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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Chris Gore and Alan Ng review “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” now playing on Netflix.
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"It exceeded my low expectations." - Chris Gore Certified Fresh!
Hollywood's been running outta ideas for over twenty years. The milking of once classic monies, the reboots and remakes, and at worst the woke 'revisioning' of hit movies from decades earlier.
Fun fact: Bronson Pinchot is one of the most popular audiobook narrators working today.
That's interesting. Ditto WIll Patton, another actor.
But does he read them in the Balki voice? "Of course not... don't be ridiculous"
I loved Bowfinger with Steve Martin, never gets old. I loved it. Steve Martin was a fantastic actor with The 3 Amigos.
That was Eddie’s last good movie until Dolemite came out. I can’t believe he wasted his 30’s and 40’s making utter garbage films after a helluva a 12 year streak.
The first 2 Beverly Hills cop movies 🎥 were iconic and still hold up to this day. Victor Matlin was one of the best villains in Hollywood history.
BH Cop 2 has the sexiest villain ever.
don't forget the brilliant Jonathan Banks (Mike from Breaking Bad) was also a main villain in that first movie.
No they don’t… they were all silly, and were special because they were rated R
@@disprism he was great
Eddie Murphy (63), Judge Reinhold (67) and John Ashton (76).
I don't care what anyone says they all look great they all had a certain energy about them and I want more
@@derekseven1647 Taggert joining in on the action felt shoehorned in.
@@derekseven1647 Judge Reinhold was looking pretty rough for his age
I thought it was pretty good. I loved when Rosewood told Taggert to get up and he said he couldn't 😂. The action scenes were spot on though. So glad they didn't go full CGI like Die Hard 4.
The blood from the gunshots at the end scene looked awful. Bring back squibs
I also liked it, wayyyy better than I imagined. I had no issue with Billy and Taggerts age. Taggerts a desk jockey now so that fits and Billy is old and grizzled and still can perform. Sure the story is stock but compared to the BS that is being spewed out Some summer fun with Axel F and Kevin Bacon and a arse hole villain fits the Bill. And his Daughter was 100% believable and not a Girl Boss better than the Men at everything Activist Fantasy.
@ronthecon9772 Yea I'll take a decent movie with a predictable premise than "modern audience" bs
@@ronthecon9772 I was surprised at how quickly they turned that narrative. When she first appeared she had that Girl boss attitude, but was quickly erased when they threatened to kill her. I didn’t see that coming.
I liked it , it was fun 7 outa 10 . The og is a 10
These movies are always about the hero’s DAUGHTER now. They tried to make the new Blade movie about Blade’s DAUGHTER! The star Mahershala Ali almost walked-out on the whole project because they put him in the BACK ROW of his own movie 😡
I don't mind it being a daughter...but why does she have to hate him...why can't she just be a cop and admire him for being a legend!
Jay and silent Rob reboot: about the daughters
Bill and Ted face the music: about the daughters
Just to name a few that came to mind
Watched it on Netflix. It was great! Even laughed a few times. NO AGENDA. Just fun.
These guys would all be collecting a pension for the last 10 years.
Went to see this at the Egyptian and really enjoyed it. Sure, it mostly plays it safe, but it respects the characters and is a fun ride.
You're never going to replicate the magic of a 23 year old Eddie Murphy but it was fun for what it was. I enjoyed it.
I just re-watched 1&2 yesterday, 1 is especially hilarious. The music had me humming around the house all day. "oh, oh, oh, I'm just burning, doing the neutron dance!"
Beverly Hills Cop was the highest grossing film of 1984. It was hugely successful.
"I had fun watching it." Nothing more need be said.
people always forget Eddie in Vampire of Brooklyn I'm here to fix that
People forget it probably because it wasn't good.
"I'll say this" has replaced "like" in the LA dialect
……evolution.
I only saw the trailer but you could FEEL the respect that the people making it had for the originals. Something REALLY lacking from many modern remakes/sequels.
