The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers (WGA):

Sidney J. Furie (story) and
Rick Natkin (story) ...

Release Date:

11 October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

The richest city in the world. Shut down. Ripped off. Blown up.

Plot:

A group of embittered ex-cops use a chemical spill to raid the banks and homes of Beverly Hills.

Plot Keywords:

Chemical | Die Hard Scenario | Accident | Race Against Time | Hoax

Cast

Ken Wahl	...	Boomer Hayes
Matt Frewer	...	Ed Kelvin
Harley Jane Kozak	...	Laura Sage
Robert Davi	...	Robert Masterson
Lee Ving	...	Varney (as Lee Ving James)
Branscombe Richmond	...	Benitez
Lyman Ward	...	Chief Healy
Michael Bowen	...	L.A. Cop at Roadblock
William Prince	...	Mitchell Sage
Michael Kehoe	...	Cop / Thief #1
Mark Haining	...	Cop / Thief #2
Jason Blicker	...	Cop / Thief #3
Tony Ganios	...	EPA Man
Ken Swofford	...	Coach
Raymond Singer	...	Mr. Tobeason

Also Known As:

Boomer: The Taking of Beverly Hills

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Germany:16 (nf) | Norway:15 | UK:15 (cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Nelson Entertainment

Trivia:

Orion Pictures was originally set to release the film in the summer of 1991 but they fell into bankruptcy before the film could see the light of day. Columbia Pictures eventually picked the picture up and gave it a small, and brief, run in the fall of 1991.

Quotes:

Ed Kelvin: [Conluding his opening monologue on Beverly Hills] ... Of course if you're a beverly hills cop like me you just can't afford to live here... makes you think doesn't it?

Soundtrack:

Let's Get It On

very much like die-hard, but in the streets of BH

Ok, is this movie cheesy? well, yeah. But it's one of those films I rented when it first came out and I kind of enjoyed it (come on, the cop is the same guy who played max headroom). It has it's cheesy moments, not to mention parts that aren't believable (would the whole town really be ok with just staying up playing cards in some hotel lobby?), not to mention how they somehow had such an accurate tracking system they knew down to the penny how much loot they stole? Nothing ground breaking here, but still a good film.