Review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984) by Roland S — 15 Jun 2010

Eddie Murphy really shines as as Detroit cop Axel Foley who is on a murder trail that leads him to the quaint city of Beverly Hills. This is a film that pokes fun at cultural differences between two very different types of environments - Detroit and Beverly Hills.

This is probably one of the movies that helped make Eddie Murphy hugely popular in the '80s generation. Murphy proved an extraordinary comic talent and developed engagingly funny chemistry with costars Judge Reinhold and John Ashton. The film was such a hit that it spawned two sequels.