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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F viewers praise ‘nostalgia-heavy’ sequel and say movie is ‘just as good as the original’
Eddie Murphy is taking fans on a trip down memory lane
EDDIE Murphy has reprised his iconic Beverly Hills Cop role - and fans are already praising the sequel.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F viewers are sharing glowing reviews of the new movie on social media after it came out on streaming today.
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Following three Beverly Hills cop movies between 1984 and 1994, Eddie took a 30-year hiatus from the acclaimed role of Axel Foley, a Detroit cop who gets out of his depth in California as he hunts down his best friend's killers.
A fourth film was first announced in the 1990s but was indefinitely shelved - until this year.
Now, fans of the franchise who waited decades to see it aren't holding back their praise.
"Was watching Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. An entertaining nostalgia-heavy sequel. Eddie Murphy is in top form," one fan wrote on X.
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"Without going into details this Beverly Hills Cop is [fire] definitely on par with the first 2," another wrote.
"Beverly Hills Cop was excellent!" a third added.
"Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is how you bring back a classic," another added in response to the trailer.
"Well played netflix Well played. This was f**king seamless perfection."
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Eddie revealed that the new movie, which premiered on Netflix on Wednesday, has gone through near-continuous struggles for the past three decades.
“We’ve been trying to develop another Beverly Hills Cop since 1996," the actor told the New York Times.
"The third film we did in 1994, I didn’t think the movie came out good.
"There’s been ten different scripts and a bunch of different producers and we just tried for years and years and it wouldn’t come together until we got Jerry (Bruckheimer) back involved, the original producer. Then it all came together.”
The film follows Axel, in his trademark Detroit Lions varsity jacket, and his old friends as he returns to Beverly Hills after someone threatens his daughter Jane, played by Taylour Paige.
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Netflix brought back some of the much-loved characters from the original movie.
The returning cast members include Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, and Bronson Pinchot.
The movie also introduces new stars to the franchise like Kevin Bacon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
The soundtrack features Harold Faltermeyer’s original Axel F theme song reworked by rapper Lil Nas X.
A look at the returning cast members
Multiple former cast members from throughout the Beverly Hills Cop series are reprising their roles in the new sequel.
The returning actors and their characters are:
- Eddie Murphy - Axel Foley
- Judge Reinhold - Lieutenant Billy Rosewood
- John Ashton - John Taggart
- Paul Reiser - Jeffrey Friedman
- Bronson Pinchot - Serge
Actress Chantal Nchako recently opened up to The U.S. Sun about working with the iconic cast on Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and shared that she was able to form a bond with the leading man.
Chantal told Eddie she is from Cameroon and that when he did the film Trading Places, he mentioned that he was an exchange student from there.
"You really put us on the map. Thank you for always giving a homage to Africa," she told Eddie.
He also honed into his African heritage in the film, Coming To America.
Chantal continued, "And he looks up at me and just smiles.
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"After that, we just started riffing. I was calling him Mr. Murphy.
"He was like 'Please don't call me Mr. Murphy. It makes me feel old,'" Chantal laughed.
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