Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

I thought this was nicely done. It seemed to me that they weren't trying to outdo, or even match the original movie, but were just giving it an affectionate nod. And it achieved just that. It's nowhere near as funny as the first one but anyone who knows that movie well will probably enjoy the many tributes to some of its best moments. It was great to see so many of the original cast and also a lot of the locations. Using the original music was also a nice touch and it helped to recreate the mood of the original movie. If you don't expect too much it's quite a fun watch. I bet they had a ball making it!

Nostalgia is a great thing when it happens, and it could be a new narrative or in this case, a new film in an old franchise. The '84 original was a time capsule of action/comedy perfection... and all you need to do is capture the pace and characters of the original formula, but with something new for a new audience and a returning one. I'll address 'the new' shortly... It has a funny and fast paced opening, with all the language, chases and ridiculous decisions made by both the bad guys and police. You just gotta hang on to your seat hope the rest of the film plays out well... It doesn't really, unfortunately. It doesn't try to be something new or inventive, it just goes for the gold and glory of the original concept and characters... But it just isn't funny enough or pushing the boundaries enough, or using Joseph Gordan Levitt as an actor enough... He IS a good actor, and he's not in the story enough here, strange... Oh, and the soundtrack rocks pretty well in some points... But overall it just felt flat... again this is disappointing to state, but it just does...

Embarrassing geyser-teaser featuring parodies pf characters we used to love... 40 years ago. The directing is so poor, it looks like a huge budget YouTube show. Most of the acting is of the 80's sitcom level. The script is awful, literred with terrible attempts-at-humor-a-second. Of course a good portion of the movie has to focus on Axel's strong black daughter character. What's most bizarre is the use of every music cues from the first two movies, even the songs, used at random places which absolutely DOES NOT fit with the mood of what is going on screen. The first two worked because of the fish out of the water story, a poor black cop from Detroit transplanted in a rich, mostly white Beverly Hills. This is completely missing in this. Another Netflix horror.

I'm a sucker for a good nostalgia movie. Stallone did it with Rocky and Rambo, Ford with Indy, Han Solo and Deckard, Cruise with Maverick... now it's Eddie Murphy's turn with Axel F! I thought the third movie had definitely killed off any hope of another but this definitely recaptures some of the magic of the original movie without going over the top to get a laugh, which is what I think was the problem with number three. A great mix of action and comedy without going too far for the laughs. Great to see Taggart and Rosewood back together, with some great additional characters. Sime interesting cameo appearances too.