Taggart and Rosewood; Brigitte Nielsen; opening theme music; I Want Your Sex; Chris Rock; Simpson and Bruckheimer; deleted laser scene; Playboy Mansion filming; Alphabet Crimes concept; Paul Reiser’s Playboy’s Sisters magazine

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Taggart and Rosewood are named first, with a wish that Beverly Hills Cop movies had kept coming every two years, seven in all, to add more of them.
Brigitte Nielsen is raised next, and this is judged the best part she ever had, better than her earlier Schwarzenegger film and definitely better than Cobra.
An opening song thematically drawn from the movie is praised as something no longer done.
Shakedown was reportedly meant for Glenn Frey until his voice gave out, so Bob Seger sang it; Harold Faltermeyer’s score is compared to 48 Hours, Escape from New York, Miami Vice, and Fletch.
Shakedown is called Bob Seger’s only number-one hit, a late peak after Springsteen pulled ahead of him around 1981.
George Michael’s I Want Your Sex is called an amazing ‘80s song used perfectly.
Chris Rock’s early appearance has aged best, especially in light of the Will Smith incident.
Asked about Jürgen Prochnow, the answer is lukewarm: he and Dean Stockwell step on each other as villains, and Paul Guilfoyle’s character is barely developed.
A scene at the villains’ apartment revealing their strange relationship is wished for, and the debt-driven alphabet scheme is called too cute by half.
Simpson and Bruckheimer have aged best; Simpson reportedly had Paramount pull writer Larry Ferguson off The Presidio to work on this film.
A deleted gun-club scene where Axel, Rosewood, and Taggart sneak past lasers should have been kept.
It was reportedly the first movie filmed at the Playboy Mansion after Hugh Hefner had long refused.
The Alphabet Crimes concept could be a Fincher-style limited Netflix series with one letter per episode; the crimes ran through the jewelry store, Bogomil, City Deposit, and the racetrack, and should have reached J.
Paul Reiser appears to be reading a Playboy’s Sisters magazine in several scenes, possibly a payoff for mansion access.

What’s Aged the Worst?

Eddie’s ad-lib comedy bits; missing first-film characters and Bronson Pinchot; asexual Axel

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Eddie’s ad-libbed comedy bits have aged worst; they worked better in the first movie.
Leaving out the first film’s female lead is lamented; even a four-minute art-gallery scene would have helped.
Bronson Pinchot’s absence also hurts, and Simpson should have gotten ABC to release him for a few scenes.
Axel is asexual again with not a hint of romance, unlike Reggie in 48 Hours.

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Valerie Wildman

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Chief Lutz’s actor and Inspector Todd’s actor are named among Tony Scott’s reliable character actors.
The gun club receptionist, Valerie Wildman, later Dylan McKay’s father’s fiancee on 90210, is the favorite and declared winner.

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

Chief Lutz; Bogomil’s daughter Jan

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It has got to be Gottfried as the obvious pick, but he has been like that for 40 years, so is he even overacting?
Chief Lutz really dials it up, and the mayor calls him abusive.
Bogomil’s daughter Jan is added for different reasons: her job and purpose are unclear beyond phone calls that suddenly produce inside information, and she has no real rapport with Axel.

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Gilbert Gottfried; construction foreman, added later

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Paul Reiser, Gilbert Gottfried, and Chris Rock in his first movie are candidates.
Gottfried kills his one largely improvised scene, followed by a tribute to him.
After the categories, the Andersons’ construction foreman is proposed for this award. — Craig Horlbeck
The hosts agree the foreman nailed it and that they blew it by leaving him out.

Apex Mountain

Brigitte Nielsen; Judge Reinhold

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Eddie Murphy is not at Apex despite Cop 2 and Raw in the same year; the first Beverly Hills Cop was his apex, though the film’s success shows his star power.
Brigitte Nielsen is a yes; a long career seemed likely after this film.
Judge Reinhold is a yes, getting starring parts after Fast Times and Ruthless People before Vice Versa failed to launch him.
Tony Scott, Hugh Hefner, Harold Faltermeyer, and the Playboy Mansion are nos; Hefner’s peak is placed around the late ‘70s.
Cement trucks are floated jokingly, prompting a recollection of a Twitter correction about missing the long pee scene in The Naked Gun.

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

Alphabet Killer series; Rosewood and Taggart sitcom; Rosewood and Taggart in Detroit

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A Netflix version would be built around the Alphabet Killer, while Rosewood and Taggart could have been a sitcom.
The original England plan reportedly paired Eddie with Sean Connery at Scotland Yard, seen as a backbone for The Rock.
A better third film would send Rosewood and Taggart to Detroit as the fish out of water, even with limited Eddie scenes.

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

Detroit Lions jacket; Ferrari Testarossa

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Eddie’s Detroit Lions jacket is the easy choice and was a big deal at the time; a sweatshirt from the first film is also mentioned.
The Ferrari Testarossa is taken as another choice, and Dean Stockwell’s mustache is jokingly wanted.
The Lions jacket is the final call for one host.

Who Won the Movie?

Eddie Murphy

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A case is made for Rosewood and Taggart, and for Tony Scott because the film is so distinctively his, yet it is hard to name anyone other than Murphy.
The answer is affirmed as Eddie Murphy while agreeing that others have credible claims.

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