Next up: Beverly Hills Cop: Jane F
ALAN! Axel was in Detroit at the star of the movie!
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's Detroit Alan
and it was a snow plow 🙄
I loved how they replaced all foot chase scenes with a slow vehicle chase scene. Golf cart, meter maid car and stuff like that. Know your weaknesses, (your cast is old dudes who can not run anymore) and go around them in creative ways. It was great.
Serviceable film, I saw the original in theaters and no lie the new one went beat for beat with opening shots of Detroit while playing “The Heat is On” Definitely a Missed opportunity for a world wide theater release but oh well, was still fun to watch at home.
To me it was the equivalent of Coming to America 2. Not as good as the original but worth the watch for a few laughs. Could have been better, could have been worse.
_Coming to America 2_ was woke garbage and not on the level of the original.
A man (Eddie Murphy's prince) gets graped and it's played for laughs.
Bossladies take over and take down an army of men.
Bossladies ask to change so a woman would be the leader of of the country.
I only watched half of it on prime and lost interest so shame.
Coming 2 America.. what a movie to bank your comeback on lol. Dolemite was funny as hell though and then Eddie kind of disappeared again until this film..
i would loved a Ronny Cox cameo.
The Bogermill character must have died...
I am sort of split on it, on the one hand it was nice to see Eddie Murphy back in the role that truly made him a star, but on the other I felt the scenes with his daughter and Levitt overshadowed the scenes of the original trio, Foley, Rosewood and Taggart.
Those are the 3 major characters I want to see at the for front in a Beverly Hills Cop movie.
And if there will be a 5th one, then that is how it should be again.
Why did we never get Murphy's iconic laugh? He must have not had any funny shooting.
A lot of people say they love some of these new movies...but I don't think they'll be watching them in 30-40 years time like we still watch the classics
Theme park rides...fast food....its ok for a short blast but you won't care about it this time next year
Exactly. These type of movies are "good" in the sense that they're easily watchable but at the same time they're easily disposable. You forget about them almost as soon as you're done watching it and likely won't be returning back to it. They have no staying power. Nothing remarkable or memorable. No solid wholesome messaging or ideas that make you think more than 2 seconds.
BEVERLY HILLS COP is the best directed film, by Martin Brest----who also did MIDNIGHT RUN
Sorry Alan, but Beverly Hills Cop was released by Paramount, not Touchtone. It was never a Disney product.
As a 17yr old i watched the original at the 'pictures' as we called it,i found Axel F great from start to finish..nostalgia worked for me....ty Mr Gore&kato...
I watched it today and enjoyed it for what it is - light entertainment and nostalgia.
So you're saying you feel for the banana in the tailpipe.
@@bazzathegreat3517 "We're not gonna fall for the ol banana in the tailpipe trick"
Not a bad movie. They played REALLY safe with the script
Fun tidbit: David Cronenberg was actually approached to direct the original Beverly Hills Cop. Make of that what you will. This new one was fun though.
Was that the Eddie Murphy version or Sylvester Stallone version?
It wasn't as good as 1 or 2, but it was way better than 3. A worthwhile watch, even it its just a decent sequel. Eddie Murphy was great in it!
Basically what I thought.
@@Dohsoda 3 is better
It was okay, it was way too safe though.
Estranged father angle is overdone, narco cop being corrupt is overdone.
The biggest shocker was Happy Gilmore being set in the Beverly Hills Cop universe.
It's a bit better than 3 at least.
Nothing will ever compare with the og . Having said that this wasn’t a bad sort of nostalgic visit . It felt nice to watch an old school styled movie even if it is cheesy. Cheesy is what made the eighties fun . In conaeusin to other “ nostalgic “ films made thus one at least stays close to home . Bacon always a solid villain when he plays one. In comparison to today’s films it was nice to get a blast from the past .
Axel says he's been a cop for 30 years. Must have taken a ten year vacation.
He must have gone into a 10 year coma after that atrocious Beverly Hills Cop III...
and the daughter 32?
