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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley

  1. movie review
    The New Beverly Hills Cop Is a Predictable Retread, and I Don’t CareYou can (justifiably) complain about its flaws, or you can relax and groove on its recycled rhythms.
  2. legacy crafting
    NBC's 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show
    Eddie Murphy ‘Forced’ Himself to Change Beverly Hills Cop Laugh“In the ’80s, I was like, ‘I don’t want to be known for a laugh.’”
  3. from the archives
    BEVERLY HILLS COP 3, Eddie Murphy, 1994
    From the Archives: David Denby on Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)“The original idea of the Axel Foley character … has been completely lost.”
  4. from the archives
    BEVERLY HILLS COP II, Eddie Murphy, 1987, (c)Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection
    From the Archives: David Denby on Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)“… The excruciatingly pragmatic Tony Scott, the director of Beverly Hills Cop II, is interested only in whipped-up excitement …”
  5. from the archives
    Bewitched, Bored, and Bewildered: ‘Notes on Beverly Hills Cop II’From 1985: David Denby on the bad lessons Hollywood is learning from the success of Beverly Hills Cop II.
  6. from the archives
    From the Archives: David Denby on Beverly Hills Cop (1984)“Murphy overwhelms everyone, even himself, with his gift of gab. He wants the world to be a faster place…”
  7. from the archives
    From the Archives: Eddie Murphy LiveThe razor-edged king of late-night comedy, profiled in 1982.
  8. freeze
    Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley Is Finally HappeningThe long-awaited fourth film has a release date.