Brilliant! My favorite Eddie Murphy film! Great action, great comedy, great plot! I don't think I could stop laughing! I was on the floor the whole time I was watching this movie. I hope there's another Beverly Hills Cop...unless Eddie ruins it...
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Brilliant! My favorite Eddie Murphy film! Great action, great comedy, great plot! I don't think I could stop laughing! I was on the floor the whole time I was watching this movie. I hope there's another Beverly Hills Cop...unless Eddie ruins it with his "family friendly" thing again. Hopefully, he'll make the next one hella good!

This is one brilliant action movie, for a movie which was made in Eddie Murphy's youth(mind you, weren't they all good back then?), this is probably one of the coolest movies ever, and I can't wait to see the sequel.

This is what I call the perfect modern comedy. What a plus that it's also a great action and suspense piece as well. The story is nothing all that special. This is all about the characters, chemistry, cast direction, and timing. Eddie...
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This is what I call the perfect modern comedy. What a plus that it's also a great action and suspense piece as well. The story is nothing all that special. This is all about the characters, chemistry, cast direction, and timing. Eddie Murphy is flawless..and I mean flawless as Axel Foley. And considering that he came into the project two weeks before filming to replace Sylvester Stallone, (No, I am not kidding you), and that the final script was being re-written while filming, only adds to the legend of Murphy's talent. So much of the dialogue was based on improv. And what a cast..most of them brought on when Stallone was still the lead. Martin Brest knows how to direct and get the most out of this cast of fine performers. Judge Reinehold and John Ashton are absolutely hilarious as Taggart and Rosewood, two cops who are more like an old married couple. The routine in the car about the undigested red meat is priceless, as well as the Butch and Sundance reference near the end. (What movie buff didn't get that one?) Ronny Cox is great as the stone faced, put-upon Bogelmill, their boss. Lisa Eilbacher is stunning, and the villain of the piece, Victor Maitland played with a smug, icy perfection by Steven Berkoff, also shines. If anyone can be said to have stolen anything from Eddie in the entire movie..and in two very short scenes, it is Bronson Pinchot as Seirge. What an ingenious characterization! But it is, in the end, Eddie Murphy's vehicle and he drives it, no-holds-barred through the wall. Over the top only when needed, most of the time playing it fairly low keyed..his Axel Foley is always believable and likable. This movie gives him so many chances to shine, so many classic routines, so many lines, quoted endlessly by my friends who saw the movie at least twice in the theaters. Eddie would unfortunately, spend the rest of his career in the shadow of this movie. Don't get me wrong..he did some great stuff after this, but this was his peak..this one, he would never outdo, and he knows this..and he's okay with it. After all, how many actor/comedians are out there searching for their Beverly Hills Cop, and will never find it? Eddie...had his. And it will live forever.

this is so funny the things axel gets up to is so funny. and we are introduced to rosewood and tagget. they make a great team.