Review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984) by Kai82 — 14 Jan 2023
A cult classic, box office hit and the signature role for Eddie Murphy. It is an action comedy that has a lot of charm aside an Eddie Murphy at his best. It is the story of the unconventional and street wise Detroit cop Axel Foley who gets draw into events by an old childhood friend.
The clues lead him to Beverly Hills. I am extra vague to avoid spoilers as this is a classic I recommend watching. The story is as entertaining as interesting. The bad guy has a smart plan and good defense.
However a lot of the enjoyment comes from the actors. I sound like a broken record if I repeat myself but Eddie Murphy put his heart and soul into his performance and shines. Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher and Jonh Ashton also make also great performance and enhance the movie.
Steven Berkoff is a nice love to hate antagonist I praise. We got an overall remarkably good performance from the whole cast. With this I have also to praise the team behind the screen as a bad script or director cant be remedied by good actors (As modern movies have taught me).
The humor is also spot on and more modern movies could learn a lot from this. Lastly I want to praise the soundtrack. While all tracks are good “Axel F” by Harold Faltmayer became a classic that is still covered today.
Overall I recommend this movie and give a 10/10. It is still as good today as back then.
This review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984) was written by Kai82 on 14 Jan 2023.
Beverly Hills Cop has generally received very positive reviews.
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