BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F Movie Review | Eddie Murphy | Netflix
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- Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley, and we're shocked at how great it is to see him return to this iconic role. "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" is the fourth film in the franchise, and the best since the original "Beverly Hills Cop" from 1984, which was the movie that made Murphy a global superstar. This time, Axel travels from Detroit to Beverly Hills to save his old friend Rosewood, (Judge Reinhold), and reconnect with his estranged daughter, Jane (Taylour Paige), who gets caught up in some danger of her own. Directed by Mark Molloy, written by Will Beall and Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten. Co-starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Bacon, John Ashton, Paul Reiser and Bronson Pinchot. Streaming now on Netflix.
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Joseph Gordon-Leavitt is a great actor that we don't see enough of. Very surprised he's in this, of all things.
He can do it all!
Was he in anything as a kid?
@@jorge5275 The TV series "Third Rock from the Sun"
@@jorge5275he was literally the kid star in Third Rock from the Sun for the entire run of the show
It's so disappointing that this isn't in wide theatrical release. I'd have been seeing it on opening day.
Right? This would have been fun in the theater.
It would've bombed.
Agree. More than most Netflix films this really does feel like it deserved a theatrical window.
exactly..the action scenes
It would have flopped
Kevin Bacon looked like the bad guy in the trailer
I was surprised when you said it was on Netflix - I really was expecting a theatrical release!
Exactly!
A theater release doesn't drive subscriptions, which is why the movie was made.
It's playing at the Egyptian today and tomorrow. Granted, that only helps LA folks who would like to see it in the theater.
Right, that makes sense since Netflix owns that theater. Good to know, thanks! Do you plan on seeing it?
And also currently at the Netflix-owned Bay Theater at Pacific Palisades where I expect the movie to play there for a while, as they tend to do with other Netflix movies.
@@csjcsj2906 Ah, good to know, thanks!
The last scene of the movie showed what it could have been. The 3 buddy cops is what this franchise was about.
Based on BAD's opinion this might be better than the usual Netflix action feature I fold laundry to.
It is its own sub-genre. Space Cadet on Prime is a laundry folding movie.
So Axel has a daughter! So does Dirty Harry: th-cam.com/video/2JZ6CCqqhZE/w-d-xo.html
The trope Alonso mentions at the beginning about calling out the behavior of the main character sounds like Bad Boys For Life with the Will Smith character which was done well and is a film really enjoyed. Looking forward to seeing this.
Originally the guys who directed the recent Bad Boys movies were going to direct this but had to drop out. Maybe they’ll direct the 5th one? Eddie Murphy already said it’s being planned! Maybe a Bad Boys crossover? P.S. I wonder where Bogomill is? Did he die off screen? Maybe if not, do a scene like they with Val Kilmer in Top Gun Maverick!
I wish those Beverly Hills Cop toys that Shaq was promoting were real
Excellent, im glad you both liked it. I will give it watch as a trip down memory lane.
Have fun!
3.5/5 for me. It’s everything you want in a solid sequel. Jokes land for the most part, action is well staged. Mark Molloy in his directorial debut did a great job. My one complaint I’d say (and I understand story wise why) is not enough Judge Reinhold and that’s partly because I love Billy Rosewood as much as Axel Foley. This is one of the giant Netflix 🎥s where you can see where the $$$ went (for those who don’t know shooting in LA is extremely expensive and that’s why a lot of stuff that takes place in LA outside of 📺 is shot in New Orleans or Atlanta). I rewatched 1&2 yesterday and tonight did 3&4. My personal ranking is 1,2,4,3 (2 delivers on the action and looks gorgeous cuz it’s Tony Scott and 3 is a situation where it just felt like nobody really wanted to be there). Loved JGL & Eddie just screaming at each other 😂. I wish Taylour Paige had more to do besides just being angry at her father. I wish I got to see this in a sold out screening on like a Saturday afternoon. Seeing the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer logo is always 🖤
Agreed.
