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• Eddie plays the police game again! posted on 31 Aug 2009

  Saturday Night Live alum Eddie Murphy once again plays the police game in this first of three installments,somewhat similarly to how he did in 48 HRS.. This is one of a multitude of Murphy's films produced by Paramount and also he delighted his fans with other Paramount properties such as TRADING PLACES and BEST DEFENSE(both followed 48 HRS. and preceded this film). In addition to Murphy,director Martin Brest(MIDNIGHT RUN,SCENT OF A WOMAN) worked with other talented actors like Judge Reinhold(THE SANTA CLAUSE,RUTHLESS PEOPLE),Ronny Cox,John Ashton(MR,SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL,LITTLE BIG LEAGUE) and Lisa Eilbacher. Murphy is Axel Foley,a Detroit plain-clothes detective sent to do some work in beautiful Beverly Hills. He joins forces with Officer Billy Rosewood(Reinhold) and Sgt. John Taggart(Ashton). Axel is caught inside of a truck filled with stolen cigarette cartons and in another scene,is thrown by a group of four through a front window. Billy's and John's chief of their precinct is Andrew Boagamil(Cox). The film is filled with great music performed by Glenn Frey,the Pointer Sisters and Patti LaBelle. There's also an awesome instrumental piece entitled AXEL F written by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey and performed by Faltermeyer. The duo later wrote music for the sequel and another Paramount property,TOP GUN. This film was theatrically released in December 1984 when video stores were then only independently operated. Brest later directed Ashton in Universal's MR.

• Watching the funny antics of our hero in this wonderful movie is like watching the 'Law of Requisite Variety' at work! posted on 31 Aug 2009

  Recently, I just browsed through my personal DVD movie collections & decided to watch the entire 'Beverly Hills Cop' movie trilogy, starring Eddie Murphy.
  
  I had actually watched the original version in the movie theatres, with the first one during the eighties.
  
  I had always thought that the first one offered wonderful life lessons.
  
  In the movie, Alex Foley, a free-wheeling, street-wise, loud-mouthed police detective in Detroit (played by Eddie Murphy), while pursuing a murder investigation of a good but dead buddy, found himself dealing with a very different culture in Beverly Hills.
  
  Meanwhile, he also got himself entangled with two reluctant but goofy cops (played like a 'Laurel & Hardy' duo by Judge Reinhold & John Ashton) from the Beverly Hills Police Department, while poking his nose into the affairs of a local businessman/art gallery owner, Victor Maitland (played menacingly by Steven Berkof), who also happened to be a drug kingpin using his gallery as a front.
  
  On the whole, it was a hilariously funny movie with a gripping story, plus a now-famous sound-track with a great blend of techno pop & electro rock.
  
  What impressed me most about the movie was not so much the pulsating action sequences & fascinating one-liner dialogue, but watching our quick-witted hero out-thinking & out-manoeuvring, irrespective of whether they were the bad guys or the good guys, who stood in the way of his murder investigation.
  
  First, he conned the building renovation crew of a large house to take a few days off so that he could stay in it for free. Then, the 'banana in the tail pipe' episode was a real classic.
  
  When he entered into a bonded warehouse illegally, he was cornered by a security guard, but quickly turned the difficult situation into a random inspection by US Customs to test their security protocol.
  
  The 'Ramon' sequence ("Tell Victor that Ramon - the fella he met about a week ago? - tell him that Ramon went to the clinic today, and I found out that I have, um, herpes simplex 10, and I think Victor should go check himself out with his physician to make sure everything is fine before things start falling off on the man.") at the entrance to a posh restaurant to get to the drug kingpin was another classic one.
  
  There were too numerous 'incidents' - worthwhile from the learning perspective - to write about here. Frankly speaking, you just got to go & watch this movie once again.
  
  Whether you like it or not, the seemingly unorthodox methods by our hero, in reality, reflected quick spontaneous thinking on the feet. I like to call them acts of 'anticipatory prowess', a good life skill worth emulating in today's fast-changing world, especially when dealing with unexpected life situations.
  
  Eddie Murphy is a very versatile actor. I have watched many of his movies, e.g. '48 Hours' & 'Another 48 Hours', & for me, this particular one has been most memorable, & best of all, offers the most real-life lessons.
  
  Watching his funny antics in this wonderful movie is like watching the 'Law of Requisite Variety' at work!

• Beverly Hills Cop (Special Collector's Edition) posted on 31 Aug 2009

  Beverly Hills Cop (Special Collector's Edition)~ John Ashton is a great Eddie Murphy. The plot is well written, the music is the typical 80's movie music and the special effects are just on the mark. Eddie Murphy is amazing in the role as Axel Foley and this is one of my favorite Eddie Murphy movies of all time. The movie sure has a lot of 80's references like German Marks, and could be tricky for kids that did not grow up during the 80's. Highly recommended indeed. The plot is so much better then the sequels and I rank it as one of the better made 80's movie. The clothes , style and art are all a total hoot. I give it 5 out of 5 stars easily.
  

