| Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Cast:Eddie Murphy,Judge Reinhold,Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff,Ronny Cox, John Ashton,James Russo Eddie Muphy goes the action route with Beverly Hills Cop, a role which finds Murphy as a hip Detroit detective out to nail the creep who squashed his best friend however along the way, the Beverly Hills police department doesn't want him to cause trouble, naturally things go boom in this fun yet somewhat overrated actioner. This is a series I never quite loved, the first two movies are generally decent movies but for some reason I just couldn't get into the anemic story which is so predictable that all it has to really recommend it are Murphy's charisma and some high energy action sequences. It's a solid enough effort to recommend but this is hardly the classic that it's been hyped as. Plus the supporting cast which include Ronny Cox, James Russo and Berkoff come off rather wasted, as BHC gives them little to do. Plus the pace really isn't there, things explode but for some reason nobody ever seems motivated, Still as usual it's fun to watch most of the time, time never drags because of Eddie Murphy, who just kicks ass in the role, but aside from that there isn't much here that rises above the predictable, certainly this is worth a look but it's really only worth watching once.. D.Martin Brest*** |