I really enjoyed Beverly Hills Cop! It had the nostalgia of an old friend you have not seen in ages to come and visit you! I am down if there is a Beverly Hills Cop 5!
Well said! It was surprisingly good, right?
Happy to hear you liked it. I’m gonna watch this when I visit my brother tomorrow. Happy July 4th, 💥 🎆
To you as well! Hope you enjoy.
Why wasn't this release in theaters. Look how well the Bad Boys movies are doing. Murphy's last theatrical feature was Tower Heist which is classic compared to his last couples of films.
I suppose they could have done a limited release. But think about what you're saying. It's a Netflix movie.
He has a deal with them
This would've bombed.
Actually his last theatrical feature was A Thousand Words
Sorry, my friends. I resubscribed to Netflix for a month to watch this. What movie did you guys see? This was the most tired nail in the coffin (I hope) for legacyquels. I didn't laugh once. Wait. Sorry. I chuckled at Nazim Pedrad's real estate agent. All the callbacks were painful. Serge was laugh-free. I rewatched OG Beverly Hills Cop tonight also. Such charm! Even though the humor was 1000% of its time, it works in a way that none of the same humor worked this time. Still love you guys. But I never want to see a legacyquel again (and I was the biggest champion of legacyquels.... SAD)
I must have watched a different movie than they did. I struggled to get through it and didn't laugh once!
I chuckled at the Meter Maid scene...that was it.
I agree. I didn't laugh once and turned it off before 1 hour.
This would have totally worked as prime "take your Dad to see" movie. It's unfortunate that they didn't put this one out. It would have been a great boost for theatrical exhibition. Never the less, great review i'm off to do the Neutron Dance, Happy 4th.
Ha, you as well!
I expected garbage, I got something moderately tolerable. Thus, a pleasant surprise. I wish they hadn't leaned so hard into the "Hey, remember this from the first movie" moments, though.
did you get that feeling too? I kinda wished they evolved the character more, I mean really he was driving the same Chevy Nova in the beginning, wearing the same jacket and Adiddas. The guy has been a detective for more than 40yrs...make Axel a Captain, get him out that crap ass apartment. We seen the fish outta water thing in the last BHC movies...let heim drive down Rodeo (sp?) Drive in a nice suit and a Mercedes like he belongs there...I would have liked to have seen something a lil different.
The last movie was in 1994..and the original was a decade before that...Eddie was not even 25 yrs old...!!
Of course they're gonna give us some nostalgic stuff! 🙄
I’m going through the franchise to re-familiarize myself with the series, as I hadn’t seen any of them in decades (even though I remember enjoying the hell out of all of them, but that’s about it). Watched the first last night, and doing a sequel nightly to get through the series. I’m glad to see you guys liked it! Looking forward to it in a few days.
Glad to see this getting positive reviews, if I ever get Netflix again, I will probably watch it.
I enjoyed it and heck, I enjoyed “Coming 2 America” too!
Exactly!
The good thing bout this one, that was missing from the first two sequels..is the CHARACTERS.
II felt very superficial and didn't ring true..with Axel becoming buddy buddy with his pals' superior, lt. Bogamil. Come onnn...
And it felt more like a generic action flick.
More shootouts than actual humor.
Forget bout III.
This last one did feel like an actual CONTINUATION of the first movie.
Like it quite a lot.
Watched first 30 minutes. That was more than I could tolerate.
"three was a let down." Have you seen the child stunt double hanging off the roller coaster ride? That shot still haunts me 30 years later since the theaters. BUT YEAH! I'm so happy that it looks good action, because you know what Eddie Murphy has a nice set of fun action films... I know a lot of people say good things about it, I like Metro. His wacky antics with Michael Rapaport. But like after the Rock, it was a nice film where the action looks good and it's easy to follow. Not someone screaming "if this your hummie?" as the screan is shaking.
I fucking love this movie.