I’ve always thought they should’ve given up the Detroit cop arbitrarily getting a case in BH angle since BHCII. Have Axel retire and move to Beverly Hills and become a private dick. Skies the limit on storylines that could ensue with that set up.
He was referring to the partnership of Taggart and Billy, they were partners for 30 years, Taggart became chief and Billy left, Taggart in the same conversation says they been friends for 40 years
The first two Beverly Hills Cop movies were action comedy classics. Axel F is neither funny, nor are its action scenes all that engaging. In terms of entertainment value, and living up to the original films Axel F gets a F!
It was nostalgia bait that felt like a cheesy class reunion. But that is my opinion...
I give it a 5/10. The script wasn't strong enough.
That's about my score as well.
Beverly Hills Cop Zero F
Well...I think they did better getting the crew back together than Disney with star wars and they didn't make him a useless old man like Disney Indy....so there's that...
Is it at least better than that atrocious Coming to America sequel? That thing was an embarrassment for all involved.
@@kirk1701 I would have given it a 6. It was nostalgia bait, but it was still fun. The script could have been better.
Eh ... did we see the same movie?
The first one was a revenge movie with a guy who was pretty serious (and confident) most of the time ... except when he went into character to fool unsuspecting a-holes or bad guys; only then he did do the funny guy.
I totally missed that vibe in this movie. (I hoped it would be a revenge movie again where Axel would revenge one of the characters from the first movie or something .(maybe Taggart or Rosewood, ... and that Axel would team up with the other one))
The only scene that i liked was the very last one ... when they are in the car and Axel persuades Taggart and Rosewood to go do things they`r not supposed to again.
Oh yeah ... and i really did not enjoy the indignant woman that put him down most of the movie ... and i hate the "updated" 808 closed hi-hat version of the theme song.
Axel F after the song by Harold Faltemeyer?
More than fine. I loved this movie.
Wow...the bar is so low lately people loved this movie?!
I laughed a couple times...liked seeing the crew back together...but I'm not sure i even liked the movie...I won't watch it again that's for sure
Direct to Netflix movies are always awful! This movie was no exception.
They completely lied to us too!
Instead of the original cast getting into a crazy adventure, they decided to barely give the other guys any screen time and have this whole movie all about him and his daughter🤦
I agree about the daughter stuff, brutal time waster who got wayyyyy too much screen time.
And it was a soulless performance from her. Movie was okay but who knows where $150million went 🤷♂️
Started skipping any scene with her....its boring. She could be a cop and actually admire her father...but no...we have to do the usual broken family crap
is star wars the right reference/comparison for this or is it more like a decades later indiana jones or matrix?
I'll 100% be watching this at the cinema! But I'm very worried it'll be annoying! I played the first one for my kids a few years ago and they loved it, we were all buzzing. Don't let me down, Eddie.
Wait, what, it's not on big screen?🙁
I watched it last night and thought it was a pretty good movie. Seemed like a nice way to bring the story back. Have to say maybe a better director, bit tighter script and a tad more energy and it could've bee much better but I liked it regardless. Seemed to get better as the movie went on...
Thanks for another honest review, I will have to add this to my list.
Last time I saw Eddie Murphy he was in that awful Jonah Hill Netflix movie where every joke was I’m a Jew, you’re a Mooslim 😮 uh oh! 😱
I’d pretty much forgotten about Eddie Murphy until Dolemite Is My Name. Something tells me this isn’t going to be on that level.
I saw this over the weekend. I like how they used all the same music from the original BHC movies. Some were re-recorded, but it made it fun for me. It was a fun movie. My only problem was.... he had a son not a daughter. There was a BHC TV movie about it!
Dude, he literally has the same style jacket on that he did in BHC2, which was almost 40 years ago. Why does Hollywood think I want my heroes to have no development or growth at all? Do they think we’re so stupid that they need to put Eddie Murphy in almost the same outfit, or we won’t know it’s a BHC movie?
