Beverly Hills Cop III: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
THE UGLY
WHERE THE FUCK IS TAGGART?!
Taggart (John Ashton) is not in this movie. And that’s a serious fucking problem. Instead, we got Héctor Elizondo who was clearly written in to take his place. It just didn’t work and it was too obvious. Ashton’s sardonic cynicism was missed.
Actually, come to think of it, Ronnie Cox was also missing. And for all intents and purposes so was Judge Reinhold, who was barely in the movie. This was ugly stuff, because like Lethal Weapon, this series has its own ‘team’ and you just can’t omit them.
KILLING INSPECTOR TODD
I’m going to use one of Gilbert R. Hill’s scenes from the first movie because I don’t want to go back to his ignoble death. Writing off Todd was a crime and even though Hill died last year, he could never have returned to the series even if a fourth movie came out by now.
No more reading Foley the riot act.
Todd was parodied in the likes of The Last Action Hero and should have stayed in the series no matter what. This series seemed to have been Hill’s only roles, which is a pity because he was a good actor.
GEORGE LUCAS
Perhaps nothing signifies the problems of Beverly Hills Cop III more than this chump’s appearance. Let me up front about something. I don’t like George Lucas. I think the man is profusely overrated and anyone who names their ranch after one of their fictional characters borders severely close to ‘twat’ territory.
What the hell was this even about? Was this your doing, Landis? This just added to the whole throbbing girlie man Wonder World theme that plagued this movie. The only way that this could’ve worked was if Lucas was covered in blood squibs and got chopped up by the Annihilator 2000.
George Lucas showing up in a Beverly Hills Cop movie, in any form, is like Katy Perry showing up in an Expendables movie. Wait! Don’t give Avi Lerner any ideas…
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