• Great fun with cool posted on 18 Aug 2009

  Imagine Sly Stallone as Axel Foley... Thank God, the part was finally given to the young motor mouth Eddie Murphy.This movie is ruthlessly cool, funny, realistically action-packed; in two words well-made. Murphy is wonderfully backed up by nerdy Judge Reinhold and John Ashton's experienced cop. Steven Berkoff is an OK villain, a bit stiff and uncomfortable in the part though. Lisa Eilbacher delivers a traditional performance as good-looking lady in distress.Although we have the story of Detroit cop Axel Foley going to Los Angeles to find his good friend's murderer, almost everything focuses on Eddie Murphy's jokes and supporting characters who just don't know how to handle the street wise cop. But there's also a certain seriousness to Murphy's interpretation of the character which saves the film from becoming ridiculous.7.5/10, the sequel is better.

• My favorite Eddie Murphy film! posted on 13 Jun 2009

  Every time I see Eddie Murphy the first thing that comes to mind is "Beverly Hills Cop" and how wonderful of a movie this is. This film is possibly one of the best action-comedy films out there. The action is done extremely well, the comedy is right on, the characters are likable, the acting is fantastic, and the story is great.Eddie Murphy really shines in this role as Axel Foley, a very likable Detroit Cop, and does a fantastic job of laying out the groundwork for a great franchise, as does director Martin Brest. Judge Reinhold and John Ashton play Axel's Beverly Hills counterparts. Both pulling off fantastic performances and playing very enjoyable characters. Ronny Cox also does a fine job with his role in the film. Bronson Pinchot and Paul Reiser also deserve some notice as well, despite having very little screen time, they both make the best of it. I'd also like to point a little known actor named Damon Wayans in the film, playing an extremely small part, but nonetheless a good one (he's the man that gives Axel the bananas).As I mentioned before the action and the comedy are right on and the scenes flows very nicely together, you never once get bored throughout the film.
  If you are one of the few people on this earth that hasn't seen "Beverly Hills Cop", I strongly suggest you watch this one. It's a fantastic film and deserves to be seen. Hope you enjoy(ed) it. Thanks for reading,-LebowskiT1000

• One of Murphy's Best. posted on 27 Mar 2009

  A black Detroit cop travels to Beverly Hills California to investigate the murder of his long time friend. upon arrival, however, Axel (Murphy) discovers that Beverly Hills is quite different from his routes in Detroit. Eddie Murphy shines in one of his best roles of all time. The plot remains interesting but gets slightly silly when it comes to the finale. The cop duo that follows Axel everywhere are a bit too stupid and unfunny, but Murphy's hilarious moments make up for their performances. To keep the pace, the film features one of cinemas most famous and loved music scores: "Axel. F". Although Murphy's recent films have been pretty bad, he will always have bragging rights to this excellent example of action and comedy.***/****

• It's Like Shaft Meets 90210 posted on 15 Mar 2009

  The 1980s, while virtually worthless in every other regard when it came to film-making -- gave us a host of classic adult comedies, and "Beverly Hills Cop" is one of them.The film made a star of Eddie Murphy, and paved the way for the action buddy comedy that has persisted to this day, though rarely as successfully. This is also the film that introduced (to me, at least) Judge Reinhold, who would go on to appear memorably again in one of my favorite comedies from the decade, "Ruthless People." Also featured in a bit part is Bronson Pinchot as a flamboyant clothing store manager.Grade: A-

• Classic Eddie Murphy posted on 15 Mar 2009

  In 1984, Eddie Murphy took on probably the best role of his career. His name was Axel Foley. Axel Foley is a Detroit police officer who goes to Beverly Hills, California to find the men who killed his best friend. When he gets to Beverly Hills, he finds that the law there is a lot stricter than it is Detroit. As Lieutenant Bogomil(Ronny Cox) says,"Here in Beverly Hills, we do everything by the book." So Axel goes about finding the crooks his own way. His investigation leads him to Victor Maitland(Steven Berkoff), a shady art dealer with possible drug connections. So to help out Axel with his investigation, two detectives are assigned to watch him in case he gets into trouble. They are Sergeant Taggart(John Ashton) and Detective Rosewood(Judge Reinhold), probably one of the best comic duos in comedy history. Beverly Hills Cop is probably Eddie Murphy's best film role to date. I'm surprised he did not win his Golden Globe nomination for his performance. I mean Beverly Hills Cop is filled with some of the funniest and most profanity-laden dialogue in film history. There are so many classic action scenes and jokes as well, such as the cop-truck chase in the beginning and the banana-in-the-tailpipe gag. My personal favorite scene is the locker room scene where Axel's boss (Gilbert R. Hill) walks in begins his barrage of f-words. Special praise should go to director Martin Brest for keeping the action tight and jokes funny. Brest directed another action-comedy flick during the 80's, with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in Midnight Run in 1988.Beverly Hills Cop gets a 10/10

