Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder, but soon realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie detective, Billy Rosewood joins the fish-out-of-water Axel and shows him the West Los Angeles ropes.
Axel’s childhood friend is shot in the back of the head twice by a hitman. It’s easy to see coming because there’s a few minutes of a very tense interaction between Axel’s friend and the two hitmen. Later, multiple bad guys die
A somewhat disturbing scene where someone is shot and you see blood and matter/tissue fly, also a person is shot and wounded and you see their blood in several places, as well as several scenes where people are shot repeatedly and you see blood