Eddie Murphy Beverly Hills Cop II
by Yuna: Eddie Murphy
The blueprint for every cop who doesn't play by the rules since starts with Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop II. Axel Foley walks into that setting with pure energy and a sense of ownership, acting without hesitation or censorship while displaying extreme confidence. This portrayal of the archetype represents a model for subsequent characters of this type. It is just peak unhinged confidence with no notes and no filter.
Transcript (en)
Hey man, take off your glasses! I thought that was you, man! You almost got busted, I did get busted! I lost my whole investment because of you! Vinny, what the hell is wrong with you, man? You know I'm a businessman, I got to work! What? You come inside here half-hour late, and on top of all that, you gonna bring a goddamn cop with you, too? What are you talking, cop? He ain't no cop! That's dirty Harry himself, man! What the fuck is wrong with you gonna bring him in here? You calling me a cop? You definitely a cop! He ain't no cop, he's my nephew! Well, the dude is definitely bad luck, I don't know what he is to you, he's bad luck to me! Bad luck? I'll fucking tell you it's bad luck! For you it's bad luck, my friend's in a prison body shop fixing all the cars that he smashed that day cause you had to fuck around. This guy's a fucking clown. Hey, what is, wait a second. What the fucking cop are you gonna wear? I'm checking you for a wire, man. You ain't no cop. Well why can't I check you if he ain't a cop? If he ain't wire, why can't I? Why can't I frisk him? Why can't I frisk him? Why can't I wear this bullshit? Why won't he let me frisk him then? Cut the bullshit. Then why can't I frisk him if he ain't got the wire on? Cut the bullshit, man. Look, I got 2,000 blank American Express cards right now. Go. You got the money, you wanna do business or what? I have the money and I do want to do business, but with you, I ain't doing nothing in front of this dude because this dude is a cop. I know when I can smell a pig inside the room. I used to be a Muslim, man, and I know that's Park over here. Yes, Park. It's definitely Park. I ain't doing shit around this dude, man. You want to do business, you know where to find me. Fuck you, man. Allahu Akbar. You calling me a help? Come here. Come here. Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Yeah Hey Jack Hey Where the hell have you been? Todd's looking all over for you, and I hope you made the bust. Did you make the bust? I really hope you did. Can I count on you? And I can trust you. Yes. Are we working undercover together? Yeah. And I can trust you to be quiet. And who are you talking to? Okay, listen. Wait a minute. I need you to drive the Ferrari for a couple of days. You want me to drive the Ferrari? Yes, I'm going out of town for a couple of days, and I need you. I need you to drive the Ferrari. Drive it where? Just drive it around, but nobody can know it's you. You have to be me. How do I drive the car? Well, duck down, scooch you down inside the car, like you drive like this. Drive it. No one can know it's you. Please don't tell Ty that it's you. So just scooch you down? Yeah, and don't have a lot of people hanging around in the car because it's going to draw attention to yourself. I got you. Have, like, one person in the car. Have Marcy. Drive Marcy in the car. You can drive Marcy. She was supposed to hang out with me this weekend. What do you mean? But for the car, she don't want to be with me. She's going to drive around in the car. She likes the car. She loves the Ferrari, so drive around in the car with Marcy. So I'm driving the car. Drive the car with Marcy, scooch you down. Just drive around. Don't tell anybody about this. Don't tell anybody about this, okay? And I know it's a lot of stuff you don't understand, but this is my move. This is one that's going to make me cop in the month, and I'm going to take you with me. We're going to be there smiling together. Beautiful. And I can trust you. Yeah. And you're my friend. Yes. And we're undercover. Yes. And you understand this? No. Good Inspector T how you doing Where the fuck you been, Foley? And what the fuck is this? It's a blue slip. What in the hell do you need a thousand dollars for? A little flash money. Flash money? Well, let's see here. Two thousand dollars for a suit, $200 for a tie? A requisition order for a Ferrari? I don't want to see any more of these blue slips. We're not gonna see some arrest slips. I know that you're getting upset, and I know that you have reason to be upset, but let me tell you something, Chief. I am close. I'm so close now. I'm closer than I've been, and it's making me crazy, because I can smell it. It's in the air, and I smell it. Do you smell it? Because I smell it. All I smell is your bullshit. For six months, I've been pouring money down a bottomless hole. Where the bad guys at the end of this rainbow? Wait a second. Look, I just thought that there was a problem... Don't think, Axel! It makes my dick it! The truth is, this apartment's fronted you a fortune. And my ass is on the line. I okayed all this shit. It's been out of my fucking mind to keep letting you talk me into this shit. But I can pull out till I get some kind of bust or my career is finished But I promise you I won go down alone I gonna give you three days If I don see some results by then I gonna cover my own ass How do you like that arrangement? If I only have three days to do this, I have to go deep undercover. I'm undercover deep now. This is deep, but I'm going deeper. I don't want no more money, but I'm going deep, deep, deep, deep undercover. So you sign that for me, and I'm going so deep, sir, You not even know where people are gonna try to page me. It'd be excellent. No answer, because I'm gonna be deep undercover. I'm tired of your bullshit, Foley. You got three days. If I don't see some results by then, I'm gonna grind your ass in the dog meat. You got that? Deal. I have a dog meat ass. Now, could you please sign my authorization for my flash money, please? Flash money. Just make sure nothing happens to that Ferrari. That's a $50,000 automobile, you know. Oh, no, no, no. It's $67,000. It goes from 100 to 150 and like... You just better make sure nothing happens to it. Don't worry about a thing. The car is safe. I'm driving the car. No one else will be in the car but me. Twenty-four hours of that will be in the car. I will sleep, eat, drink, shit. I wish... No, I ain't go shit. You thought I was being really shit. Why look like shitting in the car? I ain't go shit. Don't worry about a thing, though. I am on the job. Don't worry about a thing. I'm on the job. That's what I'm afraid of!