• One of the only times Murphy's talents has not been misused. posted on 02 Jan 2009

  The first time I saw this back in the 80's I thought that it was hilarious. Since then the passage of time has dimmed the luster a little but I still think that this is one of the best Murphy vehicles ever. His wisecracks was totally uninhibited and it shows.Since then there has been some good and very bad Murphy movies but when this first came out, his humour was enormously fresh. His sheep-like laugh was the clincher and has since been imitated, but never duplicated.The plot is not much to speak off and you could only wonder what a disaster it could have been if Sylvester Stallone had been cast, as was originally intended. The idea of a black man rubbing the very white people in Beverly Hills the wrong way is of course brilliantly thought out and I can't think of other actors who could portray the white cops better than the people chosen here.The one thing I will always remember about this was of course the theme song by Harold Faltermayer. It had some kind of inexplicably hold on you that you nearly whistled the tune out loud every time you heard it. While not in the league of Martin Brests next film, "Midnight Run" it will always be a fond memory of the time Murphy could do no wrong until "Best Defense" was released.

• Too clichéd to be entertaining posted on 15 Dec 2008

  Okay, so maybe it's not "Beverly Hills Cop"'s fault that it has been copied so many times that we've already seen everything it has to offer a million times in a million other movies. But that doesn't help make it an entertaining movie again to modern audiences. All the clichés are there: the rookie cop with unconventional methods, the tough lieutenant, the woman in peril, the evil drug-dealer, fish out of water, etc. Been there, done that. I had high hopes for this movie based on the good reviews, but in fact I was just bored most of the time and only got a few chuckles out of it. Yep, Eddie's shtick didn't make me laugh this time. (Check out his comedy albums if you want the real thing.) I can only give it 4/10, and that's being generous.

• Murphy at his best!!!! posted on 10 Oct 2008

  This is Eddy Murphy at his best. This is the hilarious action, comedy Beverly Hills Cop. I have seen a lot of Eddy Murphy films, and I would have to say this is his best one. This movie is one of the most loved movies ever made, and is in the top ten biggest office hits in history. If you are in the mood for a good laugh watch this hilarious film. In my personal opinion, I think this is the best comedy ever, and Eddy Murphy is the best Comedian. If you would like to see another great Murphy film see 48 HRS.

• Murphy's best work-extremely funny with great action posted on 23 Aug 2008

  "Beverly Hills Cop" is one of my favorite movies of all time. The best of its genre...the action-comedy. Eddie Murphy gives a great performance as Detective Axel Foley from Detroit, who trails his best friends' killer from Detroit to Beverly Hills. He turns Southern California upside down while trying to solve the case. Unfortunately, his antics aren't accepted with the straight laced Beverly Hills police. 100 minutes of pure entertainment from a comic legend. I would recommend that you go out and rent it, if you haven't already seen it. **** and two thumbs up. Enjoy.

• Cliched, brainless but watchable. posted on 17 Aug 2008

  If one of the characteristics of a great film is that is stands the test of time, then "Beverly Hills Cop" is by no means a great film. Almost everything about this comedy-actioner looks already dated today, including Eddie Murphy's persona. Although there are undeniably some comic highlights, the movie is sunk by its painfully cliched and unoriginal script which makes it feel programmed and destroys all the suspense elements. But Steven Berkoff makes a calmly effective villain and the film is OK fare if you're undemanding. (**)

• The best out of three posted on 27 Jul 2008

  The funniest film ever. Murphy excels as streetwise, fast talking Axel Foley in this box office hit comedy. What more can one say. Worth paying double for. My personal favourite part is where Axel is confronted in the bonded warehouse by the security guard.

