Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
5/10
Starring
Eddie Murphy
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Taylour Paige
Judge Reinhold
John Ashton
Kevin Bacon
Directed
by Mark Molloy
contains spoilers
It was nice
seeing the character Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) again, to see what he has been up
to, since it has been thirty years since the last film in the franchise. This fourth
Beverly Cop film, well, it is boring at times, but I can tell you it is better
than the sequel Beverly Hills Cop two and three, and that is not saying much.
It is on Netflix,
and I had to take a break to finish watching it, because I did not want to
sleep off before seeing it through.
I think the main
problem of the film for me is that the story seemed to be underdeveloped and
lacked some realism. I had issues with when Foley found out that Grant (Kevin
Bacon) was the film’s main antagonist. He found this out when he went to an
exclusive club and saw Grant with the people who he met in Billy’s flat
and attacked him. Now, I do not expect him to do something at that moment, but knowing
that, and everyone else being brought up to speed with that information, did
not at any point affect the film’s plot. He was not taken off the case or must
answer for using such characters in a matter that had to do with the police. His
reason also was flimsy, but in the Beverly Hills cop world, it passed.
The action in the
film was welcoming, but they were too far apart, and we had to deal with too
much talk. The trying to create a bond back that was broken between Foley and
his daughter reminded me so much of Die
Hard 4.
As you know if you have seen the older Beverly Hills cop movies, Axel always finds a way to
get himself back to Beverly Hills to cause havoc. This time it was because his
daughter’s life was being threatened. She took on a case and was threatened to
drop the case. So, Axel jumped on a plane to Beverly Hills to help. The problem
is, he and his daughter are estranged, and he was informed of the threat to her
life, by his friend Billy, who asked him to come assist. Billy put her life in
danger by asking her to represent a criminal who has been framed for murder.
Axel gets to
Beverly Hills, and then we discover that Billy has been missing for some days.
He meets up with his daughter and tries to rekindle their relationship, as they
dig into this case to see how deep it goes, and to try and find Billy as it
seems he knows more about this case than anyone else.
For me, the film
lacked the needed spice to make it a film I will want to see again, but what I
can tell you is, it stands better than the two previous sequels before it.
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