{"id":44453,"date":"2024-07-06T22:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T02:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=44453"},"modified":"2024-07-06T22:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T02:45:57","slug":"beverly-hills-cop-axel-f-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/06\/beverly-hills-cop-axel-f-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Now Streaming Exclusively on Netflix.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of what counts for the success of \u201cAxel F\u201d is that it Keeps it all Simple. Axel Foley is no different the man he was when we first met him in 1984. That works for and against the character as while he\u2019s still the huckster and con man that we love, it\u2019s managed to make him someone who\u2019s alienated a lot of the people in his life. But what makes Mark Molloy\u2019s take on the character so very good is that it doesn\u2019t aim for huge heights. It\u2019s just another adventure with Axel Foley in Beverly Hills. Except this time he\u2019s so much older and a wee bit slower.<\/p>\n

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Detective Axel Foley is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter’s life is threatened, she and Foley team up with a new partner and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.<\/p>\n

Although the movie itself is mainly a legacy sequel, the writers don\u2019t spend too much time on the prospect of Axel Foley getting old, or ever slowing down. Even in his sixties, he\u2019s still quick talking his way in and out of trouble, and charms those around him. Although the script does give him an estranged daughter (as opposed to the now non-canonical failed TV series pilot which focused on Axel\u2019s son), Axel is still Axel for better and for worse. Eddie Murphy seems to appreciate the idea that although time does age us, the movie simply doesn\u2019t kill the fun and or momentum by spending so much time on Axel, or his friends aging, or living in a new world.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Axel is comfortable just about anywhere, and he\u2019s faced with another enemy who threatens his livelihood. Rather than one that poses a direct threat to his career, this time Axel has to ensure the safety of his daughter, who is very much unlike Axel. While Murphy doesn\u2019t miss a beat in the flesh of Axel, he allows for his co-stars to shine too. Taylour Paige as Axel\u2019s long lost daughter is very good in a restrained role as more of a foil who has a big grudge against her dad. Meanwhile Joseph Gordon Levitt plays very well off of Murphy as a young more law abiding officer pulled in to Axel\u2019s circumstances.<\/p>\n

Director Molloy once again sticks to what made the first two films click so well with the audience. The comedy is quick, the music is great, Axel is back to being a fun loving and witty hero who works just as well in the aughts as he did in the 1980\u2019s. In a year bereft of so many interesting releases, \u201cAxel F\u201d is a great re-visit to an old series that we didn\u2019t know we needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Streaming Exclusively on Netflix. A lot of what counts for the success of \u201cAxel F\u201d is that it Keeps it all Simple. Axel Foley is no different the man he was when we first met him in 1984. That works for and against the character as while he\u2019s still the huckster and con man […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,219,240,313,391,922],"class_list":["post-44453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-comedy","tag-crime","tag-eddie-murphy","tag-gangster","tag-sequel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44456,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44453\/revisions\/44456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}