• one of Murphy's most memorable and entertaining films posted on 27 Jun 2008

  Murphy is well-cast as Detective Axel Foley, a street smart, foulmouthed Detroit cop who never plays by the rules, which eventually puts him on thin ice with his hot-tempered, no-nonsense superior officer. Having just completed a case in his typically reckless fashion, he's paid a visit by an old friend from Los Angeles who's unexpectedly murdered. Angered by what he views as an inadequate investigation, he travels out to the west coast himself to try and find the real culprit. An ideal action-comedy if there ever was one; the story may be simple but it's elevated by Murphy's exuberance, great songs, and an outstanding supporting cast. Slick, violent, and very funny, with Murphy displaying his talents perfectly. ***½

• Eddie Murphy's Best Movie posted on 21 Jun 2008

  This is my favorite Eddie Murphy movie, a lot alone my favorite Beverly Hills Cops series movie. This is the one where Axel Foley meets Billy Rosewood and John Taggart. You get to understand how Axel made his way to Beverly Hills from Detroit. It has a good story too. One of his oldest friends gets murdered and he goes to Beverley Hills to try to solve it even though his boss told him not to get involved in the case. Axel Foley is a good character. A smooth cop whos tricky and knows his way around things and does what he wants. I liked Damon Wayans' small role in the movie as the fruit guy who gives Axel the bananas. It was his first ever role ever as well. You don't know what you've been missing until you've seen Beverly Hills Cop (1).

• There's a new cop in town posted on 19 May 2008

  Beverly Hills Cop is about a Detroit detective who after his friend gets murdered takes a vacation. He ends up going to Beverly Hills to search for the killer responsible for his friend's death. Eddie Murphy gives one crazy performance as Axel Foley. I liked the way he portrayed certain characters.
  It is pretty damn hilarious. This was one of Murphy's best performances.
  A great action comedy flick that doesn't disappoint. ****stars.
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• The heat IS on! posted on 25 Feb 2008

  Eddie Murphy is the foul-mouthed cop Axel Foley, who is delighted when his friend, Mikey visits him. Mikey tells Axel about his job in Beverly Hills, then, two people from Beverly Hills show up at Axel's Place....killing Mikey. Axel heads out to Beverly Hills where he gets arrested and thrown out of a window. The best 80's comedy ever besides "Caddyshack" or "Ghostbusters". Murphy is great in this movie!

• Only some specific scenes are funny posted on 21 Jul 2007

  I was expectinga laugh riot, but what I got was movie with just a few funny scenes. Here are the few parts I found pretty funny in this flick.Spoilers!!! 1) The exchange in the back of the truck with the ciggeretes2) Axel meets Serge for the first time. (I think Bronson Pinchot is hillarious as the prissy worker at the art gallery. Needed more of him in the flick)#3) the scene at the strip club is funny4) The many different characters eddie plays, such as the Ramone, the customs security officer etc...But the problem is that these scenes are too short and far between. Plus the actual plot looks like it could have been lifted off of an episode of Knight Rider. I hope that the sequels are better3)

• Eddie Murphy's Masterpiece posted on 31 May 2007

  Eddie Murphy's best comedy work was on Saturday Night Live with such classic sketches as "Mr. Robinson's Hood." On the big screen, much of Eddie Murphy's work is stretched to the breaking point, with funny bits here and there. Not so for "Beverly Hills Cop." Murphy is able to sustain his gift for levity from beginning to end. This is a must-see for his many fans, if there are any of the younger generation that have not already seen it. But it is also for any lover of exceptional action flicks with humorous dialog and situations. The writers pass the fun around. Fact is Murphy doesn't have the funniest line in the show. That honor goes to John Ashton as Det. Sgt. John Taggart. Detective Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) stands up like a wooden Indian and yells at the thugs shooting at him, "Police! You're all under arrest!" The thugs answer with a volley of machine gun fire. Taggart looks at Rosewood and tells him deadpan, "You do that again, I'll shoot you myself!" Also nearly upstaging the brilliant Murphy is Bronson Pinchot as Serge who has to be heard to be believed. His verbal exchange with Murphy at the art gallery is one of the high points of the movie.The writers and director deliver the goods for the multi-talented Murphy by giving him a good story filled with wit and daring and making the film action-packed with nary a dull minute. Det. Axel Foley (Murphy) is one of Detroit's finest but he is at times a loose cannon. He attempts to make an unauthorized drug bust only to haggle with the dealers over money. Not realizing Foley is undercover, uniformed police check out the situation leading to one of the most destructive chases on celluloid. After being chewed out by Insp. Douglas Todd (Gilbert R. Hill), Foley meets up with an old buddy, Mikey Tandino (James Russo), from California. Tandino turns out to be a target for the drug kingpin, Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff). Following Tandino's murder, Foley leaves for L.A. on vacation to find his pal's killer. The Beverly Hills Police Department unwittingly become involved to assist Foley in his quest. The laughs come fast and furious with most of the lines ad-libbed.All aspects of "Beverly Hills Cops" work including the soundtrack. My son was a teen learning the keyboard when this film was first released. The first song he learned to play was Harold Faltermeyer's Beverly Hills Cop theme.It is difficult to understand why "Beverly Hills Cop" was panned by many critics when first shown in 1984. I was hesitant to see it as a result of reading so many negative reviews. I learned quickly that film goers should judge for themselves.