I have a bit of nostalgia for this flick, because I saw it the year that I left California/Santa Monica/LA for a job with GM/EDS that was likely to land me in Detroit (turned out I landed in Indiana-no-place and moved to NYC after eight months and three days 😏
And I left an - eight year - on/off relationship with a California girl that reminded me of Eddie’s “girlfriend” so I spent the whole movie wondering if my career move was the ‘wrong’ move 😒 which, as it turned out, it was not.
Then came the Rodney King riots (as I was already commited to living in NYC) and Westwood - my teenage haunt - never came back from that… as California has deteriorated ever since… none of that made it into this picture but the OLD actors were as depressing as the “City of Angels” has become…
(and the last I heard of the Love of My Life, she ended marrying a cop and they relocated to Danbury Connecticu but there has been no reason to check back in on that part of my life 😏)
I noticed that Bruckheimer was an Executive Producer on this. This wasn't Top Gun 2 but I enjoyed it!
Watching coz of the da-da da-da-da da-da in the thumbnail lol.. LOVE IT! Can tell you're fans of Axel...so interesting to see what you think of the new one
Oh...and how many silly little vehicles can we put the guy in cause he can't run at his age!? I'm guessing they're saving tuktuks for a sequel in China Town?!
Sorry, but the first BHC was not Touchstone. Touchstone was Disney's R rated distribution that they created for Down & Out in Beverly Hills not Beverly Hills Cop. BHC was Paramount.
Typical he’s now a dead beat dad, with an estranged daughter that hates him. That was the problem with the script! The rest was nostalgia remember berries! Why not have a happy father daughter relationship? 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I wanted to love it, but it was just fine. The music sounded great though.
The first two movies are the best and trying to capture what made them enjoyable is a tall order in this current market and culture.
Weird trainwreck...yeah, callbacks, etc etc...but Eddie is strangely reserved, his responses, facial expressions oddly muted...plenty of it LOOKS fine...but it is clumsy. It feels like hamfisted budget-conscious aping of Tony Scott's confident, fluid style.
The music cues are OFF...they're shoehorned in and slapped on top of scenes but not comfortably embedded with any sense of rhythm.. which TOTALLY gives the feel of 'temp' tracks.
One gets the sense that they HAVE the footage to edit with the song in mind but don't understand the difference between pacing for the scene and cutting with the song meter in mind. For all I know it's the same post-crew who did the originals, but if so, the magic hath fled...
All this endless regurgiration of once-fun franchises and material reminds me of a quote from the great fantasy author Stephen R. Donaldson: "There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken."
They parade and puppet corpses before us and think we'll believe they're still alive simply because they've spent so much hiding the strings 🤦♂️
Barreely Hills Cop
A Grand Return To Form!!! 👌🏽💯👍🏾
Just want to know how many times did Eddie drop the F bomb 💣 😅.
In fairness, Netflix has shown Eddie’s Delirious standup in its entirety not too long ago
Saw it last night. Not very good. But enjoyed the nostalgia bits for sure. Hard to sit and watch thru and that was disappointing.
Eddie was good Eddie. Funny totally invested like he was as a younger man. Action. Comedy bits all over. And all the music from the first two we could handle, all within the first ten mins or so. That got old very quickly the music. But I enjoyed the hell out of it.
For some reason it just wasn't working. Maybe the camera work and angles, not sure. His daughter in the movie - That relationship dragged the whole thing down. As they fought and bitched there way to a loving relationship again. Yes real father daughter relationships can be like this, but it was not good acting on her part. And he was more focused on that than being funny. And every bit he had it was interrupted by Gordon Levitt as well. No breathing room for Eddie. The escape and helicopter were the best part but again something was missing.
Seeing rosewood and taggert together briefly was magic. But not enough of that. And serge was ok. The girl was funnier. Bacon was ok too. His speech on the rooftop was good. And the shootout in the street was cool. The mace scene was funny too.
- Overall had some good action sequences. The comedy was tee-ball but I still laughed. The cameos I wanted more of. And the tone was alittle jumpy with the father daughter stuff and her acting dragged the movie way down for sure. Losing a lot while she was on screen as it went. 5/10 as a harsh score. But a well earned one. And still worth watching once to get it over with. We love you Eddie, so happy you were Foley again ! Thank You for Trying to your best. !!!!!!!