57 min in.. can't go through with it. Beat by beat copy of the original. I get it.. nostalgia. But little creativity. Next to the original cast little good new characters. Imo Eddie should have stayed retired. Coming 2 America was terrible as is this. #notafan
You have bad taste in movies my friend this one is just as good as the first 2
I think Eddie Murphy is still acting lol.
@@tlovehater he never retired he's been killing it for years
@@heyhocodyo01 Yeah he's been killing his career for the last 30 years.
This is A Force Awakens for the BHC franchise.
The Blonde he drives by in Beverly Hills, is she the same from every movie?
This was a fun movie!
Loved seeing the cast back!
I gave up after an hour, too. The film relied too much on nostalgia and had a very poor script. The story was basically a retread of BHC1 and BHC2
indeed
Im so glad it was good
Just finished part two for the first time in decades. Totally forgot Brigitte Nielsen was one of the baddies. She was always one of the quintessential villainesses of the 80’s action flicks, 😂. I’m gonna go ahead and spend the rest of the holiday watching part III and then the new one tonight. Looking forward to it!
6/10 pretty average and safe but worth a watch.
the negatives
Sick of the younger moody female character always yelling at the iconic male character in these legacy sequels. Nowhere near as bad as Dial of Destiny and they didn't cut Axel's nuts off like they did with Indy but still got a little exhausting.
The nostalgia bait can get boring at times
Villains are pretty vanilla which is too bad with a great act like Kevin Bacon.
The comedy is very safe and not trying to trigger the woke left.
the positives
Axel Foley still feels like the same guy and Eddie was great here.
Taggart and Rosewood were amazing even if they didn't have a lot of screen time.
JGL was actually a very well-done new character and had great chemistry with Murphy.
Paul was great and enjoyed the Detroit scenes.
I think they did a pretty decent job of giving Axel another reason to go to CA and start looking into things.
I was surprised by the seriousness of the tone. It's got a similar feel to what Ryan Cooler brought to Creed.
this movie was awesome....A+++++
about halfway through movie and getting bored but will try to finish. Most of it is Axel and his daughter talking to each other. Critics are scared to give it any bad review I bet.
this movie is made for people who shut their brain off to enjoy the nostalgia , thats the only thing it delivers, nostalgia
Nope, not afraid, we genuinely enjoyed ourselves! Thanks for watching.
I enjoyed it as well. I thought he and his daughter had some great scenes together and the helicopter bit was hilarious.
I had a great time watching this with the wife. Eddie is 80's comedy to a T in the best kind of way.
Countdown to
Dragonslayer: Galen
Trying to avoid spoilers so I skipped to the scores, but can anyone tell me if you need to watch 2 and 3?
You do not.
Need to? Not for any references to characters or story from the previous films, but the music from the opening credits in BHC 2 is used in the first chase sequence in BHC: Axel F. So in terms of the "nostalgia" everyone keeps talking about, seeing BHC 2 will keep you in the loop. Otherwise, no.
If this was released 10 years ago they would have called it The Beverly Hills Cop, now its just :Axel F. Anyhow looking forward to watching it!
I would've liked to have seen how this would've done in theaters
It's getting a token theatrical release here at the Bay theater in Pacific Palisades. Probably in order to qualify for academy award consideration.
That's a bummer!
I'm with you Cats this was a very fun Little Nostalgia Party
The Soundtrack is an absolute Banger
I had a lot of fun and made me smile with the music, the appearances and above all that I had a crazy dream that night that JGL was my love interest 😂😂😂😂😂😂
such a shame this isnt in theaters. wouldve been nice to see on big screen with an audience.
the "quality" of this movie is specially made for television, wouldnt work in the theatre
Very surprised I liked it, but I did! They unabashedly kept pushing all the nostalgia buttons, but everything else was done well, so i didn't mind it. I expect Harold Faltermeyer got a pretty big paycheck since Axel's theme was used constantly throughout in various new interpretations. The older cop Taggart wasn't in the best shape, but no big deal. It was a fun watch. And yes, the use of practical stunts was noticeable to me. They seemed to wreck a whole lot of actual cars!!! ANd yes Christy, it was a bit too long. That would be my main criticism
Glad you had fun, Larry! Yes, Lorne Balfe gets credit for the score, but it's essentially his weaving of the Axel F theme throughout.
