Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

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Jay W For good and for bad, this feels just like an 80's action-comedy cop movie. Fitting, it is as advertised, it feels like a Beverly Hills Cop movie. Eddie Murphey's Axel Foley does all his greatest hits. He pretends to be another person in order to get into places he can't normally go. He participates in some car chases and shootouts. And there are witty conversations that usually consist of back-and-forth quips. The downside of this is all the negatives that come with this formula. At this point in time the same old stuff doesn't feel fresh. Within the same movie these hijinks grow tiresome. Foley does his gimmick of pretending to be someone in authority 6 times in the movie. He hijacks a vehicle for a chase 7 times, and the bad guys fire at him over 100 times and can never seem to hit a target. Compounded with the 80's action-comedy tropes, the movie throws in a parental abandonment storyline. I get 'why' they put it in the movie, it forms the emotional thrust of the story. But the storyline doesn't seem to fit Axel's character. Also, by this point, this parental neglect story has gotten really old. Every time the story stops to deal with this parental drama, the energy is drained. With all that being said, the humor is really good. Eddie Murphy is still just as funny as ever. The movie incorporates more action than the original film which only had a action scene at the beginning and ending. Kevin Bacon, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Judge Reinholt all feel like they are having a fun time in the movie, and that joy is contagious. Overall, Axel F gets a 'C'. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Jacob B Not as good a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced legacy sequel as Bad Boys 3 & 4 but Axel F still has enough action, humour and heart to make this the best Beverly Hills Cop film since the first one. Good job, Eddie Murphy, on finally getting this series back on track after this sequel spent years in development hell, and finally allowing us to move on from that crappy third film once and for all. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Cheryl Fenner B Incredibly boring, the father daughter relationship stuff was almost insufferable to watch. They tried too hard to recreate the other movies and it felt formulaic with zero spark. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/16/24 Full Review Tori B So good. Eddie was just like old times, except missed his laugh. A lot of these movies from awhile ago's sequels aren't very good, but this one I was pleasantly surprised. Was so happy they had all the old actors appearing. I was beaming to see Serg! Such memories. Reviews saying Eddie didn't want to do the role. He's a pga producer on it. You wouldn't do that work if you didn't want to do the film. Eddie was awesome! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Nigel B I was very disappointed, I loved the first movie, this one tried too hard to replicate that movie.. Foley is not the same as he was 30 years ago and same with Taggart and Rosewood.. should've left it alone... Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Tiago A The movie was solid, but I think even Eddie Murphy wasn't happy replaying the role. I know he's older, but that was definitely not Axel Foley on the screen. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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