I enjoyed it , I knew the first movie was 40 yrs old (I had to count the decades on my fingers) - I'd seen the preview & knew everyone was old. It exceeded my expectations.
Underestimate a Bruckheimer production on action scenes? Never
Another movie nowadays that spotlight's a tough woman of today, Axel's daughter. Something we did not need. How many times did she put him down for not being around when she got older? Too many times! BTW: Did the Axel Foley character appear to be the type of person who would have a poor relationship with his daughter? Lazy writing. And the actress was not easy to like. The reason we loved the first movie so much was because it was extremely un-woke and hilarious. This was a woke version and it wasn't very funny. You guys were too nice with your review.
I always loved Eddie Murphy. I even like some of his bad movies, because I enjoy him so much😁
I liked it, and watched the first three all before.
@raptorrancher then you should have caught the inconsistent characters and other things they got wrong...
I actually had a lot of fun watching this movie! It’s amazing what people who have passion and respect can do. Ya, it wasn’t life altering and played it a little safe. But I actually laughed and felt something other than boredom from a new release! 👌
If you wanna laugh at your TV just put a Biden speech on
I enjoyed it - but I have criticisms - the hanging of the car outside the side of the parking garage would have gotten a HUGE amount of coverage in the real world and the court system would have gone crazy protecting its own - there would have been a huge reaction and investigation into the corrupt cop - no way it would have been swept under the carpet. They should have gone with a much more sedate attempt to get her off the case, would have been alot more believable. Scenes with Axel and his daughter were painful - they wanted to have the estrangement but refused to put any fault on her, but I am sure Eddie said his character wouldn't have done anything terrible. Again, given that she was hanging off the outside of the parking garage on the first one and nobody seems interested in helping her, she would not have tried to get rid of her father so much. Again, YOU WERE ALMOST KILLED - she would WANT all the help she can get. If she was warned but didn't take it seriously (although Rosewood would) - that would make alot more sense. Eddie investigating her when she thinks she is in no danger - leading up to the shootout with the gang on a city street. Then she should have been serious and had dad help her.
That being said, they obviously cared about the original and did not do anything to take the characters down. Rosewood leaving the PD makes sense in context, etc. The writers did a good job, but their lack of experience with the real world (ie the legal system would go crazy with that level of attack on one of their lawyers) shows in some of the scenes. Wish they released it in the theatre - it would have done well.
Alan doesn’t pay agent to details. Which is sad considering you have to pay attention to details when you’re analyzing a film.
Ditto for TheHeroRises and proof reading 🧐 I joke 😉 You're right though. Get a lot of that with YT movie reviewers who forget character or actors names, which won't wash when you're sat by a computer with the Internet 🤷♂️🤦♂️
I thought it was awful, just like almost every reincarnation of 80s franchises. The massive exception is Top Gun Maverick.
Really? How many times you gonna watch that? They gonna be talking about it in 30 years? I saw it once and prob will never bother again but I'll watch top gun again. It really weren't that great
Top Gun Maverick was overrated
@@GremmPaltakinNup, Maverick is a legit good movie
Maverick was better than the first one. Honestly, I'm not even sure why top gun was as big as it was to begin with
@@Chaso-1124 agreed it was better than the first.
It was probably big just because there wasn't much else at the time.
Must be honest,went and looked at trailer ? Looks good and i dare say they Are all the best bits .
Got to say I really don't remember the third movie BHC.
It was terrible
What a BOREFEST! Hate to say it, but Murphy lost his funny mojo.
I agree with Chris Gore
Alan knows the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack like the back of his hand.
It's just 1 song played over and over infinitum.
I was done after Beverly Hills Cop 3, which was not very good.