I appreciated this movie because it's part of the beloved franchise that I grew up watching and I can still watch the first and second Beverly Hills cop over and over. I had high hopes for this movie, however, the writing completely missed Mark.
Where did the daughter come from and why were they so strange. It wasn't properly addressed and it was a huge distraction. Who is axel Foley today. What is his point of view. No one is going to address his age at all? He clearly is not the street smart slick talker he used to be.
His demeanor seems more like the Eddie Murphy from Dr. Dolittle. It was not believable as the street smart cop who could trick anyone with his wiles. I was so confused at who this character was. He's not the same. They should've addressed that and had him have a point of view. Was he trying to recapture his youth? Was he an older guy with swag? I mean Samuel Jackson could've played the part better than Eddie Murphy at this point. Because this Eddie Murphy is so suburban and out of touch with this character at this point.
For him to play a street smart cop he needed to have a Director and a writer that would get him back in the same mindset. It just didn't happen for me. So this movie was goofy and not believable. And the plot super obvious so we all figured it out in the first 20 minutes. So I guess this was pretty much a labor of love and done for fun. Obviously the budgets are not the same so you can't expect the same level of quality as the first two, but I would've hoped they would've had better writers to have Eddie Murphy be believable.
Then to give him a contrived conflict with the daughter who we've never heard of, and have that relationship attempt to work itself out throughout this movie, just did not make sense.
The Axel Foley that I knew would have never abandoned his daughter. The dude had integrity. He flew to cali because captain bogamil was injured. He convinced the guys to investigate the alphabet crimes. Now he’s a goofy dude who abandoned his only daughter. How dumb and awful. Tyler Perry has enough of this trope owe didn’t need it here. Who TF wrote this. Disappointed.
Eddie is in his "im going to destroy the legacy of every great movie i made 35 years ago" phase.
Where's the Bad Boys × Beverly Hills Cop crossover we deserve
I would like to hear your review of Christy Hall's movie DADDIO
Isn’t she lovely
❤❤❤❤
Axel F gets an F-...man was this movie horribly written but it was so boring. For the love of all that is good Netflix stop making movies.
Oh no, sorry you didn’t like it! We had fun.
The movie was NOT boring. This short attention span, TikTok, video game playing generation is becoming insufferable.
With all due respect but you guys have no idea what a good movie is.. even tho I love Eddie Murphy and Beverly hills cop, this movie was just bleh... Everyone was like ok we're gonna try to be funny now.. Eddie used to be a funny guy, not I'm trying to be funny. Example, they overdid it wit those little cars axel was rolling around wit and the dry jokes etc.. sorry y'all failed big time wit this one.
I expected to like this but after half an hour I gave up finding it really dull like 8 films I'd seen before. The new Bad Boys movie is much better than this. I found his daughter to be a boring character and didn't care at all what might happen to her. Bleh.
Sorry to hear that!
I didn't like this film. Found it to be incredibly forced and off from start to finish.
strip down the nostalgia and there is nothing left so a poor and paperthin movie shows up..5/10
I would go 6/10 but I agree with your point. It's fine but I'll never watch it again.
@@EddieHenderson92 kevin beacon was the only good thing in this nostalgia fest
yeah, it was a LIGHT movie, made for TV. Would I call it a shit show like COMING 2 AMERICA...NO! (I'm gonna steal a phrase I saw another commenter made) but I am getting a little tired of these LEGACY SEQUELS, lets dust off Clint Eastwood and do another DIRTY HARRY sequel.
I enjoyed it except for Axel's daughter who seemed a bit of a dead weight in the film, she wasn't charismatic or offered light/shade to her performance.
Every legacy sequel has to throw in a moody cu@@ for whatever reason.
Love the his film not better then the first two but close to them for me
It was fun, right?