They should of ended it by having him retire and stay with his daughter. I feel like they always looking for a sequel. I wnjoyed it
Shame on you guys😂🤣 for not mentioning one of his finest early films, with the classic scene: I can see! I have legs!: Trading Places!👍😎
Any film that still has The Pointer Sisters Neutron Dance in it, is good enough for me 👍 😁
The original Beverly Hills Cop was made by Paramount, not Touchstone.
The “Top Gun Maverick” of Beverly Hills Cop movies. It plays it safe, sure, but it tries (and succeeds) to match the tone and sense of humor of the first movie. I think a Beverly Hills Cop 5 could land very well, but they have to act fast before Ashton gets too old. Have him retire in the next movie.
What did you watch? Maverick was a legend, axel is now a deafbeat dad
They're clearly planning a sequel...that's why they only used 3 silly little vehicles for the old man that can't run any more...the sequel will be in tuktuks and China Town
Fucking. Loved. It.
Detroit Alan, Detroit ! Axel is from Detroit ! Hes driving through downtown Detroit !! #Lions #Redwings
Dissapointed Harold Faltermeyer wasn't brought back. Harold did both parts 1 & 2 entirely by himself with Keith Forsey, no orchestra. He also used far better synthesizer sounds. I'm surprised he wasn't even consulted. The score by Balfe is still good, however, and the tone was good, but i believe Faltermeyer should have at least been part of this film. He made this film series a worldwide hit just as much as Eddie Murphy's acting.
I liked it
It was lacking in energy (which is no surprise with the age of most of the cast). It also had a very unsatisfying ending compared to 1 and 2 (I'll say no more). Best Character was Joseph Gordon-Lovett. They underused Kevin Bacon, very disappointing. He is a great baddy, he needed more function in this film. Brigitte Nielsen in comparison, got a lot more action in her role. I think the quote of it being a "Netflix Film" is accurate. It was a 6/10 for me. They didn't use enough of the Beverley Hills Cop classic tension music. They should have used that more.
I enjoyed the movie a lot more than I thought I would. The daughter wasn't horrible...and was hot. Jason Gordon Levit was better than some gave him credit for. Kevin Bacon is a great villain. Everyone is super old and this kind of action and them keeping it real about their age was funny. Taggert was cracking me up. Even Eddie Murphy going in and was about to BS his way into a room again and just stopped saying he was too tired...that was some real shit. It was good and I hope people watch it. Anything "woke" was shit he's said in previous movies before so don't get caught up in that.
It seems tired….
How does Eddie Murphy look so damn good still? Where does he get his Adrenochrome?
Black don't crack
Diddy
Oprah.
Black don't crack
it was legit boring. Eddie felt like he was just doing it for a paycheck and had no enthusiasm.
I felt that way about the 3rd film. This one, he was doing his thing.
I liked it. Good popcorn movie. Of course its not gonna be as good as the original
TBH all the Beverley Hills Cop movies look like TV movies if you watch them now, so Axel F should fit right in.
The third one was already tired. Why would you want to watch this? The great Beverly Hills Cop franchise was 1984-1987. It was great! Why prolong it? It doesn't work. It's like Star Wars after 1983, Indy after 1993 or LotR after 2003. It just disappoints. Do new stuff!
i watched the first half of it last night. It's surely better than the awful 3, but it lacks the edginess of the first two. Also he seemed to be sidelined a bit by his daughter and Levit's char. His manipulation doesn't land and he doesn't shoot to save the day. The original cast is only there for the nostalgia, but they are treated with respect.
I disagree with Chris, this movie is not that funny and action filled to deserve a theatrical. it's fine for Netflix, to spend 2 hours of light fun with one of the best stand-up comedians who still has it.
I agree with Chris: It's fine, it's...fine! It was funny, but it wasn't as good as the old ones, it needed more jokes IMO because Eddie was carrying the movie. The stuff was his estranged daughter was boring, she's boring, and it took up too much time, and Levit's character needed to be a funny replacement for Billy Rosewood, instead he was just too serious. I wish we got to see more Judge Reinhold in this too. Overall, it's fine, but it could have been a lot better under different direction.